Renting a house to the Shi'ah during the days of Hajj
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The questioner:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on renting a house to the Shi'ah during the days of Hajj, given their violations of the Shari'ah, among which is cursing the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)?
The Shaykh:
In any case, Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] So anything that involves cooperation in sin and aggression is not permissible. Just as it is not permissible to rent a shop for the sale of intoxicants, for example, or to make it a factory for intoxicants, or a house for prostitution, or a cinema, or any other of the forbidden matters, it is not permissible to do anything that assists in the disobedience of Allah. So if, for example, a group of people display their disbelief and misguidance, is it permissible for someone to rent to them? But if they are merely residing there and nothing is displayed from them, nothing is displayed from them, merely that they reside and do not display any of their evil, and they only gather with people and with Muslims, then perhaps the matter is easy in this case. But as for one who knows that they display their evil and display their disbelief, it is not permissible for him to rent to them.
The questioner:
You mentioned, O Honorable One, that Allah has a Face, hands, and a leg.
The Shaykh:
I mean, I say: If they make the rented place a place for calling to their misguidance and spreading their schools of thought, then this is not permissible, not for the Shi'ah and not for others. But if it is merely that they reside there and nothing happens from them until they leave and depart, then I do not advise anyone to rent to them, but we do not say that this is forbidden because nothing results from it to the extent that we would say it is forbidden. However, out of caution and out of the fact that a person should leave doubtful matters, he does not rent to them. Yes.
The questioner says: What is the ruling on renting a house to the Shi'ah during the days of Hajj, given their violations of the Shari'ah, among which is cursing the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)?
The Shaykh:
In any case, Allah the Exalted says:
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِThe questioner:
You mentioned, O Honorable One, that Allah has a Face, hands, and a leg.
The Shaykh:
I mean, I say: If they make the rented place a place for calling to their misguidance and spreading their schools of thought, then this is not permissible, not for the Shi'ah and not for others. But if it is merely that they reside there and nothing happens from them until they leave and depart, then I do not advise anyone to rent to them, but we do not say that this is forbidden because nothing results from it to the extent that we would say it is forbidden. However, out of caution and out of the fact that a person should leave doubtful matters, he does not rent to them. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠١ — archive.org (1:25:06)
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