Selling Things That Are Haram - Jamal Badawi

the typical questions how could I have a store without selling things that would attract customers like swine meat beer wine or having lottery ticket sold and if I don't sell those things the customers won't come because these are the thing that attract people to come and buy from me so by cutting off these things I'm cutting off also lots of other customers might buy otherwise health stuff how could I get a franchise when the franchise requires me to sell beer or pork I be losing customers this way now is that a problem it sure is a problem but let us begin again with the second question on each of these topics what are the rules of Sharia first of all what is there in the Quran and Sunnah about it can a Muslim sell forbidden things under any circumstances the answer comes in the hadith of the prophet salaallah sellin as narrated both in Ahmed and Buddhahood in Allah Eva had Rama she and her drama semana if Allah forbade something he also forbade eating its price so it's not the issue of eating pork but eating the money resulting from selling pork in another hadith narrated both in Bukhari and Muslim of the highest authenticity in Allah or Isola or Haram la Alhambra well made that our kin 0l Aslam Allah Allah Allah and His Messenger made it unlawful to sell in toxicants animals that died without proper slaughter swine meat and statues for idols in another hadith narrated both in at-tirmidhi and open imagine and it was reported that there were generators are that they are trusted ones Lana and Nabil Sawalha renew aceldama fill camry a Sheila are Sarah Hamato Sarah ha wash Arriba ha ha million mulatto la reserve Teja wah bah ha akela the maneja well mr. ela ha one must arataura that means the prophet sallallaahu sallam has cursed in intoxicants 10 means 10 categories the one who makes it and the one who wanted me or had it had have it made and the person who drink it the person who carried the person to whom its carried the person who gave it to other to drink the one who sells it the one who eats its price the one who buy it and the person to whom it is purchased a person wanted to give a gift to the Prophet sallallahu wasallam of wine it's very strange gift then the prophet sallallaahu sell em said innallaha haram aha Allah made it forbidden and unlawful so the man said a fella Abraha should I then sell it the Prophet SAW sell and say in a levy Haram assure Baja Haram away AHA the one who forbade and made it unlawful to drink is the one who made it unlawful to eat its price or to sell anything that need to be more clear than this then the man said a fella Oh Harry mubahala who'd should I just give it as a gift to Jews maybe that was in Medina so they drink it anyway the Prophet sallallahu wasallam said in a levy Haram ah ha ha drama and youa Kurama be Holly ahout the one who made it unlawful made it unlawful to give it as a gift to the Jews the man said what should I do with it Collison aha but that means spill it on the ground that's the way to deal with it to be more specific now how does that apply to contemporary life of people or Muslim doing business here one a Muslim is not supposed to be selling pork meat whether in the form of meat ham sandwiches or products that carry a major part of it as pork like pizza with pork pepperoni or salami secondly it is unlawful for a Muslim who fear Allah subhana WA Ta'ala to sell any in toxicant in any form and by the way the word humbler in the quran does not mean wine this is mistranslation summer is as a murder the allah man who had this natural talent of the language understood it when he said al hamra muhammara luck come is anything that be clouds the mind so whether it's hard liquor beer smoking marijuana smoking whatever banana LSD crack you name it would fall within the same thing and the Prophet SAW Allah made it quite clear as narrated in ahmed and abu dawood and at-tirmidhi mascara kathy roo-hoo vitaly no Haram anything where if you take a large amount would cause you to be intoxicated even a small amount is also Haram the more and more hadees on that subject a third application that selling not only taking selling any intoxicant is unlawful as well fourthly that selling lottery tickets whether it is government lottery or any other type of lottery is haram in fact it is mentioned in surah al-maida in surah 5 in ayah 90 and on yeahyou alladhina amanu in am al hombro and my CL Ansar al-islam origin seitan vegetative or alikum to flee hone that in toxicants and gambling and other aspects of the pagan practice of the arabs is of the deeds of Shaitaan you should avoid it or keep away from it that you may achieve success number 5 living in North America again we know that there are other aspects as well that are Haram it is not lawful for a Muslim to sell or rent videos and you know what I mean by that video tapes containing things that are contrary to Sharia not only x-rated type of videos but things that are semi ex as well even if they are imported from the so-called Muslim world carioca and all this other stuff that comes from the so-called Muslim countries with the belly dances and all of that and say no no I'm getting it from a Muslim country it cannot be Haram it is not lawful for a Muslim to sell anything that is worshiped instead or beside Allah subhana WA Ta'ala a person a Muslim who sells articles like crosses the statue of Mary may Allah be pleased with her or any