Fatwa #3120514 November 2014India
Muslim allowing rent for Alcohol related Business
Question
Regarding Muslim allowing rent for Alcohol related Business.
My Father in law rented his building for an company whose job is to clean Liquor (alcohol)bottles and also few bottles like Dettol, Savlon, etc. Is this halal, Is it permissible for eating in their home with this kind of income?
When I informed him to withdraw the rental agreement from that compnay he is not agreeing.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is permissible to rent out one’s building to a company that cleans liquor bottles.[1] The income will be halal and permissible. As such, you may eat at the house of the person in reference.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hisham Dawood
Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
وكذلك إذا استأجر الذمي من مسلم بيتا ليبيع فيه الخمر جازت الإجارة في قول أبي حنيفة (التاترخانية ج-١٥ ص-١٣٣، مكتبة زكريا)