Tell us about a time you (or someone you know), left a job or offer for being against Islamic ruling and then Allah gave a better opportunity.

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Although I don't really have such story,
I've once firmly rejected skipping Jumuah prayer in Masjid for work in a past company, which may put me in danger of being terminated.
Then they updated my schedule so I had Friday switched with another weekend day.

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More for political/ethical reason than an explicit Islamic ruling, but the one time early in my career I turned down a consulting project with an Israeli telecom company based in Tel Aviv. The work was remote but would’ve had a couple of weeks on-site in Tel Aviv. I was junior consultant and new to that company so I was worried on how that will be perceived. Especially that it was a small software company, so the projects pipeline wasn’t as robust as larger firms.

Thankfully a project came up within days based in Madrid instead so it worked out.

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Not a job - but I know people that were taken off projects because they did not want to have any part in working with an alcohol company

Left a job because it basically wanted us to scam old people and Alhamdulliallah got a better paying job within one week.

I have always prayed that I don't have to make such a decision in my career. But once the time came and I was asked to write a software for a Bank, I politely refused. Manager complained to the VP. VP had hired me in past and I had categorically stated in front of him that I won''t do such a thing, so he explained to the manager who later mentioned the incident to me. This all happened in a Muslim majority company. This increased my faith and I have seen tremendous growth in my career afterwards.

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