It’s quite disturbing to know that Muslims today still
have not quit selling alcohol despite knowing the rulings against doing
so.
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, from his
father, that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: “Allaah has cursed khamr and the one who drinks it, the
one who pours it, the one who sells it, the one who buys it, the one who
squeezes it, the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who carries it
and the one to whom it is carried.”, - Ahmad (5716) and Abu Dawood (3674)
It may be that our families, friends, neighbours, do not know of the
harsh outcomes of selling alcohol, they may think that they are not
drinking it therefore it is ok to earn from it “since the kuffar drink
it all the time anyway”.
This is wrong and by no means should be our way of living.
Everything you buy with that money is haram, with a haram income
there is no barakah in anything you will do with it, even if you give in
the way of Allah.
The food you eat, the house you live in, the family you provide for,
it may seem that there is much blessing in this, as you are able to earn
a lot of money, live in a nice house, have nice cars, are able to go on
holidays etc. etc.
By Allah, this is not the way practicing Muslims should be living.
The difficult situation may be that we are practicing yet our families
are not, they may not listen to us when we tell them what is wrong and
what is right according to the haqq, but we mustn’t give up, we have to
explain to them we will die, and we will take none of this luxury with
us to our graves.
May Allah make it easy for those who struggle to explain the truth to
their families, and may Allah, out of His Mercy, allow us to live on
halal money.