Is a Muslim's work distributing advertisements for a restaurant that sells alcohol and pork to Germans outside the restaurant considered unlawful (haram)?
Distributing advertisements for a restaurant that serves forbidden items has two scenarios:
1. If the advertisement includes promotion for alcohol, pork, or other forbidden items, then it is not permissible to distribute it, because it falls under cooperating in sin and aggression. Allah Almighty says: ﴿And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.﴾
2. If the advertisement does not include promotion for these forbidden items, but rather for permissible things like sandwiches or permissible drinks, then there is no harm in distributing it, although it is preferable to avoid doing so.
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