Working in government and the judiciary : prosecutor job

Fatawa Question

[Question One] : Dear Dr. Kahf, I have this question for you months ago. Can I write you my question and receive and answer from you ? Well, I would be very grateful to you, because I have to make a decision in brief and this is causing me lots of anxiety. I don't expect a long answer, my dear sheikh, just your brief opinion. This is my question : Assalamu alaykum. I’m finishing Law in Spain. I have ruled out the option of working as a lawyer : they do whatever the client wants, and that may be not just (and almost always they ask for interest in their petitions -because the Law entails you to do so). So, I thought about studying Public Prosecution. In Spain, they represent the public interest (not the State) and protect the harmed ones, with impartiality. Usually what is a felony here is something that Islam views as a prohibited too. Do you recommend me this option within the limitations of this Kafir law system as long as my intention is to cause good and sometimes the "less harm" ? You should know that civil responsibility indemnification is one of the petitions of the Public Prosecutor, so he has to determine the quantity. The problem is that, in some of the Public Prosecutors' writings, they add to the sum of money of indemnification the clause "plus interest" for the case the debtor do not pay at time. Sometimes they don't put this clause. Is this enough to throw away my idea of working as a Public Prosecutor ? Is this directly working in something Haram considering that the law forces you to ask for this interest ? If the answer is that I shouldn't study for Public Prosecution, I think I should leave any kind of job that has to do with Law, because this is the job that entails less harms. I need your naseeha. Jazak Allah khair. [Question Two] : Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh, Dear Dr. Kahf, You were really kind. Jazaka Allahu Khair, my dear, for spending that time to answer my question. About the fact that the Prosecutor, sometimes, has to ask for interest, I have seen some petitions of the Prosecutors that, while asking for compensation from harms ex delicto, they add the clause "plus interest" (these interest are always given by the Judge, even if the Prosecutor do not ask for them-so it's something very incidental or secondary). So, in this situation, I’d try to avoid asking for interest as much as possible... But, as much as I know, I think that here, in Spain, the Prosecutor is appointed to one Court and has to solve all the issues that arrive to that Court. So, imagine I'm put in this hard situation that there isn't another option but to put the final clause "plus interest" for the case the debtor doesn’t pay (Insh a’Allah not). Although this is not what the Prosecutor directly works for–they prosecute criminal actions-, would it be better to avoid this job ? I seriously think that it’s a very beautiful career and that Allah will be satisfied with the one who strives hard to make justice or partial justice… But a Kaafir system may sometimes enforce you to do things that aren’t always good. Sorry for asking you, dear Dr. Kahf, again. But before choosing, I want my heart to feel secure. Studying for Public Prosecution is really hard (competitive exams that usually take 5 or more years to be prepared), and I want Allah to be satisfied with me. Jazakallahu Khair. May Allah protect you and your family too.

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Publication Date

2010-05-30

Main Subjects

Economics & Business Administration
Islamic Studies

No. of Pages

2

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-732265

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