Eating in Restaurants Serving Forbidden Foodstuff
In general it is not permissible to a Muslim to eat in restaurants serving wine or pork. In case there is no other place to eat, it is accepted provided that he does not eat or drink anything that is forbidden.
Eating in Restaurants Serving Forbidden Foodstuff
Similar Questions
· Eating in places serving wines and pork.
· Frequenting restaurants serving wines and pork.
The Issue
Is it permissible for a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country to eat in a restaurant that serves wines, pork and other forbidden foodstuff?
Ruling
It is not permissible for a Muslim to eat in restaurants that serve forbidden foodstuff such as wines and pork when other restaurants that do not serve these are available. However, if it is not easy for him to eat elsewhere then eating in such restaurants is acceptable, provided that he does not eat or drink anything that is forbidden. This is the view of the Permanent Committee for Research and Fatwa[1]
Evidence
Eating in restaurants that serve such forbidden foodstuff helps their owners in what promotes evil and transgression and God has forbidden such help.
He says
do not help one another in furthering evil and aggression.
5: 2
Permissibility when an alternative is not available is based on necessity.
God says
He has laid no hardship on you in [anything that pertains to] religion
22: 78
God does not charge a soul with more than it can bear
2: 286
Sources
· Fatawa by The Permanent Committee for Research and Fatwa.
· Mut’ib al-Qahtani (ed.), Is'af al-Mughtaribin bi Fatawa al-'Ulama’ al-Rabbaniyyin.
· Zain al-Abideen ibn al-Shaikh Azween, Al-Nawazil fi al-Ashribah’.
references
- Fatawa by the Permanent Committee for Research and Fatwa, vol. 22, pp. 296–7.