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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the invitation of a non-Muslim in a restaurant that has intoxicants accepted?

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Question:
Young people are invited by adherents of other religions to restaurants where intoxicants are sold. Should they respond to these invitations despite their repetition, or should they decline them?

Answer:
If they drink intoxicants in the place where they eat, and if drinking intoxicants has a separate place, and those who invite them are in other rooms, there is no harm; because people may need restaurants. If the restaurants have sections where one can be secluded with his food from women and from intoxicants, there is no harm.
Q: The table where he and his companion are has no intoxicants, but the table next to them has intoxicants?
A: This is not permissible except in cases of dire necessity. One should not go there except in cases of dire necessity; because this involves witnessing evil and one is accused of being lax. It is not permissible except in sound establishments, establishments where there is no sight of intoxicants.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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