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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on serving disbelieving parents?

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Question:
This is a questioner from outside this country who asks: Is cooking food for non-Muslim parents a form of the forbidden loyalty? Yes, a questioner from outside this country asks: Is cooking food for non-Muslim parents...

Answer:
Serve your parents, even if they are disbelievers; serve them and be dutiful to them.
but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Meوَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا وَاتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّ
[Luqman 31:15]
They have the right to be treated with dutifulness, even if they are disbelievers. The right to dutifulness and kindness toward them is upon you. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم خدمة الوالدين الكافرين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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