Directing a Person to Commit a Prohibition

Putting a stumbling block before a blind person

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Question

There was a Jew who asked for hot water to make tea on Shabbat in a permissible way, and the Jew directed him to a hot water device where the Shabbat mode was not activated. The Jew used the hot water. Did the one who directed him violate a prohibition?

Answer

Shalom u'vracha

If the responder knew it was forbidden, he violated the prohibition of 'do not place a stumbling block before the blind.'

However, if he did not know, he is considered an anuss (innocent).

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