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Fatwa CenterRuling on selling liquor to non-Muslims
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What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on selling liquor to non-Muslims in non-Muslim countries, such as America? What is the punishment in this case?
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
The majority of scholars are of the view that it is prohibited to deal with a non-Muslim in all matters which are prohibited under Sharee‘ah, whether this takes place in Muslim or non-Muslim countries. Meanwhile, it is known that a Muslim is forbidden to consume liquor, sell it, buy it, deal in it, and so on. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "Allaah Has Cursed liquor, the one who drinks it, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who presses it, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who carries it, the one for whom it is carried and the one who benefits from its price." [Abu Daawood]
On the other hand, selling liquor, even to non-Muslims, involves cooperation on sin and aggression. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.}[Quran 5: 2]
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