Accepting a state gift on the occasion of New Year's
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: I live in my country, and the state there gives me a gift and a grant on the occasion of New Year's. He says: If I receive this gift, is it permissible for me to take it and keep it?
Answer:
No, do not take it. Even the food prepared for the people of innovation, do not eat from it, because this is aiding them and approving of what they did.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: I live in my country, and the state there gives me a gift and a grant on the occasion of New Year's. He says: If I receive this gift, is it permissible for me to take it and keep it?
Answer:
No, do not take it. Even the food prepared for the people of innovation, do not eat from it, because this is aiding them and approving of what they did.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (1:02:14)
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