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Is money obtained from renting out a café that sells food and shisha permissible or forbidden, knowing that the partner allocates a portion of the rent only from the sale of food?

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If the landlord knows that most or all cafes serve shisha and other forbidden things, and he leases the premises with the strong presumption that this will occur, then the lease is invalid, and the rent earned from it is unlawful. All of it must be disposed of by spending it on the welfare of Muslims, in accordance with the Almighty's saying: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." However, if custom does not dictate this, but the tenant then engages in selling shisha, the earned rent is lawful, and the landlord is not permitted to terminate the lease. Nevertheless, the tenant must be advised, and if he does not respond, the lease must not be renewed for him after the term expires.

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