The ruling on working in a restaurant frequented by open sinners
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The questioner : The woman: Welcome.
The Shaykh: In a restaurant.
The questioner: A restaurant, and the restaurant has two dining halls for families, for women and men, and for men alone. In this restaurant, some young men and women of bad character come, and many come, and it means
The Shaykh: The point is, do not work in this restaurant. It is not permissible for you to work there.
The questioner: It is not permissible. The owner of the restaurant is also committed, our Shaykh. The owner of the restaurant is committed.
The Shaykh: If he were committed, he would not have accepted such diners.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, he says: I opened a restaurant for eating, and they do nothing, I mean, in the restaurant.
The Shaykh: Our Shaykh.
The questioner: Go ahead, Shaykh. You are the Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Our Shaykh, do you want us to give you a ruling, or do you want to give us a ruling?
The questioner: I want to drink, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: I understood you from the start, so you went back and said: he says it is none of my business and none of his. What did you do? It is not permissible.
The questioner: Is that okay? He works, he dies, and the fourth one comes to you. May Allah bless you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And there is a bar.
The questioner: May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh: May Allah keep you safe. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: Five minutes, and I hope I forgot to tell you something, Shaykh. I want the call to be recorded. I ask you to present it. It is impossible for the youth, given the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that exists now.
The Shaykh: We have previously offered advice, and we are not tired.
The questioner: Where are you recording? May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: We have offered advice, and we do not have the time to give advice every time an enthusiastic man like you asks for advice. The time now is for A, B, C: forbidden, lawful, permissible, not permissible.
The questioner: Okay, that is enough, Shaykh. Get out of the topic.
The Shaykh: And may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: I did not address the matter on the pulpits without mentioning names.
The Shaykh: Did you hear what I told you?
The questioner: Okay, I am sorry, Shaykh. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Do you allow us, Shaykh, two questions?
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner: There is a hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said and in a narration it is one qirāṭ. So, our Shaykh, what is your view on combining the two qirāṭs and the one qirāṭ?
The Shaykh: The additional amount is always taken. The additional amount is always taken from the text.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The Shaykh: In a restaurant.
The questioner: A restaurant, and the restaurant has two dining halls for families, for women and men, and for men alone. In this restaurant, some young men and women of bad character come, and many come, and it means
The Shaykh: The point is, do not work in this restaurant. It is not permissible for you to work there.
The questioner: It is not permissible. The owner of the restaurant is also committed, our Shaykh. The owner of the restaurant is committed.
The Shaykh: If he were committed, he would not have accepted such diners.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, he says: I opened a restaurant for eating, and they do nothing, I mean, in the restaurant.
The Shaykh: Our Shaykh.
The questioner: Go ahead, Shaykh. You are the Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Our Shaykh, do you want us to give you a ruling, or do you want to give us a ruling?
The questioner: I want to drink, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: I understood you from the start, so you went back and said: he says it is none of my business and none of his. What did you do? It is not permissible.
The questioner: Is that okay? He works, he dies, and the fourth one comes to you. May Allah bless you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And there is a bar.
The questioner: May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh: May Allah keep you safe. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: Five minutes, and I hope I forgot to tell you something, Shaykh. I want the call to be recorded. I ask you to present it. It is impossible for the youth, given the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that exists now.
The Shaykh: We have previously offered advice, and we are not tired.
The questioner: Where are you recording? May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: We have offered advice, and we do not have the time to give advice every time an enthusiastic man like you asks for advice. The time now is for A, B, C: forbidden, lawful, permissible, not permissible.
The questioner: Okay, that is enough, Shaykh. Get out of the topic.
The Shaykh: And may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: I did not address the matter on the pulpits without mentioning names.
The Shaykh: Did you hear what I told you?
The questioner: Okay, I am sorry, Shaykh. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: Do you allow us, Shaykh, two questions?
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner: There is a hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for hunting or guarding, his reward is reduced by two qirāṭs every day.
من اتخذ كلبا ليس لكلب صيد ولا قنص نقص من أجره كل يوم قيراطانThe Shaykh: The additional amount is always taken. The additional amount is always taken from the text.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1335 — d3watuna.com (4:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.