Fatwa ID: 08596

 

 

Written by Alimah Maryam Badshah

 

Question:

 

I work in the food delivery industry and this is my first Ramadan where I will work as a food delivery driver. Is it haram to deliver food before Iftar to whom is not Muslim?

 

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

The conditions that make the rulings of fasting compulsory upon a person are Islam, sanity and maturity. If a person is not a muslim they are not required to follow the rulings of the Shari’ah that are unique to Muslims, such as salah and fasting. Also, a fasting person is not required to abstain from selling or delivering food.

 

Therefore, it would be permissible for a person to deliver food to non-muslim customers during Ramadhan. When it comes to the sale of food, one should keep in mind that even if they were delivering food to a Muslim, the seller would not know when the customer plans to eat the food they have delivered to them, as the customer might just be ordering their food early for iftar and not to eat during their fast.

 

 

 

References:

 

(أَمَّا شُرُوطُهُ) فَثَلَاثَةُ أَنْوَاعٍ. (شَرْطُ) وُجُوبِهِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَالْعَقْلُ وَالْبُلُوغُ. (وَشَرْطُ) وُجُوبِ الْأَدَاءِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْإِقَامَةُ. (وَشَرْطُ) صِحَّةِ الْأَدَاءِ النِّيَّةُ وَالطَّهَارَةُ عَنْ الْحَيْضِ وَالنِّفَاسِ

Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.195, Dār Al-Fiqr)

 

وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يُخَاطَبُونَ بِأَدَاءِ مَا يَحْتَمِلُ السُّقُوطَ مِنْ الْعِبَادَاتِ. اهـ.

قَالَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ فِي شَرْحِهِ كَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّوْمِ فَلَا يُعَاقَبُونَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَ…

Al-Bahr Al-Rāiq (Vol.6, pg.188, Dār Al-Kitab Al-Islami)

 

(والصوم) شرعاً (هو الإمساك) حقيقة أو حكماً (عن) المفطران (الأكل والشرب والجماع نهاراً مع النية) من أهلها،

Al-Lubāb Fi Sharh al-Kitāb (Vol.1, pg.165, Al-Maktaba Al-’Ilmiyyah)

 

 

 

 

 

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Alimah Maryam Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham