Tiffin from home
| Fatwa #664 | Category: Business & Trade | Country: Zambia | Date: 11th October 2021 |
| Fatwa #664 | Date: 11th October 2021 |
| Category: Business & Trade | |
| Country: Zambia | |
Question
I do tiffin from home due to financial strain. More males call for tiffin. Answering their calls and only necessary talking is done. Delivery also is under strict parda like through my small children. Will this be sin for me?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Your concern for observing Shar’i pardah and abstinence from intermingling with the opposite sex is commendable. May Almighty Allah reward you for your intentions and grant you barakah in your sustenance. Aameen.
If possible, try to use a male family member such as a husband or older son to facilitate orders from men. If this is not feasible, it is permissible for you to answer calls and take orders from males provided you do not venture beyond talk necessary for the transaction and do not adopt a sweet or alluring tone when communicating.[1]
Similarly, the method you have adopted of using your children to deliver the package is permissible. However, we would advise not to use extremely young children, especially girls, in order to protect them from strangers.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Checked and Concurred by:
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 406)[1]
ثم نقل عن خط العلامة المقدسي: ذكر الإمام أبو العباس القرطبي في كتابه في السماع: ولا يظن من لا فطنة عنده أنا إذا قلنا صوت المرأة عورة أنا نريد بذلك كلامها، لأن ذلك ليس بصحيح، فإذا نجيز الكلام مع النساء للأجانب ومحاورتهن عند الحاجة إلى ذلك، ولا نجيز لهن رفع أصواتهن ولا تمطيطها ولا تليينها وتقطيعها لما في ذلك من استمالة الرجال إليهن وتحريك الشهوات منهم
الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 406)
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