Taking employment in a shop that sells stolen goods
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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