Working in the construction and finishing of hotels and resorts
Question

                I am an architect and I work in the finishing of luxury hotels and resorts (that includes, for example, doors, ceramic tiles, marble, furniture, walls, bathrooms). A resort may contain 48 villas, as well as the head office, outbuildings, gardens etc. But I do not work in finishing the haraam places such as bars, discos and so on. Is this work halaal or haraam? If I go with the intention of learning – since I am a new graduate and this work needs a period of training and gaining experience and I do not have any training or experience – and I receive a salary, is it halaal or haraam? Does it make a difference whether the hotel is in the city or in the resort such as Sharm al-Sheikh and so on? For example, if there is a apartment in which there is a room for alcohol, should I finish the apartment apart from that room, or should I not finish the apartment at all?.
Praise be to Allah.We have 
    already explained the ruling on taking part in building resorts which 
    include free mixing, wanton display (tabarruj), immorality and alcohol, and 
    we have stated that this is not permissible because it involves cooperating 
    in sin and transgression. See the answer to question no.
    47513. 
This is the 
    basic principle on which such matters are based. Everything which involves 
    cooperating in sin and transgression is haraam, and it is not permissible to 
    work in the finishing or construction of a disco or place for drinking 
    alcohol, or a gambling hall, or a dance hall. Taking part in such things is 
    taking part in sin and transgression. Similarly it is not permissible to 
    sell or rent out places that will be used for sinful purposes. 
It seems 
    that there is a difference between hotels that are built in cities and those 
    which are built in resorts. Hotels in cities are usually used as places to 
    live or to stay in and rest; they are not intended for sinful purposes in 
    most cases, unlike the hotels that are built in resorts, where it seems that 
    those who travel to them do so for the sake of the immorality and deviation 
    that exists therein. 
Similarly, 
    if the apartment includes a room that is to be used for haraam purposes, 
    such as drinking alcohol, then it is not permissible to help with building 
    or finishing this room, but it is permissible with regard to the rest of it. 
                                             
You should 
    note that there are many means of earning a halaal provision, and whoever 
    gives up something for the sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him with 
    something better than it. So be certain of that, and seek to please Allaah 
    in all that you do, and beware of doubtful matters so that your religious 
    commitment and honour will be safe.  
And Allaah 
    knows best.