What is the ruling on visiting a Christian patient and following his funeral?
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The questioner : Regarding visiting a Christian patient, or a neighbor who has given him a sermon—for example, or called him to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with kind words—and this man passed away, meaning going to the funeral with him?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
Another questioner : It is not permissible for him to... follow the funeral of a Christian?
The Shaykh : Never. It contains shirk (associating partners with Allah) and misguidance. As for visiting him, if it is taken as a means to make him understand something of Islam or to encourage him in Islam, then it is permissible.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
Another questioner : It is not permissible for him to... follow the funeral of a Christian?
The Shaykh : Never. It contains shirk (associating partners with Allah) and misguidance. As for visiting him, if it is taken as a means to make him understand something of Islam or to encourage him in Islam, then it is permissible.
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