Fatwa for onisla.net : working in restaurant serving pork

Fatawa Question

As-salamu `Alaykum dearest Dr. Monzer, 1) I am living in Canada. A relative opened a pizza store less than 1 month ago in Canada. The sell / deliver food that includes salads, pizza, chicken wings, fries. The corner-stone of the food offered is Pizza. While there are varieties of pizza’s, chicken, beef, vegetarian, the majority of the pizzas is expected to include pork products. This is the 1st store is owned by the relative. The idea that was entertained in the past is that this store had a special pizza / food brand that would be franchised. My potential business interest is in the franchise (20 % ownership) : establishing new stores from scratch using this model, or selling the rights for other to establish it. Question : would my business activity in taking ownership in the franchise and subsequently benefit from it by starting new locations or selling the rights is correct. I like to air on the side of caution as being more on the correct side than the border-line. 2) Tim Horton’s is an established company that has franchise location across Canada. They primary sell coffee and donuts shop. However, they have added other food items that have pork in them. These can be like sandwiches, breakfast meals, and may be some soups. One can never be sure what they may add in the future. As this is a franchise they would dictate new food items. The ownership would most likely be 100 % of the location as a franchise location. Question : would this be correct. Again, I like to air on the side of caution as being more on the correct side than the border-line. Thanks.

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Publication Date

2011-12-23

Main Subjects

Economics & Business Administration
Islamic Studies

No. of Pages

1

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-732259

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