The Ruling on Trading in Goods Prohibited by the State
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The questioner:
This is a questioner from Yemen who says: Before you, O Shaykh, what is your opinion of one who trades in prohibited goods?
The Shaykh:
Prohibited, prohibited.
The questioner:
Once more.
The Shaykh:
I do not know, by Allah, what this is.
The questioner:
Where is the questioner from Yemen?
The Shaykh:
What is this prohibited good? What is "mughfarah"? And how is it prohibited? A "mughfar" — what does "mughfar" mean? Covered, covered. I think that.
The questioner:
That the state confiscates the goods? Does it confiscate from his wealth?
The Shaykh:
The state has not become but a few or a few; it does not confiscate a few; the Saudi state, yes. The Yemeni one does not look at it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
The questioner says: If one performs Hajj
The Shaykh:
The point is the rule that selling forbidden things is not permissible. One does not deal in anything forbidden, whether it is smoke, qat, or intoxicants. Everything that is forbidden is not to be dealt in. One should fear Allah and be cautious regarding what Allah has made sufficient, even if the state does not pray, even if the state permits it. If the state tells him to sell intoxicants, he does not sell intoxicants. He is cautious, he fears Allah, he fears his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), not because of the state. So, what brought you here?
He gives this in charity to the poor and the needy. Some hold that if he was ignorant and he repented, Allah accepted his repentance and he benefited from it, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Baqarah 2:275] We ask Allah for well-being. If he repented while ignorant, we hope that Allah will overlook what has passed. Yes. What is it?
The questioner:
Popular (beer) is lawful. Welcome.
The Shaykh:
He trades in it in the state that does not prohibit it. In the state that prohibits it, he leaves off trading in it, and he does not expose himself to danger and harm.
This is a questioner from Yemen who says: Before you, O Shaykh, what is your opinion of one who trades in prohibited goods?
The Shaykh:
Prohibited, prohibited.
The questioner:
Once more.
The Shaykh:
I do not know, by Allah, what this is.
The questioner:
Where is the questioner from Yemen?
The Shaykh:
What is this prohibited good? What is "mughfarah"? And how is it prohibited? A "mughfar" — what does "mughfar" mean? Covered, covered. I think that.
The questioner:
That the state confiscates the goods? Does it confiscate from his wealth?
The Shaykh:
The state has not become but a few or a few; it does not confiscate a few; the Saudi state, yes. The Yemeni one does not look at it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
The questioner says: If one performs Hajj
The Shaykh:
The point is the rule that selling forbidden things is not permissible. One does not deal in anything forbidden, whether it is smoke, qat, or intoxicants. Everything that is forbidden is not to be dealt in. One should fear Allah and be cautious regarding what Allah has made sufficient, even if the state does not pray, even if the state permits it. If the state tells him to sell intoxicants, he does not sell intoxicants. He is cautious, he fears Allah, he fears his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), not because of the state. So, what brought you here?
He gives this in charity to the poor and the needy. Some hold that if he was ignorant and he repented, Allah accepted his repentance and he benefited from it, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire
فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِThe questioner:
Popular (beer) is lawful. Welcome.
The Shaykh:
He trades in it in the state that does not prohibit it. In the state that prohibits it, he leaves off trading in it, and he does not expose himself to danger and harm.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٥ — archive.org (5:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.