and women mix and most people live a western kind of lifestyle.Will I
be sinning if some of these people who mixcome to eat in my
restaurant? Please take into consideration that this is work that I
can doin the best manner.
Praise be to Allaah.
So long as this country isone in which men mix with women and most
people live a western kind of lifestyle, this means that in this
restaurant there will be a number of objectionable issues:
1. Women showing their adornment and charms without any religious
or moral deterrent.
2. Free mixing between men and women, which leads to agreat deal
of immorality.
3. Haraam and dubious relationships among the customers of the
restaurant, such as a man coming with his girlfriend to this
restaurant.
These matters -- as is well known -- are haraam and are things that
pose the greatest danger to society.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
There is no doubt that enabling women to mix with men is the basis of
all calamity and evil, andit is one of the greatest causes of
all-encompassing punishment coming down. It is also one of the causes
of corruption in public and private affairs. Mixing of men and women
is the cause of a great deal of immoral actions and zina. And it is
one of the causes of widespread death and ongoing plagues.
One of the greatest causes of widespread death is the prevalence of
zina, because of enabling women to mix with men and walk among them
displaying their finery and beautified. If the people in charge knew
how much corruption that causes in worldly affairs and people's
affairs, let alone religious affairs, they would be stricter in
putting a stop to it. End quote.
Al-Turuq al-Hukmiyyah, p. 407-408
Just as Allah has forbidden disobedience to Him, He has also forbidden
helping the sinner in his disobedience, and has made it obligatory to
stop him from committing that sin.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And
fear Allaah"
[al-Maa'idah 5:2]
And Muslim (49) narrated from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allah be
pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said:
"Whoever among you sees an evil action, then let him change it with
his hand [by taking action]; if he cannot, then with his tongue
[byspeaking out]; and if he cannot, then with his heart - and that is
the weakest of faith."
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him),
"let him change it,"is a command according to the consensus of the
ummah, and the obligation of enjoining what is good and forbidding
what is evil, is well established according to the Qur'aanand Sunnah
and the consensus of the ummah. This is also part of the sincerity
(naseehah) which is Islam. End quote.
So it is not permissible for the Muslim to help the sinner in his sin.
Opening this restaurant in the way you described involves helping
these people in their deviance and keeping quiet about their evil
deeds and falsehood.
Seeing that you cannot prevent these evils and you will rather be
helping people in committing them, our advice to you is to forgetabout
this work and look for something else. Remember that "Whoever gives up
a thing for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with
something better than it," and "And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps
his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every
difficulty). 3. And He will provide him from (sources) he never could
imagine" [al-Talaaq 65:2-3].
We ask Allah to make things easy for you and to grant you a good,
halaal provision.
And Allah knows best.
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