The Ruling on Eating from the Food of Innovated Wedding Feasts
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The questioner:
I would like to inquire, O our Shaykh, about the proliferation of religious innovations (bid'ah) in the month of Safar. If there is a bid'ah among a group of people, such as a communal meal or the like, what is the ruling on a person eating with them? And is it permissible for him to eat with them? And why? Is it a bid'ah of the month of Safar?
The Shaykh:
Safar.
The questioner:
The month of Rajab.
The Shaykh:
What is true is that it is not permissible. No, if they are practicing a bid'ah, he should not participate with them, nor eat from the food prepared on the occasion of the bid'ah, because this is aiding them and affirming them in what they are doing. He may rebuke them and distance himself from them.
The questioner:
All right, Shaykh, if he ate with them, is it accepted?
The Shaykh:
If he has with him what he knows, he is not held accountable.
I would like to inquire, O our Shaykh, about the proliferation of religious innovations (bid'ah) in the month of Safar. If there is a bid'ah among a group of people, such as a communal meal or the like, what is the ruling on a person eating with them? And is it permissible for him to eat with them? And why? Is it a bid'ah of the month of Safar?
The Shaykh:
Safar.
The questioner:
The month of Rajab.
The Shaykh:
What is true is that it is not permissible. No, if they are practicing a bid'ah, he should not participate with them, nor eat from the food prepared on the occasion of the bid'ah, because this is aiding them and affirming them in what they are doing. He may rebuke them and distance himself from them.
The questioner:
All right, Shaykh, if he ate with them, is it accepted?
The Shaykh:
If he has with him what he knows, he is not held accountable.
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