Fatwa ID: 01919
Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Question:
I recently got a job offer from a company who intend to expand in to online gambling market. I am offered a job as site reliability engineer where my role will be limited to maintaining IT infrastructure on which these gambling/gaming portals would run. Is it Haram to work for such a company?
Answer:
It will not be permissible for you to take up the aforementioned job as you will be in a way assisting in doing something which is unlawful and haram in Islam. Allah [swt] says, “Help one another in righteousness and piety, but help you not one another in sin and transgression.” (Surah Maaidah v.2)
Only Allah Knows Best
Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham.