Sitting next to a drinker of intoxicants on an airplane
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some airlines sell intoxicants inside the airplane, and sometimes one is sitting next to someone who is drinking intoxicants. What is the ruling in this matter? And how should I deal with this religiously?
Answer:
Ask the flight attendants and request a seat where there is no one drinking intoxicants, so that you are with the Muslims, with a Muslim. No airplane is without Muslims. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some airlines sell intoxicants inside the airplane, and sometimes one is sitting next to someone who is drinking intoxicants. What is the ruling in this matter? And how should I deal with this religiously?
Answer:
Ask the flight attendants and request a seat where there is no one drinking intoxicants, so that you are with the Muslims, with a Muslim. No airplane is without Muslims. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (58:59)
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