Question:

The question is regarding one of our local students, who normally plays cricket in a team. One restaurant wants to sponsor them some food. However, the restaurant sells alcohol as well.

In this scenario, there are two questions:

1) Can they get that sponsor and eat the food?

2) If yes, can they also put the restaurant's logo in their shirts as a mean of advertising.

Jazakallah khair.

Answer:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1) In principle, it is permissible to accept the gift given by a person if the majority of his wealth is from a halal source, unless one is certain that the gift in question was obtained from a haram source. On the other hand, if the majority of his wealth is from a haram source then it is not permissible to accept any gift given by him unless he clearly says that he obtained it from a halal source. Also, if a non-Muslim sells alcohol to a non-Muslim then the money he makes from it will be considered permissible, in the sense that if he were to give that money to a Muslim, it would be permissible for him to accept it. The same is true about a non-Muslim selling pork to a non-Muslim. The Jurists have stated that wine and pigs for non-Muslims are regarded as items of monetary value, like is the case with vinegar and goat for Muslims.

Based on the above, if the restaurant in question is owned by a non-Muslim then it will be permissible for your friend to accept and eat halal food offered by that restaurant, although it is better and more virtuous to avoid doing so.

However, if the restaurant is owned by a Muslim then the ruling is that the money he makes by selling alcohol and haram food is haram. And, therefore, if the majority of the money he makes is haram then it will not be permissible to accept and eat the food he gives. If, however, the majority of the money he makes is halal then it will permissible to accept and eat halal food that he offers, although it is better and more virtuous to avoid doing so.

 

في الهندية: أهدى إلى رجل شيئا أو أضافه إن كان غالب ماله من الحلال فلا بأس إلا أن يعلم بأنه حرام، فإن كان الغالب هو الحرام ينبغي أن لا يقبل الهدية، ولا يأكل الطعام إلا أن يخبره بأنه حلال ورثته أو استقرضته من رجل، كذا في الينابيع .... وبعد صفحتين: وفي الروضة يجيب دعوة الفاسق والورع أن لا يجيبه .... كذا في الوجيز للكردري. آكل الربا وكاسب الحرام أهدى إليه أو أضافه وغالب ماله حرام لا يقبل، ولا يأكل ما لم يخبره أن ذلك المال أصله حلال ورثه أو استقرضه، وإن كان غالب ماله حلالا لا بأس بقبول هديته والأكل منها، كذا في الملتقط [الفتاوى الهندية 5/ 420،422]

وقال في لهداية: ولنا أن التقوم باق في حقهم، إذ الخمر لهم كالخل لنا والخنزير لهم كالشاة لنا ( الهداية مع فتح القدير، كتاب الغصب، فصل في غصب ما لا يتقوم :9/365 )

2) If the restaurant sells both halal items and haram items then it will be permissible to wear clothing that contains its logo as a means of advertisement, although it is better to refrain from this. On the other hand, if it sells only haram items then it will not be permissible to do so.

في المحيط البرهاني: ويجوز بيع البربط والطبل والمزمار والنرد وأشباه ذلك في قول أبي حنيفة، وعندهما لا يجوز بيع هذه الأشياء. وجه قولهما: إن هذه الأشياء أعدت للمعصية حتى صارت بحال لا يستعمل إلا في المعصية، فسقطت ماليتها والتحقت بالعدم، ومن شرط جواز البيع المالية. ولأبي حنيفة أن هذه الآلات ليست بمحرمة العين، وكونها آلة المعصية إنما يوجب سقوط التقوم والمالية إذا كانت متعينة للمعصية، وهذه الأشياء لم تتعين آلة للمعصية؛ لأن الانتفاع بهذه الأشياء ممكن بوجه حلال بأن يجعل النرد سينجات الموازين، والبربط والطبل والدف ظروف الأشياء، وإذا لم تكن متعينة للمعصية لا يسقط تقومها كالمغنّية فإنه لما تصور الانتفاع عينها بطريق حلال لا يسقط تقومها وماليتها حتى جاز بيعها ، كذا ههنا (المحيط البرهاني: 9/ 334 ، إدارة القرآن)

قلت: قد ثبت من العبارة المذكورة أنه يجوز عند الإمام بيع الأشياء التي لا تتعين للمعصية لكون الانتفاع بها ممكنا بوجه حلال فكذلك ينبغي أن يجوز تسويق الأشياء التي لا تتعين للمعصية وكذلك تسويق محلات تجارية و مطاعم وغيرها إذا كانت غير متعينة للمعصية بحيث تباع فيها أشياء يمكن الانتفاع بها بوجه حلال ، والله تعالى أعلم

And Allah Ta'ala knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
11/11/2021

Darul Ifta Australia
www.fatwa.org.au

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