What is the ruling on opening a cafe where smoking is practiced?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A man gave his son a shop and stipulated that if he started working, the shop should be a cafe. In our country, most of the customers smoke with their coffee. The question is: Is it permissible for me to agree to this project, knowing that I am unable to forbid the customers?
Answer:
A shop that is for sins, where sins are practiced, is not permissible for you to rent to them, nor is it permissible for you to establish it for customers who commit sins in it. It is obligatory for you to stipulate with whoever enters it; you put a sign on the door and stipulate that no one smokes in this shop. So whoever violates this, you have a right to expel him from it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A man gave his son a shop and stipulated that if he started working, the shop should be a cafe. In our country, most of the customers smoke with their coffee. The question is: Is it permissible for me to agree to this project, knowing that I am unable to forbid the customers?
Answer:
A shop that is for sins, where sins are practiced, is not permissible for you to rent to them, nor is it permissible for you to establish it for customers who commit sins in it. It is obligatory for you to stipulate with whoever enters it; you put a sign on the door and stipulate that no one smokes in this shop. So whoever violates this, you have a right to expel him from it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم فتح مقهى يتعاطى فيه الدخان؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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