Extent of accountability of a hotel owner for forbidden acts of guests

25-11-2013 | IslamWeb

Question:

Salam Alaikum, INSHA ALLAH i am going to open a hotel in india.that area is budhist holy place and as you know in india wine is not probihited and i am not going to sale/serve any wine in my hotel and also not providing any barin hotel .if incase anyone buy the wine from market and brought to hotel room with out our/ hotel managment knowledge. is it sin for me or i am in sin ? kindly guide me with your relpy as per islamic rule. ALLAH will praise you INSHA ALLAH

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

If the hotel does not serve wine or other forbidden items, prevents the guests from committing sins in public and does not allow any acts of dissoluteness, then it is permissible to open it.

The owner of the hotel is not sinful if a guest commits a forbidden act without his knowledge, provided that all possible measures are taken to prevent committing any forbidden acts in the hotel.

Allaah Knows best.