#550: Ruling on Accepting Foodstuff from a Non-Muslim Celebration

QUESTION

” If have a question… If a Muslim is working in a Government or private setting like hospital and they are sharing rice(full bag or any size) for Easter celebration. Is it permissible for a Muslim to collect and eat such rice?”

ANSWER

Alhamdulillāh

May Allāh grant us and you the illumination of understanding and the penetrating insight that comes with it, āmīn.

As long as such food stuffs were given by way of gifts, there is no evidence in the Sharī’a to imply its impermissibility.

This is because though they were given to mark the Easter Holidays, they were shared to both Muslims and Christians in the work place.

The onus to provide evidence to the contrary would be binding upon the one that holds its impermissibility.

And Allāh knows best.

Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran.

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