Trading in Inherently Najis Merchandises 22item Is it permissible for a person, who can earn a living with his own effort, to request others for help and to live off them? Is commission [such as money paid to an estate agent] ḥalāl? Is a Muslim allowed to sell ḥarām food, such as pork, meat of not ritually slaughtered animals, or intoxicants to non-Muslims in non-Muslim countries? What is the ruling in the following cases? 1. The person dealing in these items is not the owner himself and he does not make any profit but his work is just selling these foodstuffs alongside other ḥalāl ones. 2. The person concerned jointly owns the business with a non-Muslim partner, in such a way that the Muslim owns the ḥalāl segment and the non-Muslim owns the non-ḥalāl segment and each one makes profit from his own goods separately. 3. The person works as a paid worker in the place where these mixed foods are being sold, irrespective of whether the owner is Muslim or non-Muslim. 4. The person either works for, or is a partner in, the business where ḥarām foods and alcoholic drinks are being sold, yet he is not involved directly in the purchase or sale of these foods and they do not belong to him. However, he has a hand in preparing and selling foods. What is the ruling on the activity of such a person, noting that the sold alcoholic drinks are not consumed in the premises? If the cargo contains meat of not ritually slaughtered animals, Is it permissible to transport it? And is there any difference whether the receiver considers it ḥarām or not? Some women work in beauty shops to provide an income for their families. Does this not lead to immorality, which, in turn, is bound to undermine chastity of the Islamic society? Are inedible water animals, which are caught and taken out alive, considered as mītah and it is ḥarām to sell and buy? Is it permissible to trade in them for purposes other than human consumption such as bird and animal feed or manufacturing? What is the ruling on working in decorating buildings, especially when the place destined for such a make over could be used for committing ḥarām acts such as worshipping idols? And is it permissible to build a hall, which may eventually be used for dancing and the like? Is it permissible to build a complex containing a prison and a police station for the use of a tyrannical government? And is it permissible to work in such a project? Is it permissible for women to earn a living of trading in jewelry in a jewelry market? Muslims may do business as hoteliers in non-Muslim countries. Given the norms of social behavior in those countries, the owner has to serve alcoholic drinks and other food, some of which are ḥarām, to the customers. Otherwise, they will not go to his hotel. It is to be noted, however, that the businessman intends to dispose of all profit made on the ḥarām food and drink by giving it to the authorized religious authority. Is it permissible for him to do so? Is it permissible to work in nightclubs, food processing factories, where pork is usually processed, or any other corrupt centers? What is the ruling on money earned from such work? Is it permissible to work in cremating non-Muslim dead bodies and get paid for the work? Is it permissible to sell, or give as a gift, alcoholic drinks, pork, or other foodstuffs whose consumption is ḥarām to those who consider it ḥalāl? Is it permissible to sell blood to whoever can make use of it? Is it permissible to earn income through repairing trucks that carry alcoholic beverages? 12