Is it permissible to eat some Halaal food (Like Cheese Burger or French Fries) from a Restaurant which sold Haraam diets also like Hamburger,wine etc

· 29 Jumada II 1421 AH1 min readFatwa 922English

Question

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Is it permissible to eat some Halaal food (Like Cheese Burger or French Fries) from a Restaurant which sold Haraam diets also like Hamburger,wine etc

Answer

At the outset, it must be noted that the Shariah has emphasized exercising precaution consuming halaal and abstaining from haraam. Therefore, the Noble Quran advises to eat that which is Tayyib (halaal beyond doubt). Furthermore, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) advised us to abstain from places where one can be accused of engaging in haraam.

Basically there are two points to consider before eating at any place.

a) The food outlet must be owned (not managed) by a good and upright Muslim. When in doubt, abstain - that is best for your taqwa.

b) The fact that a non-Muslim owned outlet selling only fish, for example, also cannot be "trusted" simply because the law of halaal applies beyond the frontage of the outlet. The area of concern is the kitchen. In one case, a strictly fish outlet - served nothing but only fish - looked absolutely fine until a Muslim employee expressed concern that the owner and family regularly prepare their meals at the same kitchen serving pork, beacon, etc. prepared in the same fryer, utensil, etc.

Therefore it is a misconception by some that we may eat if "alcohol is not served" or "not served to us".

Was salaam

Ahmad Kathrada
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