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Can I buy shares of a company which sells food items and cigarettes but has been successfully reducing the cigarettes business?

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Can I buy shares of a company which sells food items and cigarettes but has been successfully reducing the cigarettes business?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 4 years ago

The company must not sell pork nor alcohol. Cigarettes business is unlawful according to many scholars. You need to refer to your own Marje' of Taqleed in the matter of cigarettes and seek his verdict in it. Accordingly you will know whether it is permissible or not to invest in such company.

Wassalam.