Taking employment in a shop that sells stolen goods

· 23 Jumada II 1440 AH1 min readEnglish
Business and DealingsIjaarahPermissible and Impermissible employment

Question

If a person has a shop and in that shop he is selling stolen goods, is the money that is earned by the worker considered haraam?

Answer

If that is the main business then taking employment in such a place is haraam.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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