What is the ruling on opening a restaurant in France during Ramadan and on Friday, and dividing the workers to perform the Friday prayer?
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Question:
He says: I am the owner of a restaurant in France. Is it permissible for me to open this restaurant during the days of Ramadan, and also throughout the days of Friday? Knowing that some of the employees go to a mosque where the Friday prayer is performed early, then they return to the restaurant, and others go to the mosque to pray the Friday prayer late.
Answer:
You are a Muslim, and it is not permissible for you to open the restaurant during the day in Ramadan. This is not permissible for you. You are assisting the sinners in their sin and the disbelievers in their disbelief. Do not assist them.[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]
He says: I am the owner of a restaurant in France. Is it permissible for me to open this restaurant during the days of Ramadan, and also throughout the days of Friday? Knowing that some of the employees go to a mosque where the Friday prayer is performed early, then they return to the restaurant, and others go to the mosque to pray the Friday prayer late.
Answer:
You are a Muslim, and it is not permissible for you to open the restaurant during the day in Ramadan. This is not permissible for you. You are assisting the sinners in their sin and the disbelievers in their disbelief. Do not assist them.
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم فتح مطعم في فرنسا أيام رمضان ووقت الجمعة وتقسيم العمال لأداء صلاة الجمعة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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