Zakir Naik – Can a Muslim Sell Wedding Cards Containing Photos of Gods

The next question from WhatsApp, Assalamualaikum Sir, Waalaikumussalam

Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I am Jamal from India, I am involved

in a business of wedding cards for the

past 6 years.

I have a doubt about selling wedding cards

with non-Muslim gods.

Is it ok Sir?

I have this doubt from the beginning, some

say it's ok and some say it's not

ok to sell them.

Please Sir, give me a good knowledge about

this.

Thanks.

The question posed is that is it permissible

to sell wedding cards with photographs of non

-Muslim gods or gods of non-Muslims.

Actually, the god for Muslim and non-Muslim

is the same, it is Allah Subhanaw Taala.

If you are saying that the gods with

the non-Muslim worship, that's a different thing.

So, gods of the non-Muslim is the

same, Allah Subhanaw Taala.

Gods of all the human beings, Allah Subhanaw

Taala.

But I know what your question was that

can you sell wedding cards on which there

are photos of gods which are worshipped by

non-Muslims.

The answer to this is no.

You cannot sell cards or sell goods on

which there are photographs of the gods which

are worshipped by non-Muslims.

They are doing shirk and you are promoting

it.

If you are selling them cards with photographs

of the gods which they think are gods

and they worship and you sell it to

them, what are you doing?

You are helping them in shirk.

It's totally haram.

And there are various fatwas of top scholars

including Ibn Taymiyyah that you cannot wish the

non-Muslims during the festivals.

You cannot take part in the celebration.

You cannot help them to give them goods

in which they are involved in doing wrong

activity during the festival.

So and Allah Subhanaw Taala is very clear

in Surah Maidah, chapter number 5, verse number

2, that help one another in taqwa, in

righteousness and piety, but do not help one

another in sin and rancor.

So what are you doing?

You are giving them wedding card with the

photographs of the false gods which they worship.

This is shirk.

So helping them to do shirk.

So you cannot sell any goods which promote

things which are haram.

And selling wedding cards or birthday cards or

festival cards which have got photographs of non

-Muslim gods is haram.

Or even selling goods which help them to

celebrate the non-Muslim festivals, encourage them.

Or you are giving a discount on Christmas,

saying the Christmas sale, or saying that there

is a Diwali sale, and you are giving

discount and, you know, trying to allure them.

You can give them discount.

There is no problem.

But giving discount because it is Diwali, or

giving discount because it is Christmas, trying to

attract customers, this is haram.

As per the verse of the Quran of

Surah Maidah, chapter 5, verse number 2, that

do not help one another in sin and

rancor.

Hope that answers the question.