Before the Blind - Selling Clothes
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Question
Hello, Following up on my attached question, can it be concluded that it is permissible to sell immodest clothing without restriction since it can always be worn permissibly? Question: I run a laundry service, including ironing, and sometimes immodest clothes are brought in that cannot be worn permissibly. Am I allowed to wash and iron them, or is it forbidden? Answer: There is no prohibition of 'before the blind' here, as there is no necessity to commit a prohibition with it. Any garment can be worn only in front of the husband or under another garment.
Answer
Hello
Indeed, by law, there is no prohibition on selling, but any pious person will be stringent in this.
A. There is no law of 'before the blind' when it can be purchased elsewhere. B. Especially for those defined as 'mumar', there is no commandment to prevent them from prohibition at all.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 151, סעיף 1.
Shach there, סעיף קטן 6.