Delivering forbidden goods mixed with permitted ones

A question about delivering forbidden goods mixed with permitted ones to a buyer, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that this is forbidden if the worker knows they are there, that there is no blame if he does not know, and that he is not obliged to inspect the order's contents. ¹

The questioner asked about the ruling on delivering forbidden goods to a buyer when they are mixed with other, permitted goods. ¹

The Department answered that Islam forbids any work that assists in what is forbidden, and that delivering forbidden goods is forbidden assistance, quoting Zakariyya al-Ansari in Asna al-Matalib that selling grapes to someone known or thought to make wine of them is forbidden, as is any dealing that leads to sin. ¹ It said there is in general no objection to working as a delivery worker if he does not know an order's contents, and he is not obliged to inspect or ask about them; but if he is certain the order is pork, wine or similar forbidden things, he may not deliver it and should excuse himself. ¹ It concluded that delivering forbidden goods is forbidden, even when mixed with permitted goods, if the worker knows they are there, and that there is no objection if he does not know. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 3997, dated 20 August 2025. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.