What is the ruling on working with the owner of a bakery who cheats in the bread?
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The questioner : Yes, yes. Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : Oh, wonderful.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah. Regarding your question, I mean. It is better. Regarding, I mean, I am working with a man. And this man makes, for example, bread that is not the specifications he put on the oven. And it is at a higher price than the specifications he actually makes. So is it assumed to work with him or not?
The Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : It is not a problem, what do you mean?
The questioner : Like bread, for example, he makes, he put on the oven, likewise the specifications of the dates. And he announced, uh, the method of distillation, that I, uh, discovered that this method, for example, is not correct.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, shorten the question, shorten the question, do not give me a lecture, what is the purpose of the question?
The questioner : I mean, yes.
The Shaykh : Deception.
The questioner : Yes, should I abandon it?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : How? He leaves it.
The questioner : Leave it. Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : Oh, wonderful.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah. Regarding your question, I mean. It is better. Regarding, I mean, I am working with a man. And this man makes, for example, bread that is not the specifications he put on the oven. And it is at a higher price than the specifications he actually makes. So is it assumed to work with him or not?
The Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : It is not a problem, what do you mean?
The questioner : Like bread, for example, he makes, he put on the oven, likewise the specifications of the dates. And he announced, uh, the method of distillation, that I, uh, discovered that this method, for example, is not correct.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, shorten the question, shorten the question, do not give me a lecture, what is the purpose of the question?
The questioner : I mean, yes.
The Shaykh : Deception.
The questioner : Yes, should I abandon it?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : How? He leaves it.
The questioner : Leave it. Yes.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 944 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (24:02)
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