Eating from the food of non-Ahl al-Kitab when they invite you
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The questioner:
A questioner says: We testify to Allah that we love you for the sake of Allah. Honorable Shaykh! We work in calling non-Muslims to Islam, and while we are calling them, they offer us drinks and food. What is the ruling on drinking and eating from the food of non-Ahl al-Kitab?
The Shaykh:
If it is food from grains and fruits, and it does not contain any slaughtered animals or meat that they slaughtered, there is no harm in eating it. Grains, fruits, and food like rice and others may be eaten from the People of the Book and from others. As for slaughtered animals, if they are from the slaughter of the People of the Book, they may be eaten. If they are from the slaughter of others, they may not be eaten. Yes.
The questioner:
Perhaps the most difficult point, Honorable Shaykh, is the verse: "And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you."
The Shaykh:
Their slaughtered animals, I mean.
The questioner:
I mean by "food" here, slaughter.
The Shaykh:
Slaughter, my brother.
The questioner:
It is eaten generally.
The Shaykh:
It is not "food" [in the sense of meat]; it is grains and fruits. The slaughtered animals are what is intended by the verse. Yes.
A questioner says: We testify to Allah that we love you for the sake of Allah. Honorable Shaykh! We work in calling non-Muslims to Islam, and while we are calling them, they offer us drinks and food. What is the ruling on drinking and eating from the food of non-Ahl al-Kitab?
The Shaykh:
If it is food from grains and fruits, and it does not contain any slaughtered animals or meat that they slaughtered, there is no harm in eating it. Grains, fruits, and food like rice and others may be eaten from the People of the Book and from others. As for slaughtered animals, if they are from the slaughter of the People of the Book, they may be eaten. If they are from the slaughter of others, they may not be eaten. Yes.
The questioner:
Perhaps the most difficult point, Honorable Shaykh, is the verse: "And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you."
The Shaykh:
Their slaughtered animals, I mean.
The questioner:
I mean by "food" here, slaughter.
The Shaykh:
Slaughter, my brother.
The questioner:
It is eaten generally.
The Shaykh:
It is not "food" [in the sense of meat]; it is grains and fruits. The slaughtered animals are what is intended by the verse. Yes.
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