What is the ruling regarding resident disbelievers who manufacture and sell intoxicants?
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The questioner:
Many institutions and companies employ disbelievers in their work and provide them with housing outside the city. This creates an opportunity for these people to manufacture and sell intoxicants in the country. It would be desirable if the authorities were alerted to attack the workers' housing to stop this.
The Shaykh:
The employment of disbelievers in the Arabian Peninsula is a matter of ownership [or control]. They must not be allowed to remain in the Peninsula, and they must be prevented from being in the Peninsula. But it is also regrettable that Muslims are doing this. Muslims have factories for intoxicants that they sell, and they claim to be Muslims, while they are disbelievers. Muslims who claim to be Muslims, and yet you find that the Commission has more than one factory for intoxicants in every place. There is no power or strength except in
The questioner:
It exists.
The Shaykh:
or the manufacture of intoxicants. A disbeliever must be removed from this Peninsula. Even if he is a disbeliever who does nothing to the people, he must be removed from this Peninsula, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) advised the removal of disbelievers from this Peninsula, and no one other than a Muslim is to remain in it. As for the one who manufactures intoxicants, whether Muslim or disbeliever, he must be expelled. He must be expelled to his own country. He must also be disciplined. If he is of Saudi nationality, he must be disciplined and the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) must be carried out against him. If he is of another nationality, the hudud are carried out against him and he is expelled, unless
Many institutions and companies employ disbelievers in their work and provide them with housing outside the city. This creates an opportunity for these people to manufacture and sell intoxicants in the country. It would be desirable if the authorities were alerted to attack the workers' housing to stop this.
The Shaykh:
The employment of disbelievers in the Arabian Peninsula is a matter of ownership [or control]. They must not be allowed to remain in the Peninsula, and they must be prevented from being in the Peninsula. But it is also regrettable that Muslims are doing this. Muslims have factories for intoxicants that they sell, and they claim to be Muslims, while they are disbelievers. Muslims who claim to be Muslims, and yet you find that the Commission has more than one factory for intoxicants in every place. There is no power or strength except in
The questioner:
It exists.
The Shaykh:
or the manufacture of intoxicants. A disbeliever must be removed from this Peninsula. Even if he is a disbeliever who does nothing to the people, he must be removed from this Peninsula, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) advised the removal of disbelievers from this Peninsula, and no one other than a Muslim is to remain in it. As for the one who manufactures intoxicants, whether Muslim or disbeliever, he must be expelled. He must be expelled to his own country. He must also be disciplined. If he is of Saudi nationality, he must be disciplined and the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) must be carried out against him. If he is of another nationality, the hudud are carried out against him and he is expelled, unless
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 121 ما العمل مع الكفار المقيمين الذين يصنعون الخمر ويبيعوه؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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