Is It Permissible for a Muslim to Work in Civil Service Roles Involving Mortgages?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

Is it permissible for a Muslim to work in a civil service role involving the registration of properties, considering the potential involvement of mortgages?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

It will be permissible for you to work in a civil service role involving the registration of properties.

The reason is that you did not instruct the individuals who have mortgaged properties to purchase them or be involved in any other way. Your role is simply registering, updating, and maintaining the property registry.

Assisting in Sin

This returns to the discussion relating to assisting in sin, and you are not involved in any of the three. In the Hanafi school, the degrees of assisting another in sin are:

a. direct assistance in sin
b. indirect assistance in sin
c. possible cause for a sin.

[Nahlawi, Durar al-Mubaha]

I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. In sha Allah, you will receive guidance and direction.

Assisting in Sin
Provision and Work: A Reader

I pray this helps answer your question.

[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat 

Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.