Is it prescribed to break the fast of a fasting person, and does this fall under collective iftar, making it a bid'ah (religious innovation)?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Last night, you were asked, may Allah preserve you, about the call to collective fasting and collective iftar. You mentioned that collective iftar is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Does the prescribed act of breaking the fast of a fasting person fall under that? And does gathering...

Answer:
...this is not what is meant by collective iftar. This is food offered to the fasting people, and they eat from it. It is offered to the fasting people, and they eat from it, whether one person, ten, or a hundred. Food offered to the fasting people; there is no obligation in this. This is a good deed. It is only when they agree that they will all fast together and all break their fast together—that is what we are talking about. Yes.