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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to offer condolences to non-Muslim employees?

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Question : What do you say in our time? Do we offer condolences to non-Muslims, and to the non-Muslims who are present? By Allah. To begin with. Yes.

Answer : It may be said that they are not offered condolences because doing so is a form of honoring them, except for what has become customary between nations where it is unavoidable; in that case, there is no harm in it, if Allah wills.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1962 - هل يُعزّى الكفار من الموظفين؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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