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Al-Salam Alykom wa rahmat Allah wa Barakato Dear advicor kindly be informed that iam an egyptian veterinarian 26 years old for some cercumstances related to the family and financial matters i had to work in a travel company, and now more than 2 years and half passed and i stil don't find the peace of myself , the satisfaction of my heart through the satisfaction of Allah , plus i did in this period the greatest sins in my life , i really want to satisfi Allah and do what make him happy from me , i want to keep myselt in his stright path away from the haram , i feel that my work in this feild is haram , i consulted a sheikh before he told me consult your heart , but when i consult my heart i find , after all of this period i can't accept this work , i did alot of sins , i am away from allah , and add to this iam away from the field i studied and i loved , although i get a high income from this work , but i can't stand it any more , i know in my age it is deffcult to start from the begging again specially i mainly forgot alot of my medecine knowledge, i want to ask is it will be haram if i left this work specially and iam the responsible for my sisters and my mum after my dad died and they used to have a good life because of that work? and what do you think about my work itself is it haram or halal after what i told you ? Note: my company is the biggest travel company in the middle east , and bring tourests to egypt , make accomodation to them in its hotels and all the activities and trips during their stay in egypt.i work as responsible for arranging the trips and activities for the guests. please advice me by what the best thing can make Allah satisfied from me, thanks for your patient , gazakom allah kol khair Al-salam Alykom wa rahamt Allah wa barakato
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.
It is known that working in the field of tourism is surrounded by many prohibitions, like helping in Zina (fornication or adultery), drinking intoxicants, going to places where sins are committed and the like, and all this renders this work forbidden for the general saying of Allaah (which means): {…but do not help one another in sin and transgression.}[Quran 5:2]. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 89369.
Therefore, you are obliged to leave this job unless if you are in a special case in which you fear death for yourself or the people whom you are obliged to spend on because of losing the means of subsistence; Allaah Says (what means): {…and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining].}[Quran 2:195]. Allaah also Says (what means): {And do not kill yourselves [or one another].}[Quran 4:29].
Masrooq 
said: "Whoever is in necessity of eating dead meat and he did not eat until he died, he will enter Hellfire." However, it is known that in your condition the fear of death is nearly impossible and it might be just an assumption.
To conclude, we advise you to leave this job and endeavour to find another job if you can. Allaah Says (what means): {… And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. Indeed, Allaah will accomplish His purpose. Allaah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.}[Quran 65:2-3].
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