Asalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I'm an 18 year old student who has been looking for a job for around 3 years. Only this year Alhumdulillah have I received interview requests and job offers. I received a offer from Mcdonalds and a 5 star Hotel in Melbourne City, which has good money. But my friends, both these jobs consist of haraam items. Both sell Pork/Bacon, both sell Haraam meat, and the Hotel serves alcohol to its customers. My dear friends, I've left Mcdonalds and accepted the offer at the Hotel as a Food and Beverage Attendant, but only today have I realised that this job asks me to serve Haraam food and Alcohol to customers.
I don't know what to do, after so much struggle Alhumdulillah have I got this job.
But I also have realised that how can we escape this? In today's world there is going to be something haram somewhere. I was reading an article on Haraam jobs, and it named some jobs as haraam which was so surprising such as a Civil Engineer because they design Banks, Bars and Houses where Alcoholics or Drugs maybe used. Or just even someone who sells Fruit, he might sell to a gambler or to a thief who has bought the fruit from haraam money and now me the Fruit seller is receiving that haraam money. Doesn't money just circulate around the world, a gambler might deposit his money in the bank, he then withdraws and buys from me Fruit, I receive haraam money, I then use this money somewhere else, isn't it all haraam? Can we escape!?!
I am not drinking the alcohol myself or consuming any swine, my job is to simply put drinks which are pre ordered by customers on their tables thats it. I'm not encouraging anyone to drink, just quietly doing my job.
My friends if you can link any verses from Quran or any Hadith that will be helpful.
Thanks so much for reading, may Allah bless us and shower mercy upon all of us
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I'm an 18 year old student who has been looking for a job for around 3 years. Only this year Alhumdulillah have I received interview requests and job offers. I received a offer from Mcdonalds and a 5 star Hotel in Melbourne City, which has good money. But my friends, both these jobs consist of haraam items. Both sell Pork/Bacon, both sell Haraam meat, and the Hotel serves alcohol to its customers. My dear friends, I've left Mcdonalds and accepted the offer at the Hotel as a Food and Beverage Attendant, but only today have I realised that this job asks me to serve Haraam food and Alcohol to customers.
I don't know what to do, after so much struggle Alhumdulillah have I got this job.
But I also have realised that how can we escape this? In today's world there is going to be something haram somewhere. I was reading an article on Haraam jobs, and it named some jobs as haraam which was so surprising such as a Civil Engineer because they design Banks, Bars and Houses where Alcoholics or Drugs maybe used. Or just even someone who sells Fruit, he might sell to a gambler or to a thief who has bought the fruit from haraam money and now me the Fruit seller is receiving that haraam money. Doesn't money just circulate around the world, a gambler might deposit his money in the bank, he then withdraws and buys from me Fruit, I receive haraam money, I then use this money somewhere else, isn't it all haraam? Can we escape!?!
I am not drinking the alcohol myself or consuming any swine, my job is to simply put drinks which are pre ordered by customers on their tables thats it. I'm not encouraging anyone to drink, just quietly doing my job.
My friends if you can link any verses from Quran or any Hadith that will be helpful.
Thanks so much for reading, may Allah bless us and shower mercy upon all of us
