Ask Shaykh YQ - Episode 21 - Can I Work in A Restaurant That Serves Haram
Yasir Qadhi
Muslim Central
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. |
| 0:05.0 | This is again a common problem. |
| 0:06.0 | Our brother says, I'm assuming this is a young brother, |
| 0:09.0 | that he is saying, I cannot find a job and I'm not able to pay for my livelihood. I'm forced by |
| 0:17.0 | circumstance to work at a restaurant that serves haram. What is the verdict on this? So the brother was |
| 0:33.0 | no |
| 0:35.0 | he l a him that's a no hilah him ves al al-Aghthikriya ku kuwahtum la t'alamu' |
| 0:41.0 | and o'en okay so the brother was unclear he says serves harem. So I'm going to give a generic response |
| 0:47.5 | based upon this. First and foremost realize our prophet, Sallalahlissal al-a-ssela said Hadith is Sahibuari. |
| 0:53.5 | In no law at a ala either haramma shayan, |
| 0:56.6 | harama thamahu. |
| 0:58.8 | Whenever Allah makes something haram, |
| 1:01.6 | he makes its price haram as well. This Hadith is an Abu Dawa memorize this as a principle of Islam. |
| 1:08.0 | If it is haram, for you to use it is haram for you to do what? To sell. Okay? If it's harm to use it's |
| 1:17.6 | harm to sell. If it's harm for you to eat or drink it is harm to make |
| 1:21.5 | financial benefit off of this. |
| 1:23.4 | And the Hadith in Sahim Muslim Jiabib in Abdullah said that the Prophet |
| 1:28.4 | Allah Allah Allah Allah al-A al-Lham said, |
| 1:30.9 | In Nalahat al-Haramabay al-Kamari, |
| 1:33.6 | well maitati, well-hansidi, well-ozidi, |
| 1:35.8 | well-osna, four things are mentioned. |
| 1:37.5 | Allah has made it haram to buy and sell alcohol |
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