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Ethics & Character · Q&A

What to do if job requires lying?

“Maulana, in your book Hikmat-e-Islam you gave a hadith reference saying that one should not leave a job until another one is found. But if in that job one has to lie to people or their system is unethical, what should we do in that case?”Asked by Muhammad Faisal, Islamabad, Pakistan

He answers at 50:40 in Lessons from My Journey to Agra · 1 min 59 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:40
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Islamabad, Pakistan se Muhammad Faisal saheb ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, aap ne apni kitaab hikmat-e-islam mein ek hadees ka reference de ke likha hai ke apni job ko nahi chhodna chahiye jab tak doosri na mil jaye. lekin agar is job mein logon ke saath jhoot bolna pade ya un ka system unethical ho to hamein is soorat mein kya karna chahiye? is ke baare mein bataiye." dekhiye, yeh galat hai.
51:12
koi job nahi jaanta aisa ke khwah makhwah aap ko jhoot bolne ko majboor karta ho. yeh unethical ho, wahan yeh bilkul galat baat hai. yeh aap ki apni galat taabeer hai. ise aap samajhte hain ke mujh ko jhoot bulwa raha hai. woh main aisi kisi job ko nahi jaanta hoon. main agar koi job ho to aap us ka naam bataiye mujhe. is job ka ek hi baat mein jaanta hoon ke musalman jahan kisi company mein kaam karte hain to woh kehte hain ke hamari namaz ka waqt ho gaya, hamein chhutti do. yeh galat hai. is ka taluq yaani yeh yeh khud musalmanon ki ghalti hai. ab is company mein, main yaani company ko aap ke liye aap apne apne nizaam ko badlegi.
51:55
aap badliye apne aap ko. yaani zyada tar maamla hota hai zuhr asr ka. aap is ko jama kar lijiye, jama kar ke padh lijiye. aap takraate kyun hain khwah makhwah? to main samajhta hoon ke yeh musalmanon ke andar jo takraav ka mizaj hai, yeh masla paida kar raha hai. yeh galat hai ke woh kehte hain ke aap jhoot bolo, aap unethical behaviour ikhtiyar karo. yeh bilkul galat baat hai, yeh sahi nahi hai. agar aap koi aap ke nazdeek koi mutayyan baat ho to aap agle itwaar ko bataiyega. mutayyan baat tab main arz karunga, inshallah.
52:29
bilkul specific tor par bataiye ke waqeye ki zabaan mein to agle itwaar ko main inshallah arz karunga. maulana, agla sawal Shahnawaz saheb ka hai, Bangalore se. unhon ne aapse poocha hai ke "why is it so difficult for a man to accept his mistake?" is ke baare mein bataiye.
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