What is the ruling on going to a restaurant owned by a Muslim that serves alcohol and has dancers, and is it permissible to compare it to American restaurants that serve alcohol?
It is not permissible for a Muslim to sit at a table where alcoholic beverages are being served, nor to eat in restaurants where alcoholic beverages are sold, except in cases of necessity, provided that one does not sit at a table with alcohol, or one chooses times when the reprehensible act is not apparent. It is preferable to avoid all restaurants where forbidden things are sold, even if they are far away, in order to seek what is lawful. If you are compelled to eat in such restaurants, avoid suspicious foods and do not sit at tables where alcoholic beverages are served. If it is impossible to avoid the forbidden in the country of residence, then migration becomes obligatory.
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