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Can I sell items that may be used for haraam?
93 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 6 South African Darul Iftas (AskImam, Mufti Online, Azaadville, Ibn Masood, Jamiat KZN, MUBZ). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.
Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.
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What the Darul Iftas say
“1. Smoking cigarettes is Makrooh-e-Tahreemi. The same ruling that applies to smoking will be applicable to selling cigarettes, as the Fuqaha have stated that whatever is impermissible to consume, is also impermissible to sell.”
“This is not permissible. In Islam, just as it is haraam to consume haraam meat (e.g. pork, carrion, meat of animals on which the name of Allah Ta'ala was not taken at the time of slaughter, or animals that were not slaughtered according to the Islamic method of slaughter), similarly, it is also haraam to sell haraam meat.”
“It is not permissible to sell animals that have died without being slaughtered in a Shar’ee manner to anybody, be it Muslim or Non-Muslim, nor is it permissible to sell other Haraam items.”
“Islam forbids the sale of alcohol. Similarly, Islam also forbids the advertising of alcohol. By printing labels and selling boxes printed specifically for the alcohol items you are assisting the alcohol company in its advertising process. In Shari‘ah, assisting in a sin is also sinful.”
Quotes are the opening words of each answer as published; the full answer, its conditions and references are on the fatwa page. Answers depend on the exact details of each question.
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- Selling Illegal Cigarettes Ibn Masood · 26 Apr 2025
- Selling one's PlayStation Mufti Online · 2 Nov 2024
- Selling Hemp Cigarettes MUBZ · 16 Jun 2024
- Selling Ginger Powder To A Buyer Who Will Use it To Manufacture Alcohol Azaadville · 15 Feb 2024
- Selling Cigarettes AskImam · 1 Mar 2021
- Is selling cigarettes permissible? Jamiat KZN · 4 Jun 2015
- Selling a PlayStation Ibn Masood · 28 Nov 2023
- Woman selling halaal food to a café that sells haraam food Mufti Online · 8 Aug 2024
- Letting Premises To A Butchery Selling Haraam Meat Azaadville · 29 Sep 2022
- Selling cigarettes on the black market - Is this permissible? AskImam · 2 Jul 2020
- Eating at a home whose owners sell alcohol? Jamiat KZN · 21 Nov 2013
- Selling Haraam Meat to Non-Muslims Azaadville · 28 Jun 2022
- Can i sell boxes printed specifically for the Alcohol items to the Alcohol Brewing company? AskImam · 27 Jun 2020
- Selling cigarettes Ibn Masood · 15 Feb 2023
- Purchasing, selling or consuming haraam meat Mufti Online · 21 Jan 2020
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