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20 / 06 / 2026
Selling Grapes to a Winery
It is known among the Hanafi scholars that it is permissible to assist a dhimmi in something that leads to sin, but it is not permissible to assist him in the act of sin itself. What is the ruling on selling grapes from which wine is made to a company mostly owned by a dhimmi, with 5% of the company owned by a Muslim? Does the company take the ruling of the dhimmi? Or do we rule according to the situation of the employee who purchased on behalf of the company?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The rule is that if there is an intervening action between your action and the sin by a chosen actor, it is permissible. Here, this is realized, as the student turns it into wine, and this is considered an action of a chosen actor, so it is permissible. There is no distinction in this matter between a dhimmi and others. What you have mentioned regarding the rule is subject to consideration; rather, the rule in this issue is what I have stated. And God knows best.
