Is Teaching in a Media Program Permissible if Some Courses Are Considered Impermissible?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

I am an assistant professor teaching media-related subjects like advertising and media evolution. Some courses in the degree program include papers I consider impermissible, such as audio technology, animation, and video editing, though I do not teach those.

Am I accountable for indirectly facilitating students’ access to such courses? Is my job halal?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

Your job is permissible. Your facilitation of these courses is not sinful, nor does it imply indirect assistance in sin.

At most, your facilitation of these courses is 3 degrees separated from any sinful act. Even then the act is one of differing opinions of permissibility amongst the Imams of Islam.

Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he went on to study at Darul Uloom Seminary in New York and completed his studies at Darul Mustafa in Tarim, Yemen.

There, he completed the memorization of the Quran and his study of Islamic Sciences. Throughout his years of study, he was blessed to learn from many great scholars: Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Habib Kazhim al-Saqqaf, Shaykh ‘Umar bin Husayn al-Khatib, and others.

Upon returning, he joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.