Question
Here in our town (in USA) we have something called Suhoor Feast (an event where food vendors gather at a parking lot to sell food) and people in droves come to eat between the hrs of 11:00pm and 3:00am. This could be anywhere between a random parking lot or an open space outside the Masjid. I have heard that the mix gathering levels in this event is off the charts. What makes it even worse is that this is perpetrated in the last 10 nights of this Mubaarak month ! My question is, is it Jaaiz to even go and sell food at such a place ? My brother just opened a Burger place and to promote his business he goes to sell his food there. The argument is we normally sell food to all and sundry anyway, so what makes this so different.
Answer
It is not permissible to go even near to the mal-oon (accursed) place. Your brother is in error. It requires not much Aql to understand that a Muslim should remain far from a place where sins are committed. It is a place on which settles the curse of Allah Ta'ala. The scenario is among the worst of marketplaces. Market-places are the haunts of shaitaan. During the blessed Nights of Ramadhaan when the Special Tajalli of Allah Ta'ala is
POLISH
Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"Everything has a polish. The polish of the hearts is
Thikrullaah."
"Verily, these hearts (of people) rust just as steel rusts. Its polish is Thirkrullah and remembrance of Maut
(Death)."
manifested from the First Sama' from sunset until Subh Saadiq, these miserable, unfortunate slaves of the nafs invite the Curse of Allah Ta'ala. They are miserable followers of Iblees, hence they derive pleasure during the late hours of the Blessed Nights in the company of Iblees in the accursed marketplaces.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 07
- PDF page
- 10
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