We said: If we find utensils belonging to disbelievers, we wash them, and if they serve us food, we eat it. What is the difference?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. We said that if we borrow the utensils, we wash them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if they serve us food, we eat it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is the difference, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The difference is that if we borrow them from them, we have taken possession of them, and our benefit from them becomes ours, because we have the right to benefit from them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if we are invited, that is not the case. If we are invited, we are at their place, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if they serve us food, we eat it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is the difference, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The difference is that if we borrow them from them, we have taken possession of them, and our benefit from them becomes ours, because we have the right to benefit from them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But if we are invited, that is not the case. If we are invited, we are at their place, yes.