other object that some people are used by way of adoration and worship would be obviously Haram as well then again we come back to quote the question that many people will be pressing we will lose customers we'll be losing customers but again sometimes you forget that it is not the customer who gave us risk it is Allah who gives us this through customs and let me tell you a little story that happened with me many years back I forgot how long 10 15 years was giving a lecture in Denver and one brother there had a store sandwich store in a very strategic location in downtown he was doing alright because lots of employees come during lunch hour to buy sandwich I'll have some drink and then he said I feel guilty he said why brother he said because I have lots of good things juices and sandwiches but some people come and ask for you know ham sandwiches and occasionally beer and I feel bad about it I remind that the brother he said Allah gives risk say what should I do I said you focus on quality and if somebody asks for a ham sandwich say I'm sorry I don't have but have delicious Turkey this or that make sure that you have really good food diversify have lots of attractive types of juices range of that and try it depend on Allah and try it at the beginning he sounded like this man doesn't know what he's talking about he doesn't know the realities of business but later on he told me that I kept thinking that it's not practical but then I said one time let me try it and then he said in no time his business even went up from the barakah of dealing with Hannah but it you might get some people who say that I tried that and I only got you know that loss got losses I have less income I have less profit but suppose even you don't have the same situation like that brother in Denver again visca comes from allah and what would wealth do if allah subhanaw taala punishes us suffice allah forbid that a person get a serious disease and all those tens of thousands of dollars are spent in no time might cost $2000 just for one night in hospital what's the benefit and above all if we think long term how would that affect our well-being in front of allah subhanaw taala in the ultimate day of judgment the question of franchise is difficult I admit I know one brother or sister asked the question last night and not all franchises are the same I heard of some cases with some of the less known franchises were a Muslim demanded and he said you know I cannot sell this items like it said or other sandwiches but not this item they fast and argued but finally in few cases they exceeded and made exception but of course I'm not talking in vacuum and I do know that there are some franchises where they will be very very strict about their products if you want to get a franchise like on the submarine sandwiches or McDonald or Burger King a Burger King or whatever they are very strict on that because they make national advertisement of their products some of which contain pork and it's very very difficult for them ready to give exception even if the marketing manager might might be willing to do this it's very hard but of course we can say that long term if Muslims unite together a sort of coalition of Muslim business persons in the continent and keep writing and pushing those big franchises made they could make ultimately in the future I'm not saying this will happen immediately franchise contract a and B giving some concession to Muslims and possibly Muslims and Jews for that matter this is an area where some cooperation even could be productive I know some of you might say this is not realistic but only two days ago yeah two days ago we received a letter in the Islamic Information Foundation and Halifax based on a big fight that some sisters I give credit to the sisters actually had with the Tim Hortons doughnuts oftentimes we used to ask them is there any large in the Tim Horton products but they were evasive the you should say oh no no that we fry it in pure vegetable oil and some people took that as a sufficient answer I mean though fry it in what's the problem with though but to their misfortune one of those sisters happen to have a degree in nutrition and she knows also that the mixes even the flower could be mixed with with other products like fats so ask them specifically about that they were evasive and they were lots of battles that went on for several month several months and ultimately the letter will receive two days ago that effective immediately Tim Horton doughnuts I don't know whether top rates in the United States does top rates in Canada effective immediately all their big products will be free from any pork products even the glazing some people not even noticed that the glazing would also be free of any pork products and they expect their willingness to accommodate major religious groups in this country so this is something that may not take place immediately but we can work our towards but if and Muslim investors think that a franchise is better for him at the expense of his Dean or her Dean then maybe they should try some other business they can start independent business if they could let me come to another issue without doing much of the questions allowed my deal with the particulars as we move on and I'll pass the questions that you can study them

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Length: 14min 44sec (884 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 16 2012