What is the ruling on traveling aboard an airline that recites the supplication for riding, the Qur’an, and the Hadith, when there is an option to travel aboard an airline that serves alcohol? And is "If you do not partake in these abominations, nothing will harm you" correct?
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If you are able to travel without witnessing evil, then it is not permissible for you to travel on an airplane where alcoholic beverages are served and major sins are committed. This is based on the : "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not sit at a table where wine is circulated." Furthermore, denouncing evil in the heart contradicts witnessing it when one is able to avoid it. Sitting in a gathering of disobedience may indicate approval of it, as Allah Almighty says: "So do not sit with them until they engage in another conversation. Indeed, in that case, you would be like them."
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