What is the ruling on money earned from working in cigarette sales, and is it permissible to pray in clothes and with a watch bought with it, and is it permissible to pay debts or receive money owed by a person from this money?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If you are a tenant of the shop, you must repent from selling the forbidden tobacco. As for the money earned, there is no harm in benefiting from it. But if you are the owner of the shop, you must repent and dispose of the profits from selling tobacco by determining the amount of forbidden money and acting with caution.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/49123
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 49123
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy