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| Fatwa ID: | 1022 |
| Title: | Eating in restaurants which serve wine |
| Category: | Issues of Muslim Minorities |
| Scholar: | Dr. Muhammad Muwaffak Al Ghaylany |
| Date: | 12/13/2005 |
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
Peace, blessings and mercy of Allah be upon you.
What is the ruling about going to restaurants that serve wine with avoiding eating the Haram or forbidden foods and sitting on the same table with people who would drink wine? Jazakumu Allahu Khairan.
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
Peace, blessings and mercy of Allah be upon you.
Praise be to Allah, prayers and peace be upon His kind prophet, family members, companions, and true followers till the Day of Judgment.
It is worthy for a Muslim to avoid going to places that doubts and suspicions spin around, as the prophet, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, said: "And whoever avoids suspicions (doubts), then he has freed himself for his religion and honor, and whoever has fallen in suspicions (doubts), then he has fallen in the prohibited".
However, if it is rare to find a restaurant in some country that does not serve wine, then it is possible to go to such restaurants, but one must be very cautious in behavior and manners, to sit on a table with people who would drink wine there, because the prophet, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, has strongly warned against that, and warning necessitates prohibition, as it is stipulated by the fundamentals of Fiqh. However, a Muslim should not make this as a habit; for he is required not to go to such places as much as he could. Allah is the Objective of our goal to the right and straight path. Allah knows best.
