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Can I work where alcohol or pork is served?

48 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 5 South African Darul Iftas (Ask Imaam, Mufti Online, Camperdown, Ibn Masood, Azaadville). 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

“If the job requires you to do any haraam action (e.g. carrying the haraam meat, liquor or pork, packing it on the shelves or scanning it and selling it to the customers, etc.) then such an employment is not permissible and the income will be impermissible.”

Mufti Online — Working in a grocery store that sells haraam meat and alcohol · 19 Sep 2024

“If you are not directly involved in selling the alcohol and you are merely supplying the company, then your job will be permissible. Therefore, it will be permissible for you to work in the supply chain division of the company.”

Ask Imaam — Supplying an alcohol manufacturing company - Is it permissible to work for such a company? · 15 Dec 2022

“It will not be permissible for a Muslim to work in a place where liquor and pork is served. Hence, managing a restaurant serving pork and alcohol is Haraam. [Re: Fataawa Mahmoodiyyah Pg.121 Vol.17 Farooqiyyah print]”

Ibn Masood — Working as a manager in a restaurant that sells pork and liquor · 23 May 2023

“If your friend is a Muslim, then it will be permissible for you to work in his store and your income will be Halāl provided the majority (more than half) of the income earned by your friend is from permissible means i.e., the money you are paid from is comprised of mostly Halāl money.”

Camperdown — Working in a store that sells pork and alcohol · 21 Mar 2024

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.

Read the fatawa

  1. Working in a grocery store that sells haraam meat and alcoholMufti Online · 19 Sep 2024
  2. Working in a store that sells pork and alcoholCamperdown · 21 Mar 2024
  3. An Accountant Employed At A Restaurant Serving AlcoholAzaadville · 4 Mar 2023
  4. Supplying an alcohol manufacturing company - Is it permissible to work for such a company?Ask Imaam · 15 Dec 2022
  5. Working as a manager in a restaurant that sells pork and liquorIbn Masood · 23 May 2023
  6. Working for a company that sells stationery and liquorMufti Online · 29 Jan 2018
  7. Writing a Reference Letter for a Job at a CasinoCamperdown · 14 Mar 2023
  8. Is it permissible to work for an accounting firm whose clients are banks, insurance & alcohol companies?Ask Imaam · 28 Aug 2020
  9. Working in the accounts department of a company that sells alcoholMufti Online · 11 Feb 2017
  10. Can I deliver pork and alcohol as a job?Ask Imaam · 5 May 2020
  11. Working in a non-Muslim butcher selling porkMufti Online · 18 May 2026
  12. Can a student work in a store as a cashier that sells pork & alcohol?Ask Imaam · 11 Jan 2020
  13. Working as an accountant for a restaurant that serves alcoholMufti Online · 1 Oct 2020
  14. Can i work in a place where pork is sold?Ask Imaam · 16 Sep 2019
  15. Working as an administrator in a resort which serves alcoholMufti Online · 6 Feb 2020

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