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uber eats ( delivering haram food )

December 30, 20201 min readharamubereat

Question:
Is it ok to deliver haraam food including pork as you do for Uber eats?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
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Answer

It is permissible to do the above-mentioned job, however, in terms of *taqwa* (piety), it would be best to avoid it.

Fatawa Hindiya: v. 4, p. 508 (DKI)

إذا استأجر رجلا ليحمل له خمرا فله الأجر في قول أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى وقال أبو يوسف ومحمد رحمهما الله تعالى: لا أجر له وإذا استأجر ذمي مسلما ليحمل له خمرا ولم يقل ليشرب أو قال: ليشرب جازت له الإجارة في قول أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى خلافا لهما وإذا استأجر الذمي ذميا لينقل الخمر جاز عندهم لأن الخمر عندهم كالخل عندنا كذا في المحيط

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Mohammad Ahsan Osmani
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham

Published by Darul Ifta Texas for general guidance. It is not a ruling from a Shariah court, and it should not be taken outside the situation it addresses. Only Allah knows best.