The ruling on exchanging gifts between Muslims and their Christian neighbors
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Question:
I ask the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. We have Christian neighbors, and on the occasion of weddings they give us live animals to slaughter, and we likewise give them live animals for them to slaughter and eat in their own way. Is this actually correct? He says: Is the exchange of food or gifts between Muslims and non-Muslims, O Shaykh?
Answer:
If they are neighbors, there is nothing wrong with that. If they are your neighbors, you do them a favor, because they have the right of neighborship, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And if they are Muslims, they have two rights: the right of neighborship and the right of kinship. Yes.
I ask the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. We have Christian neighbors, and on the occasion of weddings they give us live animals to slaughter, and we likewise give them live animals for them to slaughter and eat in their own way. Is this actually correct? He says: Is the exchange of food or gifts between Muslims and non-Muslims, O Shaykh?
Answer:
If they are neighbors, there is nothing wrong with that. If they are your neighbors, you do them a favor, because they have the right of neighborship, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And if they are Muslims, they have two rights: the right of neighborship and the right of kinship. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4259] حكم تبادل الهدايا بين المسلمين وجيرانهم النصارى - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:11)
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