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Talking about sex and pornographic
magazines
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Question: My colleagues at
work are always talking about sex and pornographic magazines,
and I advise them against this, but with no effect. So what
should I do?
Response:
If your advice does not (encourage) change in these people
who talk haraam speech, then that which is obligatory upon
you is to leave this job (and move) to another job. This
is because sitting with sinners whilst you have the ability
to leave them is considered taking part in their sin, as
Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) says:
{And
it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this
Qur.aan) that when you hear the Verses of Allaah being denied
and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage
in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them)
certainly in that case you would be like them}, [Soorah an-Nisaa.,
Aayah 140]
So that
which is obligatory upon you if you are unable to achieve
a change
in their ways, is to find a different job
so that you don’t take (are not considered taking)
part in their sin. And Allaah knows your intention, that
you are trying to flee this haraam (act), and He will facilitate
for you your affairs, as He says:
{…and
whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will
make his
matter easy for him}, [Soorah at-Talaaq,
Aayah 4]
And He says:
{And
whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He
will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty)},
[Soorah at-Talaaq, Aayah 2]
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
as-Sahwah al-Islaamiyyah - Question 61, Page 197
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