An Architect Drawing Plans For A Shopping Centre
Question
A friend of mine is an architect.
He wants to know if it is permissible to draw plans of a shopping centre, however some of the shops will be rented to banks, non-muslim butcher and also a supermarket, they also have a big section where they will be selling alcohol.
Answer
By designing a shopping complex, the architect is not involved in any direct form of disobedience, thus it will be permissible for him to draw plans for the shopping centre.
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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