Can one go to Non-Muslims house for Iftar ?
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and Sisters,
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upon all of you)
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Dear Brother Burhan,
Assalaam Wa Alaikum
It is indeed very
graceful to read Questions and related Answers received through mail from your
Web Site almost every morning. Your quotations are to perfections and may Allah
bless you always and provide more and more strength in spreading true teachings
of Islam to Muslims as well as Non-Muslims. Jazaakallah Khair ...Inshallah.
I would suggest
you to give references (if possible) while quoting any Hadith as we copy the
content for future use and Deference proves valuable (as also done by Dr.
Zakir Naik).
I also have a question and would be
grateful if you could reply to it at earliest.
QUESTION: Recently one Hindu friend invited few Muslim families for
Ramadan Iftar as good gesture of brotherhood (without political or diplomatic)
intension. Is it permissible to go for such invitation by Non Believer?
Wassalam
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Answer:
Can one go to Non-Muslim’s house
for Iftar ?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant
and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Statement: It is indeed very graceful to read Questions and related Answers received through mail from your Web Site almost every morning. Your quotations are to perfections and may Allah bless you always and provide more and more strength in spreading true teachings of Islam to Muslims as well as Non-Muslims. Jazaakallah Khair ...Inshallah.
May Allah Subhanah reward you
with the best of this world and the Hereafter for your kind comments of
encouragement for our humble efforts in the propagation of the Truth. We humbly hope, beg, and pray the
Merciful Lord accepts our humble and
weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of
the Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your Statement: I would suggest you to give references (if possible) while quoting any Hadith as we copy the content for future use and Deference proves valuable (as also done by Dr. Zakir Naik).
Jazak Allah Khair for your
valuable suggestion, and we assure you
brother that we will Insha Allah,
always give the reference while quoting anything from Allah and His
Messenger (saws). We normally do give
the references of everything we quote from the Quran and Sunnah; but being human and thus prone to
error, if we have not given the
references for any of our quotations,
we sincerely and humbly seek your forgiveness and the forgiveness of
Allah Subhanah. In any of our past
answers, if there is any particular quote of the Quran and Sunnah for which you
require the exact reference, we would be more than honored to provide it for
you for the Pleasure of Allah Subhanah.
Your Question: Recently one
Hindu friend invited few Muslim families for Ramadan Iftar as good gesture of
brotherhood (without political or diplomatic) intension. Is it permissible to
go for such invitation by Non Believer?
There is absolutely no
restriction in accepting the iftar invitation of non-muslims, and eating from what they provide, provided the food served is halaal. Muslims are well-wishers and
brothers-in-humanity of all mankind,
and we are guided by Allah and His Messenger (saws) to be just and kind
in our dealings with them. It is only
by keeping good relations with the non-believers, can we do ‘daawah’ to them and invite them to the Truth of
Al-Islam.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 60 Surah Mumtahina verse 8: Allah forbids you not with regard to those who fight you not for
(your) Faith, nor drive you out of your homes,
from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are
just.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan