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Installing CCTV cameras

· 8 Muharram 1440 AH1 min readFatwa 40598English

Question

Asamualaikum

I have been offered a job which i have doubts about please can you give me some guidance.

I will be working for a company installing CCTV to fleet vehicles. They have clients which require the CCTV equipment installed before then can a get a contract for commercial insurance on their vehicles. The other use is the CCTV is used for safety and providing evidence. Doing this job, will i be helping these companies committing a sin? Can i work in this position and do this job is it halal income ?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

We commend you on your sensitivity to earn a halaal income.

It is permissible for you to install CCTV cameras; you will not be assisting in sin. [1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad I.V Patel

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] فقه البيوع (1/311)

القسم الثالث: ما وضع لاغراض عامة ويمكن استعماله فى حالتها الموجودة فى مباح او غيره...

والظاهر من مذهب الحنفية انهم يجيزون بيع هذا القسم وان كان معظم منافعه محرما...

ولكن جواز البيع فى هذه الاشياء بمعنى صحة العقد اما الاثم فيتأتى فيه ما ذكرناه فى شروط العاقد من انه اذا كان يقصد به معصية بائعا او مشتريا فالبيع يكره تحريما وذلك اما بنية فى القلب او بالتصريح فى العقد ان البيع يقصد به محذور. اما اذا خلا العقد من الامرين ولا يعلم البائع بيقين انه يستعمله فى مجذور فلا اثم فى بيعه. وان علم البائع انه يستعمله فى محذور وكان سببا قريبا داعيا الى المعصية فيكره له البيع تحريما. وان كان سببا بعيدا لا يكره. مثل بيع الحديد من أهل الحرب أو أهل البغي

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Muhammad I.V Patel
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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