A person works with a man from the People of the Book, and the man’s wife fell ill. This Muslim person wanted to visit her for the sake of calling to Allah. Is that permissible for him?

The questioner : I have a situation. For example, I am a business owner and I have a lawyer from the People of the Book. I feel that this lawyer is close to Islam. I talk to him about Islam, and he likes to hear good things about Islam. His wife fell ill and was hospitalized. Is it permissible for me to go to him to console him, in the hope that it may be an opening for him to enter Islam, or is it not permissible?

The Shaykh : It is permissible, but on the condition that the Muslim does not commit a violation of the Shari'ah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a Jewish boy, and this is established in Sahih al-Bukhari. But look at what the outcome was? When he visited him, he found him on the verge of death, so he said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): . His father was at the boy’s head. The boy raised his eyes to his father, looking at him with a meaningful look, as if asking his permission to obey the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). His father was a Jew. The wicked one had no choice but to say to his son, “Obey Abu al-Qasim.” So the boy said, “There is no god but Allah,” and he died. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . This is, in reality, from the disbelief and stubbornness of the Jews, in fulfillment of the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in His Book: . So this wicked Jew, when he saw his son on the path to death and knew that salvation in the Hereafter is by following the Messenger, said to his son, “Obey Abu al-Qasim.” As for him, the wicked one, he remains a disbeliever. This is .

The questioner :

The Shaykh : Yes, we ask Allah for protection.