The ruling on eating with disbelievers from the same vessel and initiating the salam to them
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Question:
What is the ruling on eating with disbelievers from the same vessel, and what is the ruling on greeting them and initiating the greeting?
Answer:
Simply eating from what is permissible is allowed with disbelievers and with Muslims alike. However, the issue lies in sitting with disbelievers, associating with them, and mixing with them. This is where a distinction is made. If this is a matter of companionship, affection, and making no distinction between them and Muslims, then it is not permissible. But if work requires this, or if you are working in a place, or if you are invited to a feast or a place where food is served and there are disbelievers present, there is no harm. There is no harm, because there is no intention to mix with them, nor any intention to befriend or love them. It is merely something that happened by chance, and there is no harm in it. Yes.
What is the ruling on eating with disbelievers from the same vessel, and what is the ruling on greeting them and initiating the greeting?
Answer:
Simply eating from what is permissible is allowed with disbelievers and with Muslims alike. However, the issue lies in sitting with disbelievers, associating with them, and mixing with them. This is where a distinction is made. If this is a matter of companionship, affection, and making no distinction between them and Muslims, then it is not permissible. But if work requires this, or if you are working in a place, or if you are invited to a feast or a place where food is served and there are disbelievers present, there is no harm. There is no harm, because there is no intention to mix with them, nor any intention to befriend or love them. It is merely something that happened by chance, and there is no harm in it. Yes.
Source
الأكل مع الكفار والسلام عليهم — alfawzan.live
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