CAN I SELL ALCOHOL & PORK AT WORK？ (SPECIFIC FATWA) ｜｜ Ask The Sheikh
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about working in Tesco and why it is important to work in a halal job. We also talk about the dangers of going on a rollercoaster with Sheikh Abdul Rahim Green.
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One time we had, when we had a Chasington for the family event.
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Many du'at came, and then Sheikh Abdul Karim, you can edit this, huh?
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And then, Sheikh Abdul Rahim Green came, and I said, MashaAllah, Sheikh Abdul Rahim Green,
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And Sheikh Haytham, why don't you go on roller coaster?
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And Sheikh Abdul Rahim said, well, you know, yes and no, yes and no.
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So, we went and the people said to the officer, please, please, let them go.
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Wallahi, to be honest with you, it's a bit scary.
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And, Sheikh Abdul Rahim, all of the time, he was saying, la ilaha illallah, astaghfirullah, la ilaha illallah, astaghfirullah.
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Sheikh Abdul Rahim is making dhikr of Allah, Jalla Ala, and I'm just making.
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And it was really a very nice experience, along with Sheikh Abdul Rahim Green.
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And then, you know, the camera, they did not have, like, yeah, we did not have a proper picture.
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We did not take selfie, me and Sheikh Abdul Rahim Green.
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Okay, assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, brothers and sisters.
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Today's question is, we had an email from a sister who works in Tesco,
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and she's asking that, obviously, she's supporting her family.
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Is she allowed to serve alcohol or touch pork, et cetera?
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First of all, it is good that you put that disclaimer that she has no choice but to work.
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Because I'm not always in favour of sisters working in different places.
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Because we want our sisters really to be the best mothers.
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And this is another story, I'm sure, that provokes many sisters.
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Because many of them, they want to have careers, they want to have this and that.
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And at the end of the day, they ruin their real career, which is motherhood.
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Maybe we can talk, we can talk about this another time, inshaAllah.
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But apart from that, okay, assuming that she is genuinely needs that job and she did not
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And we will focus on the issue of serving alcohol and touching pork, et cetera.
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First of all, you know, in this country and in the West in general, it is very rare for anyone,
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okay, a brother or a sister, to find a job that is purely halal, that is free from any
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In fact, as some people said, that these days, you know, these days, it is very difficult
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to find a job that is purely halal, even in Muslim countries.
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They all have some elements of, you know, some haram things.
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So, the question is, which haram can be overlooked and which haram cannot be overlooked.
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Now, the haram that can be overlooked is the haram that does not lead to a huge facade.
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Uh, for example, no one is allowed to work where, in a pornography industry.
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Now, with this issue of Khamar, it is true that Khamar leads to a facade.
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As a scholar said about Khamar, it is Ummul Khabai.
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But, the amount of dealing with Khamar in working for Tesco or Sainsbury or the likes of
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You are just passing, uh, or, or, uh, you are not even serving it.
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So, if it is minimum, inshallah, it can be overlooked.
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However, we ask brothers and sisters to try their best to find the minimum haram.
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And also, try to speak to the, uh, yeah, any management.
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Whether in Tesco or in any other of these super stores.
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They should work only in halal, uh, facilities.
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The basis for the answer that we have given is Allah said to us,
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And the scholars mention number of examples, uh, of when the haram prevails.
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Uh, you can ask, uh, Ask the Sheikh at our email, askthasheikh.com.
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Please do send your questions in and queries, inshallah.
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And we can answer them as effective as possible.