Ruling on accepting a gift from one who combines prayers and abandons the congregation
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In the final paragraph, Your Eminence, you ask: Is it permissible for us to eat from the food, vegetables, and other items this man gives us as gifts, or is it not?
Answer: A gift has a different status. If his earnings are lawful, there is no harm. A gift is accepted even from a disbeliever, provided there is no reason to return it. The matter of gifts is broader. However, if one intends to return it to boycott him and to discipline him, in order to alert him to his error, then returning his gift and boycotting him until he repents is better, as a form of discipline and to encourage the establishment and performance of prayer. If he does not accept his gift and does not visit him, but rather boycotts him, this is prescribed if there is a benefit in it. As for if accepting it and going to him is closer to what is good and to benefiting him, then there is no harm.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: A gift has a different status. If his earnings are lawful, there is no harm. A gift is accepted even from a disbeliever, provided there is no reason to return it. The matter of gifts is broader. However, if one intends to return it to boycott him and to discipline him, in order to alert him to his error, then returning his gift and boycotting him until he repents is better, as a form of discipline and to encourage the establishment and performance of prayer. If he does not accept his gift and does not visit him, but rather boycotts him, this is prescribed if there is a benefit in it. As for if accepting it and going to him is closer to what is good and to benefiting him, then there is no harm.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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