Ruling on mediating in the sale of a tourist village
Question I have a chance to mediate in selling a ready-to-run tourism village. If it starts operating then tourists will come to it and they will be served alcohol and other foods and drinks. Is it permissible for me to mediate in this deal?. Praise be to Allah. It is not permissible to mediate in…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
It is not permissible to mediate in the sale of a tourist
village which it is known will be a place of evil, immorality and
reprehensible actions such as zina, drinking alcohol, gambling, nakedness
and other haraam things, because that is helping in sin and transgression.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue,
righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and
transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment”
[al-Maa’idah 5:2]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “Whoever calls others to misguidance will bear a burden of sin
like that of those who follow him, without it detracting from their burdens
in the slightest.”
Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh (4831).
How can a Muslim agree to such villages, which are places of
immorality and corruption, being established in his country or in any Muslim
country, let alone helping to set them up or acting as an intermediary in
their sale? Rather what he should do is denounce this evil and disavow it,
and strive to change it and remove it.
We have discussed the ruling on setting up such villages and
taking part in their construction in the answer to question no.
82292 and
47513.
You should note that whoever gives up something for the sake
of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with something better than it, and
that this world is transient, as are its wealth and pleasures, but that
which is with Allaah will abide forever.
May Allah help us and you to acquire beneficial knowledge and
do good deeds, and may He suffice us with that which He has permitted so
that we will have no need of that which He has forbidden, and by His bounty
so that we have no need of anyone but Him.
And Allaah knows best.
