Eating from one whose provision is haraam

Reference: Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Mukhtaarah – Page 503

Question: What is the ruling regarding working with someone whose provision is from haraam earnings? And what is the ruling regarding eating from the provision of this person on occasions of celebration?

Response: If it is confirmed that the earnings of this person is all haraam, then it is not permissible to eat from his provisions. If, however, his earnings are a mixture of halaal and haraam – then there is no harm in eating from his provisions. That is because you do not know whether he has fed you from this or that – and the basic principle is one of being safe (precautious), in shaa.-Allaah. And [it is known] the Prophet ﷺ would eat from the food/provisions of the Jews.

And with Allaah lies all success.


Translation originally published on 16 May, 2014.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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