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Working as an office staff in ICSE school run by christian management is halal or haram, as the income of the school is utilized to run the christian management, is it like this that am i helping them for their religion? All the staff salary comes from the churches. Secondly - in my job i work for school related job , but sometimes i have to get involved with the job which are related with their christian ideology eg: updating the website which has the pictures of jesus(pbuh), quotation from the bible etc. sometimes i have to designing christmas card also. All staff have to attain the christmas party.Though i try to do Dawah also. My question is , do working in this organisation will lead me to shirk. Should i leave the job? Please reply surely. I hope i make my point understand. Thankyou , Jazakallah Khair.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
Allaah Says (what means): {Help you one another in virtue, righteousness and piety but do not help one another in sin and transgression.} [Quran 5:2] There is no doubt that helping in Shirk (associating partners with Allaah) and disbelieving in Allaah is one of the greatest forms of cooperating in sin and transgression.
Therefore, it is not at all permissible for you to do what would help the students in Shirk nor to join them in their celebration of their false festival (Christmas). Hence, if your work can be free from committing evil or helping in it, then it is permissible for you to continue doing this job, but if you cannot avoid helping in evil, then it is not permissible for you to continue doing this job and you are obliged to look for another work that is free from religious prohibitions.
Finally, you should know that whoever leaves something for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with something better as confirmed from the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallm. Moreover, Allaah Says (what means): {… And whoever fears Allaah—He will make for him a way out. And will provide for him from where he does not expect} [Quran 65:2]
Allaah Knows best.
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