Fatwa ID: 08573

Written by Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam

Question:

I work for a consultancy company and I want to check if my company’s revenue is halal as I am having doubts.

When my company works with clients, they provide a range of services and then charge the client based on this. My question is if my company has a contract with a client where they provide a single haram service (such as assisting in obtaining a riba based loan) alongside several other halal services to a client, is the entire payment from the client for that contract deemed impermissible? Or is it only the payment for the haram service?

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

Answer:

If a company primarily engages in permissible activities, such as property advisory services, and offers an additional impermissible service, such as assistance with obtaining a Riba-based loans – and if these services are clearly and separately invoiced then the income relating to the impermissible service would be deemed unlawful, whilst the remainder of the income would be deemed permissible.

However, if the halal and haram services are combined into a single inseparable agreement, and the impermissible service constitutes a considerable factor of the overall service, then the entire transaction and related income would be impermissible. This is due to the inseparability of the haram from the halal. [1]

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

References:

[1]  والحرام في شيء واحد يرجح جانب التحريم، لأنه محظور، ولأن الحرام ممنوع في جميع حالاته، ويمكن تحصيل الحلال من مصدر آخر.

ص695 – كتاب القواعد الفقهية وتطبيقاتها في المذاهب الأربعة – القاعدة إذا اجتمع الحلال والحرام غلب الحرام – المكتبة الشاملة