Is it permissible to cooperate with non-Muslims in certain transactions while they are hostile toward us?
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The questioner : The contract and agreement to manufacture, meaning, certain materials, and it seems the agreement has been reached, so this brother asks: Is such cooperation permissible?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my reliance regarding most people, whether we say it is permissible or not, is that they will deem it permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the people want something like that.
The questioner : They have become so!
The Shaykh : And in the context of cooperation, we always say: cooperation is not permissible with disbelievers, with the oppressors, and with criminals. This matter is well known.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : And he will tell you: We need to eat, we need to live, we need to work.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then why are you asking?
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, this is regarding the owner of the company. Now, let us go down a level regarding this.
The Shaykh : Allah has cursed ten people regarding intoxicants.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, my Shaykh—may Allah preserve you—this seems to be a matter independent of the original dealing with disbelievers, because the original commercial dealing is established between Muslims and others of the religions, is it not?
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner : But here it is a special case because they are, meaning, people of war?Another questioner : He asked me for the Shaykh's opinion, and I told him: The Shaykh's opinion is such and such.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my reliance regarding most people, whether we say it is permissible or not, is that they will deem it permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the people want something like that.
The questioner : They have become so!
The Shaykh : And in the context of cooperation, we always say: cooperation is not permissible with disbelievers, with the oppressors, and with criminals. This matter is well known.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : And he will tell you: We need to eat, we need to live, we need to work.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then why are you asking?
The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh, this is regarding the owner of the company. Now, let us go down a level regarding this.
The Shaykh : Allah has cursed ten people regarding intoxicants.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, my Shaykh—may Allah preserve you—this seems to be a matter independent of the original dealing with disbelievers, because the original commercial dealing is established between Muslims and others of the religions, is it not?
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner : But here it is a special case because they are, meaning, people of war?Another questioner : He asked me for the Shaykh's opinion, and I told him: The Shaykh's opinion is such and such.
The questioner: Yes.
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