Going to the Bazaar, Sitting in a Shop Out of Need, and the Ruling on Eating While Walking

Question

Is it impermissible to go to the bazaar and pass time sitting in the shop of one’s Muslim friend? Please also write about idle eating and drinking on a public road — what is the ruling? And if there is any ruling regarding this for the ‘ulama and huffaz, please write it as well.

Answer

If a scholar who is competent to issue fatwas goes in order to sit in someone’s shop and observe the transactions of the shopkeeper and the customer, and to consider whether these transactions are within the limits of the Shari‘a or outside them, and what the custom (‘urf)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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