The ruling on eating from the wealth of one whose lawful and unlawful earnings are mixed
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Question:
This is your sister Noun Muhammad. She is from Libya and says: Shaykh, I have a relative who works in trade and deals in foodstuffs and tobacco. His unlawful wealth has become mixed with his lawful wealth. Do we sin if we eat at his house or accept gifts from him, considering that he is a very close relative and we cannot cut ties with him? We have advised him many times. What is the ruling in this matter? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to continue advising him, perhaps Allah will guide him. It is also obligatory for him to accept the advice because he is a Muslim. It is not permissible for a Muslim to trade in what is forbidden or to take the price of forbidden goods. Tobacco is forbidden without doubt because of the impurity in it and the harm it causes. It is forbidden, and there is no doubt in its prohibition, given the dangers and harms that have become apparent, even among disbelievers. Disbelievers prohibit it and warn against it. What is of this nature is forbidden without doubt. As for the issue of eating from this person's wealth, if he has lawful wealth and unlawful wealth, and you do not know which of the two this food comes from, there is no harm in eating from it, because the default is that it is lawful. However, if you know that this food comes from unlawful wealth, it is not permissible for you to eat it.
The presenter:
Yes,
This is your sister Noun Muhammad. She is from Libya and says: Shaykh, I have a relative who works in trade and deals in foodstuffs and tobacco. His unlawful wealth has become mixed with his lawful wealth. Do we sin if we eat at his house or accept gifts from him, considering that he is a very close relative and we cannot cut ties with him? We have advised him many times. What is the ruling in this matter? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to continue advising him, perhaps Allah will guide him. It is also obligatory for him to accept the advice because he is a Muslim. It is not permissible for a Muslim to trade in what is forbidden or to take the price of forbidden goods. Tobacco is forbidden without doubt because of the impurity in it and the harm it causes. It is forbidden, and there is no doubt in its prohibition, given the dangers and harms that have become apparent, even among disbelievers. Disbelievers prohibit it and warn against it. What is of this nature is forbidden without doubt. As for the issue of eating from this person's wealth, if he has lawful wealth and unlawful wealth, and you do not know which of the two this food comes from, there is no harm in eating from it, because the default is that it is lawful. However, if you know that this food comes from unlawful wealth, it is not permissible for you to eat it.
The presenter:
Yes,
Source
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