Is the restaurant owner who sells (food) sinful if he expects the buyer will use it to sell alcohol?
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If you are certain or highly assume that the buyer will sell alcoholic beverages, then it is not permissible for you to sell to him. However, if it is merely a baseless delusion, then there is no harm in selling to him, because the default rule for sales transactions is permissibility.
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