Is working as a storekeeper in a hotel that serves alcohol unlawful? And does the ruling differ if no other work is available for a married person?
Alcohol is the mother of all evils, and "Allah has cursed alcohol, its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its presser, its distiller, its carrier, and the one to whom it is carried." Accordingly, it is not permissible to work in a field associated with alcohol, such as storing or logging it, because that is considered aiding in sin and consenting to evil. A Muslim must abandon work that involves evil and disobedience, for "a soul will not die until it has received its full provision, even if it is slow in coming," and "whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better than it."
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