[bubbachew14]

are we allowed to visit places where alcohol is served e.g restaurants and pubs? if not, then are supermarkets that sell alcohol also impermissible?

[HexcewlyRette]

there's a hadith indicating that we mustn't sit in a place where alcohol is being consumed.

as for supermarkets why don't you contact a darul iftaa?

InshaAllah they will say it is ok. I certainly haven't ever seen any Muslims avoiding them.

[reawnvam]

are we allowed to visit places where alcohol is served e.g restaurants and pubs? if not, then are supermarkets that sell alcohol also impermissible?

Interesting question, I never thought of it this way. I have never seen any Muslim avoid a supermarket because they sell alcohol there and neither do I avoid these shops.

[Pznrrmaf]

there's a hadith indicating that we mustn't sit in a place where alcohol is being consumed.

as for supermarkets why don't you contact a darul iftaa?

InshaAllah they will say it is ok. I certainly haven't ever seen any Muslims avoiding them.

do you have the hadeeth in question?

[Kotyara]

you can avoid the restaurants but can you avoid the supermarkets? I don't think we can

[eEwbYjOH]

I'm going to have to say this carefully as I don't want to imply this is a fatwa. My Imam stated that some scholars have the opinion that if you go somewhere which predominantly sells haram then, even if you buy the halal from it, the character of the place rubs off on it, and that becomes haram also. He said that was an opinion, so for example, if one was to go into a bar, and buy chewing gum, the chewing gum itself would be haram. He said there were differing views on what this level was, some said a place would have to be at least 50% halal, but then some gave a more conservative answer of 70% plus halal.
Regarding 'halal' supermarkets. in a lot of the areas in the UK there are now shops which only sell halal. For example i saw one pakistani shop in Wolverhampton which didn't sell any tobacco which i found impressive, especially since people kept coming in asking for cigarettes. They were turning away business because halal income is more important for them, and alhumdullilah they were doing well as a result.

[UnduttRit]

do you have the hadeeth in question?

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4477 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah

The Prophet (saws) said, "He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a cloth (table or gathering) where wine is being circulated."

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3765 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar

The Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the sitting at a cloth (table or gathering) on which wine is drunk. .