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Yasir Qadhi

Regarding Working for the Security Services of My Country - Ask Shaykh YQ #180

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:04.6

this question actually is very sensitive and

0:08.6

I was wondering even to do this or not, but obviously these are the questions that are necessary for people to know and to understand and so Bismillah let's do this now

0:17.2

Brother wishes to remain anonymous. You'll see why he writes from a European country, which I will not mention by name and

0:23.6

And he said that he's being offered a job governmental job that is suited for his talents

0:30.1

He likes it. It's skill set is perfect for him. He likes it. However, it is in the branch of law enforcement

0:37.6

That is equivalent to the elite of the security apparatus the highest level of security

0:43.4

So this isn't just a normal policeman. This is the elite of the police, right?

0:47.3

Maybe in America, we have the FBI for example, right?

0:50.0

And he said that his job will involve lots of things that are

0:55.2

of a

0:56.4

societal nature

0:57.9

tackling all types of crimes, drugs, the mafia and

1:02.3

Also, he says this is where he's asking me also issues related to terrorism and monitoring

1:08.3

Radical groups and he says that he has been told by some of the people in his community that he should not take this job

1:17.3

Because he will be spying on Muslims because he will be doing something that is he has been told unethical

1:48.3

Now

1:50.3

Now this is a very very sensitive question to be honest and I'm not going to answer you

1:56.4

Haram or Halal. I'm simply make a discussion that I want you to think about these factors and

2:02.2

I ask you to go to a scholar of your own land who

2:07.7

Number one is well grounded in our Islamic tradition and number two is well grounded in reality as well, right?

2:14.0

Because again, we have all different types of Arama and

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