Is it Permissible to Work in a Candy Shop That Sells Both Halal and Non-Halal Items?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I’ve been offered a job at a candy shop selling halal-compliant products (vegan and non-gelatin) and non-halal items (containing gelatin or animal-derived ingredients). Considering the limited job opportunities for minors in my country, is it permissible for me to work there, and would my salary be halal? If this job is considered disliked (makruh), I will donate part of my salary as zakat.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It would be permitted to work in a candy shop that sells both halal and haram. One’s earnings will be lawful (halal). This is the position of Imam Abu Hanifa (Allah have mercy on him). See the detailed previous answers below.
The salesperson at the shop’s till is not an agent who concludes the sale but a handler of goods and a data processor. The sale is concluded between the customer and the shop owner. One should, however, dislike such in one’s heart: loving that which Allah loves and hating that which Allah hates is from true faith. See the detailed links below.
This ruling refers to doing so in a non-Muslim country or non-Muslim areas in a Muslim country.
I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. You will receive guidance and direction in sha Allah.
Related
- Is It Permissible to Work in a Supermarket That Sells Both Lawful and Unlawful Products? (seekersguidance.org)
- Can I Work at a Supermarket Checkout That Sells Pork and Alcohol? – SeekersGuidance
- Provision and Work: A Reader – SeekersGuidance
- What Are the Principles of Work and Assisting in Sin? [Video] – SeekersGuidance
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I pray this helps answer your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
