Is the interaction of the rulers with disbelievers and receiving their ambassadors considered a forbidden matter?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people hold that the mere interaction of the rulers with disbelievers and receiving their ambassadors is a forbidden matter. Is this opinion correct?

Answer:
This is an invalid opinion. We interact with disbelievers through trade, buying and selling, and benefiting from their expertise. We also interact with them by sending envoys and ambassadors for negotiations. This is a matter Allah has made permissible for us. Despite this, we do not love them in our hearts; rather, these are worldly interests, mutual benefits between us and them. This is interaction for the sake of interests, and it is not part of loyalty and disavowal. Yes, the disbelievers used to come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to negotiate with him while he was in the mosque. They would enter upon him in the mosque and negotiate with him, peace and blessings be upon him.