Renting one’s premises to someone who sells haraam commodities

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Q: I’ve got a shop which sell lottery and pork but no alcohol. The property is mine. If I give it up for rent, is the rent money halal or if they said they want to put alcohol in it and I give them permission to put it in does that haram come back on me or better selling up?

Bismillaah

A: Don’t rent it to people that are selling these commodities.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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