Brewers, distillers, Wineries, packagers, wholesalers, transporters, sellers including pubs, bars etc.

Companies deriving revenue from all forms of Alcohol are considered non-permissible. This involves producers, bottlers, suppliers, retailers and all other support functions serving and deriving revenue from the alcohol industry.

Look out for:

1). Specialised crop producers which grow and sell crops exclusively for alcohol production

Example: A bran farmer growing a specific variety of bran and sells its produce to an alcohol manufacturer.

2). Breweries

3). Wineries

4). Capital goods manufacturers making brewing machines

Example: A custom-built machine manufacturer or automation engineering company manufacturing a brewing or distilling machine. Revenue from such machinery sales will be considered not-compliant

5). Bottle manufacturing companies making specially designed bottled using for packing alcoholic beverages

Example: A specialty glass bottle manufacturer making custom designed wine bottles as well as other bottles. The revenue from manufacturing such customised wine bottles will be considered non-permissible.

6). Packing material manufacturers producing alcohol packaging

Example: A bottle label printer, undertaking to design and print labels for alcoholic beverages in addition to it printing labels for other non-alcoholic beverage producers. Revenue from sales to alcohol industry will be considered not-compliant.

7). Bars/pubs/clubs

8). Entertainment venues serving alcohol

Example: An amusement park operator selling alcohol in its food courts/stalls

9). Sports clubs

10). Restaurants

11). Supermarket and department stores selling alcohol

12). Real estate companies leasing to restaurants, bars, supermarkets. These companies can be tricky. What one needs to ascertain is the amount of area being utilized for alcohol sales and not the proportionate revenue share from alcohol sales.

Example: A real estate company owning a mall has leased space to a supermarket. This supermarket also sells alcohol. Let’s say the real estate company derives rental income of $100 from the supermarket. Based on markets, if we know/assume that about 10% revenue of the supermarket is from alcohol sales we may proportionate that 10% of the rental income of the real estate owner is from a non-permissible source i.e. Alcohol sales. The non-permissible revenue of the real estate owner, in this case, will be $100 x 10% = $10. But the Shariah committee says non-permissible revenue for the real estate owner should be as per the area used for non-permissible activities by its tenant and not the financial value of the same. Hence, if we assume about 5% of floor area in a supermarket is used to store/display alcoholic beverages the non-permissible revenue for the real estate owner would be $100 x 5% = $5.

13). Sugar manufacturers producing alcohol as a by-product. As a residual product of sugar manufacturing, molasses are produced. This could be sold to the alcohol industry and used in the distillation process. Revenue from such sales would be considered non-permissible.