Fatwa ID: 06878

Answered by: Mufti Yūsuf Badāt

Question:

I am working in Uber Eats. My question is, I do not deliberately deliver pork and alcohol but at times, KFC or Mcdonald’s orders contain non-zabiha beef or chicken, is my income ḥalāl? I am not the direct contact with the customer and the food company. I am only a 3^rd party driver.

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

Answer:

The earnings from Uber Eats, as a driver, is ḥalāl. Driving to transport meals from restaurants to clients is acceptable since there is nothing questionable about the act of driving itself. In most cases, the driver does not even know what kind of food item one is delivering. The Ḥanafī position is that manufacturing wine etc. is forbidden but not driving or transporting such items. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 6, Page 391, Dār Al-Fikr¹)

Only Allāh knows best.

Written by Mufti Yūsuf Badāt

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

1 وَ جَازَ َحَمْلُ خَمْرِ ذِمِّيٍّ بِنَفْسِهِ أَوْ دَابَّتِهِ بِأَجْر لَا عَصْرُهَا لِقِيَامِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ بِعَيْنِهِ قَالَ الزَّيْلَعِيُّ وَهَذَا عِنْدَهُ وَقَالَا هُوَ مَكْرُوهٌ وَلَهُ أَنَّ الْإِجَارَةَ عَلَى الْحَمْلِ وَهُوَ لَيْسَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ، وَلَا سَبَبَ لَهَا وَإِنَّمَا تَحْصُلُ الْمَعْصِيَةُ بِفِعْلِ فَاعِلٍ مُخْتَارٍ وَلَيْسَ الشُّرْبُ مِنْ ضَرُورَاتِ الْحَمْلِ لِأَنَّ حَمْلَهَا قَدْ يَكُونُ لِلْإِرَاقَةِ أَوْ لِلتَّخْلِيلِ فَصَارَ كَمَا إذَا اسْتَأْجَرَهُ لِعَصْرِ الْعِنَبِ أَوْ قَطْعِهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ مَحْمُولٌ عَلَى الْحَمْلِ الْمَقْرُونِ بِقَصْدِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ اهـ زَادَ فِي النِّهَايَةِ وَهَذَا قِيَاسٌ وَقَوْلُهُمَا اسْتِحْسَانٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الزَّيْلَعِيُّ وَعَلَى هَذَا الْخِلَافِ لَوْ آجَرَهُ دَابَّةً لِيَنْقُلَ عَلَيْهَا الْخَمْرَ أَوْ آجَرَهُ نَفْسَهُ لِيَرْعَى لَهُ الْخَنَازِيرَ يَطِيبُ لَهُ الْأَجْرُ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَهُمَا يُكْرَهُ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج٦/ ص٣٩١ دار الفكر