Eating the sweets that non-Muslims offer to Muslims on ordinary occasions
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Fatwa number ( 18537 )
Q1: We work in a hospital, and as you know, there are non-Muslim contract employees in the hospital from the People of the Book and others. When some of them have a baby, they distribute sweets and other items on this occasion. The question, O honorable Shaykh: First: What is the ruling on eating these sweets and other items that they distribute to Muslims and others? Second: What is the ruling on Muslims who have children and also distribute sweets in the offices, where there are Muslims and non-Muslims? We ask you, may Allah reward you with good, to inform us of the ruling on these two questions.
A: First: It is permissible to eat these sweets that non-Muslims offer to Muslims on ordinary, non-religious occasions, such as the birth of a child and the like; because this falls under the category of accepting a gift from a disbeliever, and it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted gifts from the polytheists. Second: Distributing sweets on the occasion of a newborn is among customs, and the original ruling for customs is permissibility. So if a person does it as a custom, not as a
sunnah or an act of worship, there is nothing wrong with it. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q1: We work in a hospital, and as you know, there are non-Muslim contract employees in the hospital from the People of the Book and others. When some of them have a baby, they distribute sweets and other items on this occasion. The question, O honorable Shaykh: First: What is the ruling on eating these sweets and other items that they distribute to Muslims and others? Second: What is the ruling on Muslims who have children and also distribute sweets in the offices, where there are Muslims and non-Muslims? We ask you, may Allah reward you with good, to inform us of the ruling on these two questions.
A: First: It is permissible to eat these sweets that non-Muslims offer to Muslims on ordinary, non-religious occasions, such as the birth of a child and the like; because this falls under the category of accepting a gift from a disbeliever, and it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted gifts from the polytheists. Second: Distributing sweets on the occasion of a newborn is among customs, and the original ruling for customs is permissibility. So if a person does it as a custom, not as a
sunnah or an act of worship, there is nothing wrong with it. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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