Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt
Question:
I am working in UberEats. My question is, I do not deliberately deliver pork and alcohol but at times, KFC or McDonalds orders contain non-zabīḥā beef or chicken, is my income ḥalāl? I am not the direct contact with the customer and the food company. I am only a 3rd party driver.
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute.
The earning from UberEats, as a driver is ḥalāl (permissible). Driving to transport meals from restaurants to clients is acceptable, since there is nothing questionable about the act of driving itself. In most cases, the driver does not even know what kind of food item one is delivering. The Ḥanafī position is that manufacturing wine etc. is forbidden but not driving or transporting such items. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 6, Page 391, Dār Al-Fikr[1])
Only Allāh knows best.
[1] وَ جَازَ َحَمْلُ خَمْرِ ذِمِّيٍّ بِنَفْسِهِ أَوْ دَابَّتِهِ بِأَجْر لَا عَصْرُهَا لِقِيَامِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ بِعَيْنِهِ قَالَ الزَّيْلَعِيُّ وَهَذَا عِنْدَهُ وَقَالَا هُوَ مَكْرُوهٌ وَلَهُ أَنَّ الْإِجَارَةَ عَلَى الْحَمْلِ وَهُوَ لَيْسَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ، وَلَا سَبَبَ لَهَا وَإِنَّمَا تَحْصُلُ الْمَعْصِيَةُ بِفِعْلِ فَاعِلٍ مُخْتَارٍ وَلَيْسَ الشُّرْبُ مِنْ ضَرُورَاتِ الْحَمْلِ لِأَنَّ حَمْلَهَا قَدْ يَكُونُ لِلْإِرَاقَةِ أَوْ لِلتَّخْلِيلِ فَصَارَ كَمَا إذَا اسْتَأْجَرَهُ لِعَصْرِ الْعِنَبِ أَوْ قَطْعِهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ مَحْمُولٌ عَلَى الْحَمْلِ الْمَقْرُونِ بِقَصْدِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ اهـ زَادَ فِي النِّهَايَةِ وَهَذَا قِيَاسٌ وَقَوْلُهُمَا اسْتِحْسَانٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الزَّيْلَعِيُّ وَعَلَى هَذَا الْخِلَافِ لَوْ آجَرَهُ دَابَّةً لِيَنْقُلَ عَلَيْهَا الْخَمْرَ أَوْ آجَرَهُ نَفْسَهُ لِيَرْعَى لَهُ الْخَنَازِيرَ يَطِيبُ لَهُ الْأَجْرُ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَهُمَا يُكْرَهُ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج٦/ ص٣٩١ دار الفكر