Question
Is it permissible to hire premises to a non-Muslim who will operate a bottle store? A senior Mufti says that this is permissible in the Hanafi Math-hab.
Answer
It is haraam to hire premises for a bottle store or for any other haraam activity. Such income will not be permissible. The errors of our seniors do not constitute daleel (proof) in the Shariah. The muftis of today are quick to issue fatwas based on personal opinions and even errors of the Akaabireen.
The Qur'aan Majeed is emphatic in the prohibition of aiding in sin and transgression. Furthermore, the Fatwa of the Hanafi Math-hab and of all the other Math-habs is on prohibition. The isolated and rare view of a Faqih may not be dug out for practical implementation.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 25 No 04
- PDF page
- 5
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