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What is the ruling on a gift received from a relative who works in a hotel that sells alcohol?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The lease contract between an individual and a hotel for providing food and beverages, including alcoholic drinks, is invalid. The individual must abandon this work and seek lawful earnings. In this case, he is not entitled to the agreed-upon wage; rather, he is entitled to the customary wage for the permissible work performed. If he receives the full wage, he must dispose of the excess beyond the customary wage by spending it on charitable causes.

As for accepting his gift, if it is from his pure lawful wealth, it is accepted without dislike. If it is from his mixed wealth (lawful and unlawful), it is accepted with dislike. If the gift is from unlawful wealth, it should not be accepted. If the recipient becomes aware of this after accepting it, he must dispose of it by spending it on the general welfare of Muslims. He may take from it what he needs if he is poor, or spend it on his poor dependents.

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