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Assalaam alaikum brother,

May Allah Almighty reward you for your wonderful Dawah work.Ameen and may we be neighbours in Al-Firdous.Ameen!

My qs-my husband insists that i work ...i dont really mind working.but he insists that to get a suitable job,a lie has to be added in the cv regarding work experience.im totally against this ..but we have a lot of loans that have to be repaid.and the person who is helping me get this job who is in this particular company says that everyone who gets a job there is either highly influential or has a long list of lies written in his cv and there is no way i stand a chance if i dont add this one experience (which i dont actually have).my husband threatens me all the time about leaving me and is rather fed up of me i think because since the last couple of years ie 2-3 i have become Alhamdulillah more aware of my duties as a muslim and hence a more practicing muslim(Alhamdulillah wa shukr Allah) plz advise me as soon as possible.

jazakhALLAh khair.your sister in Al-Islam.

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Answer:

Husband insists wife Lie

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble efforts in the propagation of the Truth. If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the Hell Fire. Ameen.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 135:

135 O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as witnesses to Allah even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts) lest ye swerve and if ye distort or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, even if the whole world is lying to earn a few pennies more….it would simply not behove and befit a believer who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day to intentionally declare a lie…..you should explain your stance of righteousness to you husband with extreme patience and wisdom and politely but firmly decline to give a false statement on your application.

If your husband still insists upon you to declare the lie, you would not obey this particular command of your husband, and there would be no sin upon you…..

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3696 Narrated by An-Nawwas ibn Sam'an

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the Creator."

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan