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Many Muslim students in this country have to work to cover their tuition and living expenses, because for many of them, what they get from their families is not enough. This makes it essential for them to work as they cannot make ends meet otherwise. Often the only work they can find is in these restaurants that sell wine or offer meals containing pork or other haraam things. What is the ruling on working in these places? What is the ruling on a Muslim selling wine and pork, or producing wine and selling it to non-Muslims, given that some Muslims in these countries have taken this as their profession?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.If a Muslim cannot find work that is permissible
according to sharee’ah, he may work in restaurants run by kaafirs, so long as he
himself does not directly deal with pouring wine or carrying it or making it or selling
it. The same applies to serving pork and other haraam things.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)