I am working in hotel industry where by as the nature of hospitality we have bar in the hotel where by we received our salary from the hotel is it haram?
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Allah (sw) guide you in this world and grant you Jannah(Paradise) in the hear
after, i am very happy to hear from you concerning how one perform Ghusl, and i
would like to know from you if you won't mind one more question, i understood
clearly how to perform ghusl, my question what about if i am using basket
instead of tap water where by water from my body drop in water in basket.
there
other question is about i am working in hotel industry where by as the
nature of hospitality we have bar in the hotel where by we received our salary
from the hotel is it haram?
secondly
we receive service charge from our employer added to our salary and this
service charge come from all outlet including bar, in this issue what
am i suppose to do.
thirdly
can i go pilgrimage (Hajj) from my salary that i receive from the hotel if
yes how am i separate service charge from my salary.
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Answer:
Working in hotel
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 none 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: i understood clearly how to perform ghusl, my question what about if
i am using basket instead of tap water where by water from my body drop in
water in basket.
The principles of performing the ‘ghusl’ remain the same
whatever the source of the water, be it water from a shower, tap water, or
water collected in pots or buckets, or even if it happens to be at the lakes or
rivers, etc.
If while performing the ‘ghusl’ from a pot or a bucket, if
perchance a few drops of water fall into the container, there is absolutely no
harm and this does not effect the validity of the ‘ghusl’ in the least.
Your
Question: there other question is about i am working in hotel industry
where by as the nature of hospitality we have bar in the hotel where by we
received our salary from the hotel is it haram?
There are few things or products for which Islam has
absolutely ‘zero-tolerance’…..for example, intoxicants, gambling, ‘riba’
(interest), ‘fahisha’ (indecent or shameful acts), etc. and it would be
considered absolutely inappropriate for a believer who sincerely believes in
Allah and the Last Day to work for to facilitate any thing or act which has
clearly been declared as ‘haraam’ or unlawful by Allah and His Messenger
(saws).
Thus if one works for or is employed by a business which
deals solely in ‘haraam’ products or services, or whose primary business is
from unlawful products….for example bars serving alcohol, or gambling casinos,
or prostitution dens, or interest-based commercial banks, etc…..without an iota
of a doubt, one would share an appropriate burden of the sin for dealing in and
facilitating products and services which have been clearly declared as ‘haraam’
by Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Because the basic essence and the business of the hotel
industry is to provide accommodation for its guests….and just because the hotel
happens to have a bar which serves alcohol…does not render the whole hotel
industry or business haraam. If one
perchance is employed in the hotel industry, but has absolutely nothing to do
with the buying, selling, serving, or recording of haraam products….it would be
safe to assume that the wages earned for their service would be from the halaal
sources of earnings of the hotel.
Your
Question: ….secondly we receive service charge from our employer added to our
salary and this service charge come from all outlet including bar, in
this issue what am i suppose to do.
thirdly can i go pilgrimage (Hajj) from my salary that i receive
from the hotel if yes how am i separate service charge from my salary.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 64 Surah
Tagabhun verse 16:
16 So fear Allah as much as ye can; listen and obey; and spend in charity for the benefit of your own
souls: and those saved from the covetousness of their own souls they are the
ones that achieve prosperity.
If one is absolutely convinced that a part of their
earnings are derived from the service charge collected from the bars serving
haraam products, it would only be piety and righteousness on their part that
they estimate that amount and either refuse to take it, or to give it away as
charity to cleanse themselves from the impure earnings.
If one’s heart is not thoroughly satisfied that one’s
earnings in any job or industry is completely lawful, it would be best and
safest for a believer to seek to employ his talents elsewhere where the
boundaries of Allah are not violated; and if one makes this intention only for
the sake and fear of Allah Subhanah, it is expected that not only will their
Lord Most Gracious provide for them from His Endless Bounties in the life of
this world, but He will appreciate their noble intention and striving to obey
His Laws, and bestow upon them a generous reward in the eternal life of the
Hereafter.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.49 Narrated by An Numan bin Bashir
I heard Allah's Messenger (saws) saying,
'Both ‘halaal’ (lawful) and ‘haraam’ (unlawful)
things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious)
things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves
himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor. And
whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who grazes (his
animals) near the ‘Hima’ (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he
is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every king has a ‘Hima’ and the
‘Hima’ of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things.’
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan