Asalam alaykum to all here. I am in a little bit of a dilemma (a psychological/emotional one) and need some suggestions as to what I should do or who to talk to about this.
I have been working for the Salvation Army for quite some time as a supervisor for the suicide prevention services. I basically work from home and my daily work constitutes talking to clients on the phone or supervising shifts of other volunteers on the crisis line. people who are depressed/suicidal or in a crisis normally call the line for help.
What I do is basically assess the suicide risk, provide the necessary intervention whether it is supprt and connecting the individual to community resources or call the ambulance and convey the relevant information to the police.
My entire Job is done at home and although the Salvation army is an explicit christian based organization, I work remotely from home and the job does not require me to give "christian" advice and does not interfere with my Islamic values and practices.
I have to admit that when I forst started working for them, I was concerened about the nature of Job in terms of its implications with respect to my deen. But now Alhamdullilah, by the mercy of Allah, I started to become more serious about my deen and am making an effort to change my life so that it revolves around my Islamic practices/obligations.
Nowi am very very worried that may be this is a bad job for a sister like myself.
The reasons are:
1. Some ofthe clients are males. although I keep it to the point and professional, it does not change the fact that they are males. My husband has not discouraged but i am starting to feel uncomfortable.
2. I spend most of my time listening to clients complain about their life. the clients' problems range from addictions and abuse to relationship problems (unlawful haram relationships) and some other problems that i am too embarrased to even mention. so this may constitute as listening to haram therefore is wrong?
3. the Salavation Army as a whole is an international Protestant church with its own "members". I am not considered a member as I am a Muslim and they are fully aware of that but i am part of the suicide prevention staff which fall under their umbrella. The senior staff there have never tried to impose their values or beiliefs on me and have never questioned mine. But it is still a christian based organization- this may be a problem?
I feel so torn. I am not sure if I should quit my job. I only have a BSc degree and no other work experience. If this job is wrong, I will definitely quit for the sake of Allah. I want to discuss this with a scholar but I am having a hard time finding a reliable source that offers timely service.
If this job is not suitable for a muslim sister, can anyone suggest some modest jobs for muslim sisters that are halal? I have three children and my husband does not make so much and so we help each other out.
Anyone have any advice as to how to handle this? Do you think this is a haram job? anyone has access to any fatwa's on this?
Thank you all for taking the time to read my post. May Allah reward you for your help. jazaka allah Kheir.
Ramadan Mubarak to you all.
I have been working for the Salvation Army for quite some time as a supervisor for the suicide prevention services. I basically work from home and my daily work constitutes talking to clients on the phone or supervising shifts of other volunteers on the crisis line. people who are depressed/suicidal or in a crisis normally call the line for help.
What I do is basically assess the suicide risk, provide the necessary intervention whether it is supprt and connecting the individual to community resources or call the ambulance and convey the relevant information to the police.
My entire Job is done at home and although the Salvation army is an explicit christian based organization, I work remotely from home and the job does not require me to give "christian" advice and does not interfere with my Islamic values and practices.
I have to admit that when I forst started working for them, I was concerened about the nature of Job in terms of its implications with respect to my deen. But now Alhamdullilah, by the mercy of Allah, I started to become more serious about my deen and am making an effort to change my life so that it revolves around my Islamic practices/obligations.
Nowi am very very worried that may be this is a bad job for a sister like myself.
The reasons are:
1. Some ofthe clients are males. although I keep it to the point and professional, it does not change the fact that they are males. My husband has not discouraged but i am starting to feel uncomfortable.
2. I spend most of my time listening to clients complain about their life. the clients' problems range from addictions and abuse to relationship problems (unlawful haram relationships) and some other problems that i am too embarrased to even mention. so this may constitute as listening to haram therefore is wrong?
3. the Salavation Army as a whole is an international Protestant church with its own "members". I am not considered a member as I am a Muslim and they are fully aware of that but i am part of the suicide prevention staff which fall under their umbrella. The senior staff there have never tried to impose their values or beiliefs on me and have never questioned mine. But it is still a christian based organization- this may be a problem?
I feel so torn. I am not sure if I should quit my job. I only have a BSc degree and no other work experience. If this job is wrong, I will definitely quit for the sake of Allah. I want to discuss this with a scholar but I am having a hard time finding a reliable source that offers timely service.
If this job is not suitable for a muslim sister, can anyone suggest some modest jobs for muslim sisters that are halal? I have three children and my husband does not make so much and so we help each other out.
Anyone have any advice as to how to handle this? Do you think this is a haram job? anyone has access to any fatwa's on this?
Thank you all for taking the time to read my post. May Allah reward you for your help. jazaka allah Kheir.
Ramadan Mubarak to you all.
