Is it permissible to work in distributing advertisements and newspapers that contain advertisements for pork and alcohol?
If an advertisement contains something forbidden, such as alcohol or pork, then it is not permissible to work in its distribution, because it is a form of spreading evil. Allah Almighty said: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." As for newspapers that contain forbidden advertisements within their news and cultural sections, it is permissible to sell and distribute them, because the forbidden advertisements therein are neither intended nor dominant. What is permissible as a subsidiary may not be permissible independently, and this is due to widespread affliction and the difficulty of avoidance. It is more cautious for a Muslim to avoid what is known to promote the forbidden, and there is no blame for what is not known. Private advertisements are not permissible to distribute if they promote the forbidden, because that is their intended purpose.
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