Eating in Restaurants which have in them Alcohol – Shaykh Al-Albani

The Questioner: On the ruling on eating in restaurants which have in them alcohol, some brothers raise the issue  that there is other than the it (alcohol) present?

Shaikh Al Albani rahimahullah: that there is other than alcohol?

Questioner: Yes

Shaikh: We do not doubt in the impermissibility because it is entering into places in which Allah’s punishment and anger are permissible. So it is not permissible for a Muslim except for one passing through.

Questioner: He buys to-go?

Shaikh: As long as there is other than it (alcohol) in it, there is no hindrance for the one on the go.

[Taken from Silsilatul Huda wan-Noor no. 62]

Translated by

Faisal ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan

 

Ruling on buying from restaurants whose workers are non-Muslims – Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ar-Raajihi

Question: What is the ruling on dealing with restaurants, which most of its workers or all of them are from the Druze or Shi’ah or non-Muslims?

Answer: If they slaughter, then do not eat their meat if they are non-Muslims. This is because it is not allowed to eat their slaughtered meat. If he deals with them in something that has no slaughtering involved, like fruits or food, then there is no harm. However, it is necessary to abandon them and to deal with other than them as much as possible

 

[Taken from Fatawaa Munawa’ah no. 18 found here: http://audio.islamweb.net/AUDIO/index.php?page=FullContent&audioid=191861#220183]

 

Translated by

Faisal ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan