When we are working in non-Islamic countries there are some actions that might be displeasing to Allah. For example, not being allowed to attend Jummah prayers. What is one supposed to do in such a situation?

There are several things we can do, there are some actions we can do in this life and also can be taken to the other life. In terms of this situation here, we know that the law of the country is to provide the basic needs of the Muslims. So, there are some them of who are aware of the prohibition of their daily needs because the situation is strange. So the people should seek that individual who can cause the situation here to change.

Another approach, it is go as a whole of people. Because if one person decides to go for Jummah, he will be fired and this can cause a problem. Maybe the whole of people goes to Jummah, they cannot fire all the staff at one time. The functioning of the place will not take place if everyone walks off. So it may require group action, which is another approach.

Another approach, is to look at the situation personally as an individual - Is your work absolutely necessary? If you cannot find work at home, there is no work available to you. If you do not work here and send back the money to home, your family will starve, they will move out to the street. If purely and truly, it is a matter of survival - I don’t mean in philosophical sense because some people say that survival is about getting a nice house with a lot of nice things , like extra car - I am talking about basic survival now. If a person is in such situation of basic survival - they have to do this job - then of course, Allah is the most merciful. The person is only doing for what is necessary. If it is no longer necessary, the person has to quit.

If they are in a situation that this is not necessary, they can find other jobs, it is just the matter of paying. There have certain skills that are marketable. They can get money, without having to compromise the duty to Allah .Then it becomes compulsory to give up their job and find another job where they don’t disobey Allah. Because for sure, to displease Allah, in order to please our family, our friends or whatever is a misguidance. This is exactly what is referred to when we talk about Hell covered in a veil of desires. This is our desire; the desire to please our family, to live a life of pleasure. If we give wings to our desires, in the expense to our duty to Allah, then we have destroyed our life in the sight of Allah .We try to do what we can as an individual, group, that we look at the purpose of our situation, judge and be sure, certain. The problem is that people don’t do this job.

What am I going to do? Who is there to provide for me and my family? By all this, the person is not taking steps to put the trust in Allah. They do not beleive that if they make a sacrifice to please Allah, Allah will help them. They are afraid more about what will happen to them in this dunya than what will happen if they displease Allah .This is a big part of it. People do not have trust in Allah as they should. Of course, this trust is not obliging trust. Islam does not say that you give up everything; Allah will take care of it - no, you have to strive. But you need to know when you sacrifice, in turn; Allah will help you. The reason is that Allah does not burden us in this life in a way that is too great to handle. For every difficulty, there comes ease- Islam is that. As we believe He is Allah, He is the one who created the universe and all the things are happening according to His destiny. If you believe that, it will help. That means when we sacrifice, and we find difficulty, there will be a period of ease in which our life will improve or take a better path, or be bearable.