Assalamualaikum & greetings 4 all,
First of all, I'm surprised that there are still some of us muslims who could actually think that joining the forces is haram? Why must we always see things as only limited to black or white? Why cant we see the colors, the various shades of life in between?
Correct me if i'm wrong, but surely all of us must know and realise that as a muslim we have to fulfilled 2 obligations. Firstly are those which falls under the Fardh-Ain and secondly, those which falls under the Fardh-Kifayah. Things like prayer (namaz), fasting, hajj etc falls into the first category. Things like what we do as a living, for example, falls into the later. However, there are certain things when this Fardh-Kifayah things bacome Fardh-Ain. Take the question asked in this thread as a good example for this. To be a police is a Fardh-Kifayah for the muslim in general. So does other jobs such as a doctors, engineers, teachers etc.... What would have become to the muslim community in the whole if all muslims have a very narrow minded perspective on life? Everything is haram, without even any slight conscience on it. Can u imagine if all muslim prohibits the woman from becoming doctors? Asked yourself, would u rather have a male doctor or a muslimah doctor to accompany your wife during labour? So, please.... refrained ourselves from falling into this malady. Truly, the right things have been clearly estinguished from error.
Peace...