Working with Alcohol in a place of work.
Recent question answered on working a supermarket where they sell alcohol
السلام عليكم ورحمة اللهِ وبركاته
Whilst Working for a non Muslim who sells alcohol as part of his business or haram meat, it is permissible in shariah for you to handle it for selling e.g. at a checkout etc, as part of your employment with the non Muslim. Non muslims are ghayr mukallaf and not bound by shariah and since you are employed by the non Muslim, you are obliged to do whatever the owner requests. As long as the selling of alcohol is not the main business.
You are not profiting from the sale of the alcohol/haram but are simply handling it as part of your employment duties.
This is the position of Imam Azam Abu Hanifa.
Allah ﷻ & His Rasool ﷺ know best.
By Shaykh Abu Yusha Yasin
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Another Hadith to consider and to have a look at is as follows.
There is clear scripture that explains this matter. Prophet Muhammad said: Allah has cursed intoxicants, its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its presser, the one who demands it to be pressed, its carrier, the one to whom it is conveyed and the one who consumes its price (recorded in Sunan Abi Daud)
Al-Tirmidhi (1295) narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed ten with regard to alcohol: the one who squeezes (the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who drinks it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who pours it, the one who sells it and consumes its price, the one who buys it and the one for whom it is bought.”
So in conclusion as above
A Muslim who owns a shop or restaurant is not permitted to sell alcohol to other Muslims. (Quran 2:219, 5:91)
