Does One Haram Contract Render the Income from an Entire Project Impermissible?


Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

Does a single haram contract affect the permissibility of income from a larger project?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

No, a single haram contract due to uncertainty (garar) will not affect the permissibility of income from a high-rise building project involving hundreds of halal contracts.

Esteemed Muftis have tolerated 5% haram income to provide solutions to Muslims when they face situations like this, which cannot be answered from a clear Quranic verse or hadith. One reason is that there is a juristic principle that the majority will take the rule of the whole. In your question, the majority of contracts within the project are permissible contracts, and one or a few are impermissible. The reference to this is in the detailed explanation in the link below.

I would like you to go through the valuable answer in the link below. In sha Allah, you will receive guidance and direction.

Can the 5% Impure Threshold Ever be Justified? 

I pray this helps answer your question.

[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat 

Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.