If a muslim brother in his restaurant/hotel serve alcohol and doesnot take that money for himself is it still gunah and haram?
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2. i
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3. if
a muslim brother in his restaurant/hotel serve alcohol and doesnot take that
money for himself is it still gunah and haram?
if
he(the muslim brother) buys the restaurant/hotel and lease to some other
party(non muslim) and if they sell alcohol (the owner, muslim brother will not
take the money of the drinks) is it permitted that way in islam?
or if
he the muslim brother rent the hotel/restaurant to others to run and alchohol
is served and muslim brother doesnot take that money still is it gunah?
pls.
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Answer:
Serve alcohol in restaurant
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Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Q-1: is it possible
for you to mail me this dua in arabic. (O Allah, make Your lawful bounties
sufficient for me so as to save me from what is unlawful, and from Your grace
grant me sufficient abundance to make me free from the need of all except
You`." Related by Tirmidhi.)
Allah humma akfeni be-halaal-eka unn haraam-ek; wa aggnena
min fadhleka
Q-2: i would like to
read hadith. how do i view them in your site?
Respected sister in Islam, there are several recorders of
hadith, six of whom are deemed the most authentic:
Each of the above scholars have recorded their works in
several volumes, and the works of Bukhari and Muslim are at least widely
available in books or cd format in any good quality Islamic bookshop.
We regret that at the current moment we do not have a link
on our website which could give you access to all the available authentic
hadeeths.
Q-3: if a muslim
brother in his restaurant/hotel serve alcohol and doesnot take that money for
himself is it still gunah and haram?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 90:
90 O ye who believe! Intoxicants (alcohol, wine, etc.), and gambling,
(dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are (all) an abomination of
the Shaytaan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination) that ye may prosper.
The Lord Most High, Most Majestic has commanded the believers
to practice ‘ijtenaab’ (eschew, abstain, stay far far away from, do not even
approach it, etc.) from the evils like alcohol and gambling….thus if one
professes to be a muslim and owns a restaurant, regardless of whether he
accepts money for it or not, it would not behove and befit him to allow the
serving of alcohol in his restaurant, if indeed he sincerely fears Allah and
the Last Day.
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.
If a muslim brother owns the restaurant where alcohol is
being served, without an iota of a doubt, he will be an accomplice in the sin
and will bear an appropriate share of the burden of the sin of allowing the
consumption of something which has explicitly and specifically been declared by
Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Q-4: if he(the
muslim brother) buys the restaurant/hotel and lease to some other party(non
muslim) and if they sell alcohol (the owner, muslim brother will not take the
money of the drinks) is it permitted that way in islam?
Q-5: or if he the
muslim brother rent the hotel/restaurant to others to run and alchohol is
served and muslim brother doesnot take that money still is it gunah?
If the muslim brother who owns the restaurant has prior
knowledge or knowingly leases a portion (or all) of his premises to a
leaseholder whom he knows will indulge in the ‘haraam’, he will definitely be
an accomplice in the sin and share an appropriate share of the burden of the
sin.
Beloved sister in Islam, it simply does not behove and
befit one who has professed belief in Allah and the Last Day to even remotely
indulge or be an accomplice in anything which has been declared forbidden by
Allah and His Messenger (saws).
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
