Do not cooperate in sin and aggression

25-9-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

Mr. A, a professional accountant, has been asked by company X to carry out a search and survey on company Y which is involved in gambling business. The reason why company X has requested Mr. A to carry out the search is because company X intends to acquire/buy company Y. Is Mr. A allowed to carry out such search in his professional and be paid a fee?

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.

 

Gambling is forbidden by the text of the Quran, Allaah Says (what means): {O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allaah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.}[Quran 90].

If company X wants to buy company Y, and the latter practises gambling, as you mentioned, then this implies that company X will practise the same activity which company Y is doing. 

Therefore, it is not permissible for Mr. A to carry out a research on the said company, because by doing so, he is helping in sin and Allaah Says (what means): {And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.}[Quran 5:2].  

Allaah Knows best.

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