The Ruling on Selling Dates to Merchants Who Sell Them to Wine Pressers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: In our country, there is a type of dates that is rarely eaten, and it is known to people that merchants sell them to wine pressers. Do we commit a sin if we sell them to these merchants?
Answer:
Yes, you are cooperating with them in sin and transgression, selling them what is known to be pressed for wine. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: In our country, there is a type of dates that is rarely eaten, and it is known to people that merchants sell them to wine pressers. Do we commit a sin if we sell them to these merchants?
Answer:
Yes, you are cooperating with them in sin and transgression, selling them what is known to be pressed for wine. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن ثمن عسب الفحل — islamhouse.com (54:43)
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