What is the ruling on working in restaurants and cafes that serve forbidden items, and in gambling halls and cabarets? What is the ruling on money earned from these jobs, and how can one dispose of it upon repentance? What is the ruling on Muslims owning shops that sell forbidden items and on the money earned from them? Can the principles of "necessities permit the forbidden," "matters are judged by their intentions," and "necessities are determined by their extent" be applied to Muslims living in non-Muslim countries? Is there a specific Shar’i discourse that takes their situation into account?

It is not permissible to work in the sale of forbidden things, such as alcohol and pork, even to non-Muslims, because non-Muslims are addressed by the ancillary rulings of Sharia, according to the preponderant opinion. If it is not permissible to work in these places, then it is even more so not permissible to own them for this purpose. The view of the majority of scholars is that what is forbidden in Muslim lands is also forbidden in non-Muslim lands, and necessities permit prohibitions under consistent regulations. What Imam Abu Hanifa held regarding the permissibility of some matters in non-Muslim lands but not in Muslim lands is a less preferred opinion.