There is a Muslim worker whose bosses who do not fast in Ramadan, and they ask him to serve tea and coffee during the day in Ramadan. If he refuses, they may end his employment and sent him back to his country because they would refuse to transfer his sponsorship (kafaalah) to another employer. What should he do?

Praise be to Allah

Firstly:

It is not
permissible to break the fast during the day in Ramadan, except for one who
has a valid reason, such as one who is sick, one who is travelling, or a
woman who is menstruating or bleeding following childbirth.

Deliberately
breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan for no valid reason is a major
sin.

Adh-Dhahabi (may
Allah have mercy on him) said in al-Kabaa’ir (p. 64): It is
well-established among the believers that whoever fails to fast Ramadan
without being sick or having a valid reason that allows him to break the
fast is worse than an adulterer (zaani) or drunkard; in fact they doubted
his Islam and thought of him as a heretic. End quote.

Ibn Hajar al-Makki
said in az-Zawaajir ‘an Iqtiraab al-Kabaa’ir (1/323): Major sins no.
140 and 141: not fasting on any day in Ramadan, and breaking the fast by
having intercourse or otherwise, with no valid reason such as sickness or
travel. End quote.

See the warning
to one who deliberately breaks a fast in Ramadan, in the answer to question
no. 38747.

Secondly:

It is not
permissible for anyone to offer food or drink to someone who he knows will
consume it during the day in Ramadan with no valid excuse, because that
comes under the heading of helping him in sin and wrongdoing, whether he
offers it to a Muslim or a disbeliever. The command to fast is addressed to
the Muslim, and he is disobeying Allah by breaking the fast; enabling him to
consume food and drink during the day in Ramadan is helping him in sin and
transgression. The command to fast, and all other Islamic rulings, are also
addressed to the disbeliever, but before complying with them he is required
to utter the twin testimony of faith (shahaadatayn) and enter Islam. On the
Day of Resurrection, the disbeliever will be punished for his disbelief and
for the commandments of Islam with which he failed to comply, so his
punishment in the Fire will be increased.

An-Nawawi (may
Allah have mercy on him) said: The correct view, which is that of the senior
scholars and of the majority, is that the commandments of Islam are also
addressed to the disbelievers, so silk is forbidden for them as it is
forbidden for Muslims. End quote from Sharh Muslim (14/39).

It says in
al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (9/211, 212), under the heading: Selling items
that are intended for the commission of unlawful deeds:

The majority (of
scholars) are of the view that anything that is intended for unlawful
purposes, and any action that will lead to sin, is haraam. So it is not
allowed to sell anything that it is known that the purchaser intends to use
it for purposes that are not permissible…

An example of
that according to the Shaafa‘is is selling narcotics to someone who it is
thought will use them in an unlawful manner, or selling wood to someone who
will turn it into a musical instrument, or selling a silk garment to a man
who will wear it when there is no case of necessity (that would make it
permissible for him to do so). That also includes selling weapons to
evildoers and bandits.

Ash-Shirwaani
and Ibn Qaasim al-‘Abbaadi stated that it is not permissible for a Muslim to
sell food to a disbeliever, if he knows or thinks it most likely that he
will eat it during the day in Ramadan, as was also stated in a fatwa by
ar-Ramli, who said:… Because that is helping in sin, based on the fact that
the more correct view is that the commandments of Islam are also addressed
to the disbelievers. End quote.

So what this
worker must do is fear Allah, may He be exalted, and not help his bosses in
sin; he should refuse to serve them coffee and tea during the day in Ramadan
– so long as they have no valid excuse for not fasting – even if they order
him to do that, for there is no obedience to any created being if it
involves disobedience towards the Creator. There are many means of earning a
living, and the stores of Allah are full; whoever fears Allah, He will
protect him, and whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah
will compensate him with something better than it. So let him put his trust
in Allah, and let him tell his bosses that it is haraam to break the fast,
and that he will not help anyone to commit that great evil.

 And Allah knows
best.