The ruling on attending the gatherings of disbelievers and accepting their invitations

The questioner:
And the Shaykh was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
We take from the chapter, and we see in the chapter of the salam.

The Shaykh:
Yes, gatherings that contain no evil, gatherings that contain no evil and no forbidden things, and are only permissible food, there is no harm in accepting the invitation and attending them, even if they are for disbelievers, unless there is something of their religion or their forbidden customs or evils or symbols of disbelief or forbidden food such as pork or intoxicants. It is not permissible for a person to attend them, but if there is no forbidden food and no evils, there is no harm. Yes.

The questioner:
Everything.

The Shaykh:
Except if these gatherings are on the occasion of their festivals, if these gatherings are on the occasion of their festivals, it is not permissible to attend them, but if they are gatherings on the occasion of a marriage or on the occasion of the arrival of an absentee or something similar to that of the permissible matters, there is no harm. Yes.