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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to sell what is permissible to one who uses it in what is forbidden?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to sell the benefit of something lawful to a person who uses it in something forbidden?

Answer:
No, this is aiding in the matter.
but do not cooperate in sin and aggressionوَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]
, so do not sell a thing to anyone who uses it to aid in what is forbidden. It was mentioned that it is not permissible to sell grapes to one who makes them into intoxicants, nor to sell weapons to one who kills Muslims with them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/828] هل يجوز بيع ما هو مباح لمن يستخدمه في الحرام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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