The ruling on accepting a disbeliever’s invitation to a meal
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Question:
He says: If a person who works for a company invites us to a meal, and he has a meal at the invitation venue, and he fears that the gathering will be for other than the path of submission, is it obligatory to sit with them and eat with them?
Answer:
There is no harm, but you should eat with them while harboring hatred for them. You should accept the invitation if the one inviting is a Muslim, or even if a disbeliever invites you to a permissible matter and permissible food, there is no obstacle to eating, because this is permissible food. However, this is to be done while harboring hatred and enmity toward them. Yes.
He says: If a person who works for a company invites us to a meal, and he has a meal at the invitation venue, and he fears that the gathering will be for other than the path of submission, is it obligatory to sit with them and eat with them?
Answer:
There is no harm, but you should eat with them while harboring hatred for them. You should accept the invitation if the one inviting is a Muslim, or even if a disbeliever invites you to a permissible matter and permissible food, there is no obstacle to eating, because this is permissible food. However, this is to be done while harboring hatred and enmity toward them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية / الله تعالى يستجيب الدعوات / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:43)
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