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Question:
I work at a convenience store that sells many things including lottery and pork. Since I work behind the cash register, I have to sell the lottery tickets and ham sandwiches even though it hurts me to see some people waste too much money on the lottery. My question is whether it is permissible to work in this store, since 90% of the store's items are halal like soda and candy. (...)
Answer
by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate

The essential goal of believers is to seek the good and to avoid the bad, understanding that the good and bad are what Allah has determined to be good or bad.

You can work on the counter when unlawful items are sold, but you cannot �assist� customers in acquiring the haram.
Ref: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp? ... 9&CATE=115


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Question:
I am working in Morrison's and I'm on the check outs, I wanted to know that because I am dealing with haram things such as beef, pork, ham is it haram for me to touch them things? Also is there anything I can do for e.g. I already do wudu every time I come and go from work and I always make fresh wudu when reading namaz in break times during my shifts at work. so cold you tell me what Islam says about this?
Answer
by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
1. It would be permitted to work on the check out of a supermarket that sells things Muslims consider impermissible (such as pork, alcohol, wine, or food items with haram ingredients). One’s earnings will be lawful (halal). This is the position of Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have mercy on him).

One should, however, dislike such items in one’s heart: loving that which Allah loves and hating that which Allah hates is from true faith. (For the reasoning, see first appended answer, below.)

This ruling refers to doing so in a non-Muslim country or in non-Muslim areas in a Muslim country.

2. It is not permitted to sell such items in one’s own supermarket. If one does, it is sinful. The revenue generated from such sales is unlawful. (...)
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp? ... 0&CATE=115


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Question:
Is it permissible to have a business where one sells both zabiha and non zabiha meat?
Answer
by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
No. It is haram to sell that which is haram to consume.
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp? ... 09&CATE=44
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