Does merely working in a place that sells alcohol, without directly handling it, selling it, or being responsible for it, make one's earnings from it unlawful and consider them ill-gotten gain (suḥt)?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
This opportunity might be worldly and not related to the afterlife, and it is not advisable to accept it for two reasons:
1. A woman's work in the aforementioned places is surrounded by many -prohibited aspects.
2. A Muslim's presence in places of iniquity, such as selling alcohol, without a compelling necessity, is not appropriate.
Therefore, for the sake of your religion, it is safer to turn away from it, and "whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect."
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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