Working for Oppressive States: Ruling on Employment in Traffic Administration and Related Salary

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Working for Oppressive States: Ruling on Employment in Traffic Administration and Related Salary

English:

Question #1349:

A person works for the traffic administration in an Arabic country. Among his responsibilities is to sign for imprisoning of those who violate traffic rules. Is such work permissible? And what is the ruling on the salary the person gets from the government for doing such a job?

Answer #1349:

Observing laws and regulations passed — even by a non-Islamic government — for maintaining social order is a must. There is no objection to receiving salary for ḥalāl work.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Working for Oppressive States