Working in the construction and finishing of hotels and resorts

Question: 82292

I am an architect and I work in the finishing of luxury hotels and resorts (that includes, for example, doors, ceramic tiles, marble, furniture, walls, bathrooms). A resort may contain 48 villas, as well as the head office, outbuildings, gardens etc. But I do not work in finishing the haraam places such as bars, discos and so on. Is this work halaal or haraam? If I go with the intention of learning – since I am a new graduate and this work needs a period of training and gaining experience and I do not have any training or experience – and I receive a salary, is it halaal or haraam? Does it make a difference whether the hotel is in the city or in the resort such as Sharm al-Sheikh and so on? For example, if there is a apartment in which there is a room for alcohol, should I finish the apartment apart from that room, or should I not finish the apartment at all?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

We have
already explained the ruling on taking part in building resorts which
include free mixing, wanton display (tabarruj), immorality and alcohol, and
we have stated that this is not permissible because it involves cooperating
in sin and transgression. See the answer to question no.
47513.

This is the
basic principle on which such matters are based. Everything which involves
cooperating in sin and transgression is haraam, and it is not permissible to
work in the finishing or construction of a disco or place for drinking
alcohol, or a gambling hall, or a dance hall. Taking part in such things is
taking part in sin and transgression. Similarly it is not permissible to
sell or rent out places that will be used for sinful purposes.

It seems
that there is a difference between hotels that are built in cities and those
which are built in resorts. Hotels in cities are usually used as places to
live or to stay in and rest; they are not intended for sinful purposes in
most cases, unlike the hotels that are built in resorts, where it seems that
those who travel to them do so for the sake of the immorality and deviation
that exists therein.

Similarly,
if the apartment includes a room that is to be used for haraam purposes,
such as drinking alcohol, then it is not permissible to help with building
or finishing this room, but it is permissible with regard to the rest of it.

You should
note that there are many means of earning a halaal provision, and whoever
gives up something for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with
something better than it. So be certain of that, and seek to please Allaah
in all that you do, and beware of doubtful matters so that your religious
commitment and honour will be safe.

And Allaah
knows best.

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