Selling pork and alcohol
Mu'
meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam
Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and
Blessings be upon all of you)
One
of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Is it Haram to run a fast food
restaurant franchise and earn a living knowing that you are handling and
selling pork products?
What about working at a
sit-down restaurant where they sell pork products and Alcohol?
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grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah and His Messenger (saws) have declared the consumption of swine and intoxicants (alcohol, wine, etc.) haraam; thus the selling, or buying, or trading, or even facilitating the usage of any of the haraam products would be considered forbidden in the sight of Shariah.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2776 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) invoked
the curse of Allah on ten people in connection with ‘khamr’ (intoxicants, wine,
alcohol, etc.): the wine-presser, the
one who has it pressed, the one who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one
to whom it is conveyed, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one
who benefits from the price paid for it, the one who buys it, and the one for
whom it is bought.
Thus the scholars in Islam are unanimous in their opinion that if one earns his living through the trading or transacting of any of the haraam products, his earnings would also be considered haraam.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your
Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister