What is the ruling on working in a shop that has a lottery machine or sells pornographic magazines, and what is the ruling on working with a café that delivers orders to customers if some of the meals contain pork?
Lottery is prohibited gambling, and pornographic magazines are forbidden due to the temptation and spread of discord they contain. Selling them is prohibited because when Allah forbids something, He also forbids its price. Working in a shop that sells them: if the worker directly sells these forbidden items, then it is not permissible. But if his work has no relation to them, then there is no harm, although it is better to avoid that. As for working in cafes and delivering prohibited orders, that has been answered previously.
Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/34957