What is the decree on working as a cook in a hotel where alcoholic drinks are served?
Dear Brother / Sister,
It is religiously haram to work in a building that is regarded as a sin in all aspects like a pub and brothel, and to sell goods to those places. For, the only aim of such a place is to commit illegitimate deeds. The issue of the hotel asked in the question is different. For, the aim in a hotel is not to sell alcoholic drinks but to accommodate tourists and guests in return for money. In other words, it is not haram to work in a hotel but it is haram to serve people alcoholic drinks.
The following is stated in al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya regarding an issue similar to that one:
"If a person writes lyrics in Arabic or Persian in return for money, the money he gets is not haram. For, it is not haram to write it but it is haram to sing it in an illegitimate way."
(Halil GÜNENÇ, Günümüz Meselelerine Fetvalar, II / 66)
Questions on Islam
- Is it objectionable to eat at restaurants that serve alcoholic drinks?
- Is it permissible to work in a place where alcoholic drinks are served and sold?
- Alcohol
- Is it permissible to work as a travel agent and to run a hotel?
- Is it prohibited to sell alcohol while fasting?
- Does selling alcohol invalidate prayers?
- Is it haram to work in a factory that produces wine/alcoholic drink? If it is haram, is it necessary for a Muslim to give up that job?
- Is it a sin to carry people to a pub or brothel?
- I work in a store that sells alcoholic drinks. Is my earning halal? Will I share the sins of the people who buy alcoholic drinks from the store?
- Is it permissible to sell alcoholic drinks to non-Muslims in Dar al-Harb?
