Cooking food for Kuffar at a Church
Question
We have a catering business and have a lot of Christian customers I recently
got an order to cook for a church am I allowed to cook for them?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Assalāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh
It is permissible.[1]
And Allah Ta‘ālā Knows Best
Zameelur Rahman
Student Darul Iftaa
UK
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1] لو أجر نفسه ليعمل في الكنيسة ويعمرها فلا بأس به؛ إذ ليس في نفس العمل معصية (المحيط البرهاني، إدارة القرآن والعلوم الإسلامية، ج٨ ص٧٠)
- Answered by
- Zameelur Rahman
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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