The ruling on working in cafes and serving shisha and tobacco
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Question:
What is the ruling on one who works in cafes and serves shisha and tobacco to those who frequent this cafe? And what is the ruling on the earnings he gains from this work?
Answer:
First, the sale of qat, shisha, and tobacco is forbidden. These are impure substances, harmful substances, foul and corrupt substances, so they are forbidden, and there is no doubt in their prohibition because of the impurity in them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says in describing our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)[Al-A'raf 7:157] So every impure thing is forbidden, [Al-Ma'idah 5:100], [Al-Mu'minun 23:51], [Al-Baqarah 2:172]. Allah has made the good things lawful for us and has forbidden the impure things. So this tobacco, this shisha, and this qat are forbidden, their price is forbidden, selling them is forbidden, and their price is forbidden. It is not permissible for the worker in the restaurant to serve them to the sinners who use them, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said [Al-Ma'idah 5:2]
What is the ruling on one who works in cafes and serves shisha and tobacco to those who frequent this cafe? And what is the ruling on the earnings he gains from this work?
Answer:
First, the sale of qat, shisha, and tobacco is forbidden. These are impure substances, harmful substances, foul and corrupt substances, so they are forbidden, and there is no doubt in their prohibition because of the impurity in them. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says in describing our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil
وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَSay, "Not equal are the evil and the good, although the abundance of evil might impress you."
قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِي الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِO messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness
يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًاO you who have believed, eat from the good things which We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَAnd cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم العمل في مقهى وتقديم الدخان؟ وما حكم الراتب الذي يتقاضاه؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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