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Working in a hospital bearing the name of a Christian saint

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Urgent: Working in a hospital with polytheistic names and printing the name on documents
1. There are some hospitals, which has the name "Saint Johannes" (it contains Shirk) or other names which contain Shirk. Can a student work there for the university because he needs that even there are hospitals which are more far away but they have other names; pay attention that they want the hospital's name on a document. Have you some proofs from Qur'an and Sunnah that it is (im)permissble? In general these names contain shirk.
He has a few days to write a letter of application for the hospital.

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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.

The mere fact that the hospital bears the name of a Christian saint or that this name is printed on the admission or application papers is not a valid religious impediment to being admitted to it or working in it as long as the Muslim's job there is lawful. In principle, all things are deemed lawful unless proven otherwise by evidence.

Allaah Knows best.

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Working in a hospital bearing the name of a Christian saint

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