The ruling on renting Places for selling Videotapes
Question :
I have some shops on a public street. I rented out some of them and some of them remain unused. Some days ago one of the citizens (i.e., a Saudi) came seeking to rent one shop in order to open a place for selling videotapes. However, I am uncertain about renting it to him. Is it permissible for me to rent my shops to become a place that will sell something forbidden, and is there any sin on me in that?
Answer:
It is not permissible to rent out the shop and similar places to someone who will rent it to sell forbidden items or do forbidden things, like selling cigarettes, forbidden films, shaving beards (like some barbers do) and similar things. Because that is a form of cooperating in sin and transgression, and indeed Allâh said:
"And cooperate in righteousness and piety, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression."
Source:
Ash-Shaykh Ibn Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 3 Page 440
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