I find in the Hanafi school a permission for a Muslim who lives among dis-believers to have in his store items such as pork so that he can sell them to non-Muslim customers.
But an extreme caution is needed here, as regards to pork; he should not carry it unless it is canned, as it is impure and its impurity is transmissible through touching by the knife, hands etc.
As a precautionary measure, I think revenues earned from selling pork should be kept in a separate box, and their profits should be calculated and given to poor Muslims as an aid for the weak among them or be spent on the general interests of Muslims; the owner of the store should not take them for himself.”
In the light of the above-mentioned Fatwas, it’s clear that selling pork is never deemed permissible, under any circumstances, either to Muslims or to non-Muslims. However, as we know that Islam does not stipulate rigid rulings or teachings in the sense of making things difficult for its followers, it leaves room to flexibility as regards certain situations that may warrant excuse. Selling pork to non-Muslims in the West falls in this category. But we must stress that this is only under extreme necessities, and necessity must be put within its domain.
