Boycoting shops where Hindus work
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our neighborhood, there is a food store, and the people working in it are of the Hindu religion, and they work for their own benefit. The question is: Do you see, Honorable Shaykh, that we should boycott them and not buy from them with the intention of weakening them, since they fight the people of the Sunnah in their country?
Answer:
If they are selling something permissible, selling permissible things, we do not forbid the permissible; rather, we buy from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to buy from the Jews, and the Companions dealt with the polytheists. Commercial dealings, my brothers, there is no barrier with disbelievers or with Muslims. Commercial dealings in permissible matters and lending and borrowing are fine. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our neighborhood, there is a food store, and the people working in it are of the Hindu religion, and they work for their own benefit. The question is: Do you see, Honorable Shaykh, that we should boycott them and not buy from them with the intention of weakening them, since they fight the people of the Sunnah in their country?
Answer:
If they are selling something permissible, selling permissible things, we do not forbid the permissible; rather, we buy from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to buy from the Jews, and the Companions dealt with the polytheists. Commercial dealings, my brothers, there is no barrier with disbelievers or with Muslims. Commercial dealings in permissible matters and lending and borrowing are fine. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب بيان زوال تطهيره — islamhouse.com (59:59)
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