Setting up a tent for breaking the fast of fasting people next to the mosque
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: As the month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes common to hold iftar (breaking of the fast) gatherings in the mosques. If a tent is set up next to the mosque and an iftar is held in it for the fasting people, is that an innovation in the religion?
The Shaykh:
Continuously.
The questioner:
In the religion.
The Shaykh:
Setting up a tent is an innovation in the religion. If you set up a tent for those breaking their fast, that is good; that is an act of goodness. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: As the month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes common to hold iftar (breaking of the fast) gatherings in the mosques. If a tent is set up next to the mosque and an iftar is held in it for the fasting people, is that an innovation in the religion?
The Shaykh:
Continuously.
The questioner:
In the religion.
The Shaykh:
Setting up a tent is an innovation in the religion. If you set up a tent for those breaking their fast, that is good; that is an act of goodness. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 — youtube.com (23:40)
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