The Ruling on a Muslim Hosting a Disbeliever in His Home

Question:
One of the female listeners sent a message saying: I am a Muslim woman, from an Arab country, residing in the Kingdom in one of its villages. I am wearing the hijab, and I fulfill my obligatory duties to the best of my ability, praise be to Allah. We have a man living next door to us, and he works in the same establishment where my husband works. He is from the same country as we are, and we share the same nationality, but he follows Christianity. My question is:
His mother has come to visit the Kingdom, and she wants to visit her son in the area where we live. Please note that he lives as a bachelor with a group of men only. He told my husband that he wants to bring her to our house for one week. My husband does not know what to say to him, because there is no one else from our country in this area, and he is embarrassed to say no. Should we honor her as a guest, especially since it is the first time she is visiting us?
And is it permissible for me to share food and drink with her, and to cook for her, if this is during the day in Ramadan while I am fasting? Or what should I do?
I am confused about my situation. Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good. Your sister in Allah: (A. A. S).

Answer:
What is prescribed in this case is to honor the guest, invite him to Allah, and teach him Islam; perhaps Allah will guide him through your efforts. If the woman comes, perhaps inviting her and her son will be a cause of their guidance. So when she arrives, honor her because she is a guest, invite her to Islam, encourage her to do good, and encourage her son to do good; perhaps Allah will guide her and her son through your efforts.
As for during Ramadan, no, do not assist her in this. Rather, provide her with what she needs, and she should serve herself. You should excuse yourself to her by saying that you are unable to serve her in a way that contradicts the law of Allah; because it is obligatory for the disbeliever to enter Islam, and he is addressed with the branches of Islam. Prayer and fasting are among the branches of Islam. So you must not serve her lunch, coffee, or tea. Rather, she should serve herself in this matter, and you should apologize by saying that this is what is required of you. She should have her food, her kitchen, and her...
So if her visit and arrival are during Ramadan, she should serve herself with whatever she wants. As for you, no, do not serve her anything that means eating or drinking. However, if it is other than Ramadan, the matter is broad. But you must advise the one who has her son to send him back to his country and not employ him; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the expulsion of the disbelievers from this peninsula, and specifically mentioned the Christians, as well as the Jews, to be expelled from this peninsula; because they are disbelievers like the rest of the polytheists. Even if they are People of the Book, they are all disbelievers.
So it is obligatory to expel them from this peninsula and not bring them into it, whether for agriculture, construction, medicine, or anything else, except in cases of extreme necessity determined by the rulers. If the rulers see a necessity for some disbelievers for the benefit of the Muslims in medicine or the like, this is a specific matter concerning the rulers, while considering the public interest, and while striving to minimize this and to rely on Muslims instead. As for individuals, the general public, and all people, it is obligatory for them not to bring in disbelievers, and to replace them with Muslims; in implementation of the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to expel them from this peninsula, and so that two religions do not coexist in it.

The presenter: So let them welcome this guest; and let them invite her to Islam as you mentioned?

The Shaykh: Yes, they should be kind to her, and invite her to Islam, and her son as well. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah bless you.