Is earning a living from working in a winery for 35 years in France considered permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram), and is the retirement pension resulting from it permissible or forbidden?
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Allah has forbidden alcohol (). His Messenger, peace be upon him, cursed ten categories of people associated with alcohol. The worker in an alcohol factory is considered one who presses grapes (for alcohol), and his work is among the major sins. His earnings are impure (khabith) and unlawful (), and he must repent. If the work is unlawful, then the retirement grant is also unlawful because it results from unlawful work, and one must dispose of it. A little lawful () is better than a lot of unlawful (haram). Impure earnings lead to the corruption of one's faith and worldly life, and bring misfortune upon its earner.
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