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The permissibility of working as a bodyguard without humiliation

Question

it is allowed for a muslim to work as a bodyguard?

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

In principle, it is permissible for a Muslim to work as a bodyguard as long as this profession does not necessitate committing an Islamic prohibition.

It should be noted that the scholars held that it is forbidden for a Muslim to work as a hired person – whether a bodyguard or anything else – for a non-Muslim if it involves humiliation of the Muslim. Allaah says (what means): {…and never will Allaah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].} [Quran 4:141]

Moreover, Huthayfah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him narrated that the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “A Muslim should not humiliate himself.” [Ahmad, At-Tirmithi and Ibn Maajah]

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 81686.

Allaah Knows best.

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