is it haraam to work in a super market?

[prince23]

Asalaamalikum,
I live in England, am a student and do a part time job in a super market as a checkout assistant. as it is common alcohol and haraam meet is sold in the super market, The job is very critical:muslim_child: for me as it is my only life line and currently as conditions are bad i cant find any other job, is it alright for me to work over there, i also inquired from the imam of the local masjid and he informed that there is a fatwa in here which allows you to work places like these. please advice.

Jazakallah

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

:salam2:

I got something similar to your situation. In this case it was about processing information about sales of alcohol. Hopefully it is of benefit to you Insha'Allah.

I recently completed my studies and am working as a programmer for a French company which has administrative offices in Morocco. I took a training course so that I could start work on 15/08/2007. The problem is that I found out only today that I will be working on a program to with administration for a supermarket whose products include alcohol. They told me that I have nothing to do with the sale of alcohol, which is one of the company’s products and is sold in France. I will only receive information and numbers and so on, which I have to process as is required of me, and that is information about various food products. I hope that you can advise me as to whether there is anything wrong with me staying in this job or do I have to leave it? Please note that I signed a contract which obliges me to pay three months salary if I decide to leave the job. If I have to leave this job, can I work for three months so as to pay the company what it is entitled to?.

Praise be to Allaah.

With regard to alcohol, it is not permissible to drink it, carry it, sell it, buy it or help with it in any way whatsoever, such as documenting it or recording it in a book or on a computer, because of the warning and curse which is mentioned concerning it, as it was narrated by Abu Dawood (3674) and Ibn Maajah (3380) that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “May Allaah curse wine, the one who drinks it, the one who pours it, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who squeezes (the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who carries it and the one to whom it is carried.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

If part of your job is to record or process things that have to do with alcohol, it is not permissible for you to do that.

But if you can work and avoid anything that has to do with alcohol so that others can deal with that, there is nothing wrong with it. It is not permissible for them to force you to pay three months salary, because your leaving the job is only because of them; they are the ones who have transgressed the sacred limits of Allaah and disobeyed Him.

If you cannot find any way to disassociate from them and you do not have any money with which to pay this amount, and that would result in great harm such as imprisonment, then you are being forced to do that, and there is no sin on you if you work with them for three months. But if your not paying this money will not result in any major harm, then do not work with them, because in that case you are not being forced.

We ask Allaah to bless you with halaal provision and beneficial work, and to increase you in knowledge and guidance.

And Allaah knows best.

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Here is the link: http://islamqa.com/en/ref/106422

 

[A Kashmiri]

If I am working in a supermarket and I am just selling but I am not the owner of the business, does selling a pack of cigarettes mean I am sinning?.


Praise be to Allaah.

Cigarettes are haraam and it is not permissible to smoke them or sell them or help with them in any way whatsoever.

With regard to the prohibition on smoking them, that is because of the real harm that they cause, in addition to other reasons such as wastefulness and extravagance. See question no. 10922.

With regard to the prohibition on selling them, that is because when Allaah forbids a thing He also forbids its price, so if it is haraam to smoke cigarettes it is also haraam to sell them, because selling them helps the smoker in this sin.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “May Allaah curse the Jews. Fat was forbidden to them so they sold it and consumed its price, but when Allaah forbids a thing He also forbids its price.” Narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawood (3026); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ no. 5107.

With regard to the prohibition on helping with that, that is because of the verse in which 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”

[al-Maa’idah 5:2]

And because of the evidence which shows that it is obligatory to denounce evil, and criticizes those who remain silent about it or approve it, so how about the one who helps with it!

It is not permissible for you to sell cigarettes whether you are the owner of the store or a worker. You should advise the owner of the store and explain to him that you will never sell these cigarettes so as to be free of sin. See also question no. 10204.

We ask Allaah to guide us and you.

And Allaah knows best.

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/87800/working in supermarket

I suggest you start looking for a new job somewhere and in the meantime work for the store as this is the only way you can continue studies.

 

[prince23]

Fatwa

Thankz for ur replies brothers, i waz juzz wondering about the fatwa which waz mentioned about by the imam sahab of the local masjid???

 

[ShyHijabi]

Thankz for ur replies brothers, i waz juzz wondering about the fatwa which waz mentioned about by the imam sahab of the local masjid???

Salaam,

Did he provide the fatwa's information? Did he show it to you? If not then request to see it or get info where it can be found.

 

[revert2007]

is cigarate Haram?i thought it is makruh.can anyone give me the evidence

 

[rightpath_357]

Sure Of It Now

Actually, in the Qur'an, it never directly said that cigarretes are harram. That is because ciggaretes were'nt invented then. But the Qur'an never needs to be changed, for when Allah sent it, He knows that they would be invented, and many other bad thigs as well. So He said, In Surah Bakarah, ( I remembered this when I read it, but it's not in exact words, but I just simplified it, and it means the same thing) "Do not flourish yourself with what will harm, or cause harm for you" And scientificly, it has be proven many times, that ciggaretes are very bad for your health.

 

[prince23]

Well, i havn't seen the fatwa but i have no point in believing that he is not telling me the truth.

 

[lozlg]

Asalaamalikum,
I live in England, am a student and do a part time job in a super market as a checkout assistant. as it is common alcohol and haraam meet is sold in the super market, The job is very critical:muslim_child: for me as it is my only life line and currently as conditions are bad i cant find any other job, is it alright for me to work over there, i also inquired from the imam of the local masjid and he informed that there is a fatwa in here which allows you to work places like these. please advice.

Jazakallah

Salam brother, i have a similar problem to you. Im in England too and I work in a casino as a receptionist. Even though i have nothing to do with the gambling side, it's still harram that i am working in a gambling enviornment and of course the casino sells alcohol too. I only took my shahadah about 3weeks ago. My friends say i should get another job which is easier said than done but i am looking. Insha'allah i will find another job soon. I will make dua for you.

Lauren

 

[prince23]

Wasalaam sister,
Thatz really sweet of u, i to wish n pray that u get a better job inshallah.