Question
Is it permissible to lease a shop to a Muslim who will also sell liquor and pork? 90% of the items will be halaal. A molvi says that if more than 50% of the products are halaal, then it is permissible. Please comment.
Answer
How can it ever be halaal to aid in sin and transgression? Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Seek a fatwa from your heart." There are many issues for which laymen require only the fatwa of the heart. A heart unsoiled with the filth and darkness of reckless sin will spontaneously proclaim the correct „fatwa‟. This is termed Firaasat. It is such intuition which provides rectitude and Haqq without the need for reasoning. The apprehension of Haqq is by Divine Inspiration. But there must be noor in the heart for the acquisition of this aptitude which is a natural propensity of unadulterated Imaan. If a Muslim tenant deals in haraam in even one item, e.g. he sells liquor or pork, then it is not permissible to hire premises to him regardless of more than 50% of his income being halaal. The molvi spoke bunkum.
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- The Majlis Vol 26 No 09
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- 2
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