What is the ruling on working in the alcohol industry out of necessity?

It is not permissible to work in the sale of alcohol, as there is no necessity that calls for it. A Muslim should work in permissible (halal (definition)) ways, even for a small wage, and fear Allah so as not to incur Allah's curse and the loss of this world and the hereafter. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Allah has cursed alcohol and its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its presser, its extractor, its carrier, the one to whom it is carried, and the one who consumes its price."