Selling Forbidden Items and Renting Shops for Them
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your opinion? He says: Selling forbidden items or renting out establishments, such as barbershops and singing tapes, as well as selling images. What is the ruling on renting them out?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell what Allah has forbidden, such as selling the forbidden lottery, or selling tobacco, or selling intoxicants, or selling images; all of this is prohibited. Allah has made selling lawful and has forbidden riba (usury or interest), so what Allah has forbidden is forbidden to sell, and what Allah has made lawful is to be sold. One does not sell images, nor does he sell narcotics, nor does he sell intoxicants, nor does he sell smoking, nor does he sell the forbidden things. What Allah has forbidden, one does not sell. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is your opinion? He says: Selling forbidden items or renting out establishments, such as barbershops and singing tapes, as well as selling images. What is the ruling on renting them out?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell what Allah has forbidden, such as selling the forbidden lottery, or selling tobacco, or selling intoxicants, or selling images; all of this is prohibited. Allah has made selling lawful and has forbidden riba (usury or interest), so what Allah has forbidden is forbidden to sell, and what Allah has made lawful is to be sold. One does not sell images, nor does he sell narcotics, nor does he sell intoxicants, nor does he sell smoking, nor does he sell the forbidden things. What Allah has forbidden, one does not sell. Yes.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٣ — archive.org (26:52)
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