Working in alcohol store
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my 4th qeuestion of the day..i hope you answer all of them..Jazakallah. Q1. At present i am living in
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Working in alcohol store
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.
Your question: At
present i am living in
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2776 Narrated by Anas
ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger
(saws) invoked the curse of Allah on ten people in connection with wine: 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.
Since you are also paying a
proportionate amount for the grocery with your room-mate, your stay and the food that you
consume will be considered halaal and permissible, and there will be no sin on you. There is no need to stop living with your
room-mate, provided
he does not consume the alcohol in your presence. But it will obviously be better and purer for
you to find a good,
righteous, room-mate.
Your question: He
(my Muslim roomate who works at the liquor store)
also pays some money to the mosque monthly. Is it permissible considering the
source of money? should the people in the mosque
accept this money since they are aware of it?
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "O
people, Allah is Good (or Pure) and He, therefore, accepts only that which is good (and
pure).” (Narrated by
Muslim and Ahmad).
If the managers or caretakers of
the Mosque are aware that the money earned is from the earnings of a liquor
store, they
should not accept it!
Beloved brother, it is obvious by his act of donating money to
the Mosque that your muslim room-mate who works at
the liquor store, has somewhere deep in
his heart the love and reverence for
Allah Subhanah and the deen
of Al-Islam, although he is committing a
grave sin by working in the liquor store.
You should talk to him with patience and wisdom, and remind him politely of the sin
that he is constantly committing in the sight of Allah Subhanah
by earning haraam income. Maybe, just maybe, with your sincere efforts for his well-being
in the Hereafter, you might be able to
convince him to leave the haraam and thus come closer
to Allah Subhanah and Islam. If you can do this, and your room-mate turns to Allah Subhanah in repentance,
you will indeed be doing him a huge favor and probably save him from a
very severe accounting in the Court of Allah Subhanah
on an Inevitable Day! And the Merciful
will honor you and reward you generously for being a sincere well-wisher of
your believing brother,
and this deed of yours will indeed be very heavy in the scales of
Righteous Deeds in the sight of the Merciful.
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