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Is it permissible to partner with a brother who works in selling alcohol in America to build a house for the family, knowing that the cost of construction will be equally divided between them, and neither of them can complete the project alone?

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Your brother's work in selling alcohol is forbidden, according to the hadith: "Allâh has cursed Khamr [wine/alcohol]..." His salary is ill-gotten wealth. He must repent, quit his job, and dispose of this money by giving it to charitable causes. It is not permissible to partner with your brother in building a house with his ill-gotten wealth.

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