Hadith on Gifts: Permission to accept gifts from idolaters

Abu Qabus reported: A woman asked Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, “We have a nurse among the Magians and they give us gifts on their festivals.” Aisha said, “As for the meat they have slaughtered, do not eat it. Rather, you may eat from the fruit of their trees.”

Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 31986

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “These narrations demonstrate that their festivals do not prevent Muslims from accepting their gifts. Rather, the rule during the festival is the same as other times, since it does not involve support for their rituals of unbelief.”

Source: Iqtiḍāʼ al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm 250

عِنْ أبي قَابُوسَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ رضي الله عنها فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ لَنَا آظَارًا مِنَ الْمَجُوسِ وَأَنَّهُمْ يَكُونُ لَهُمُ الْعِيدُ فَيَهْدُونَ لَنَا فَقَالَتْ أَمَّا مَا ذُبِحَ لِذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فَلا تَأْكُلُوا وَلَكِنْ كُلُوا مِنْ أَشْجَارِهِمْ

31986 مصنف ابن أبي شيبة كتاب السير ما قالوا في طعام المجوس وفواكههم

قال ابن تيمية فهذا كله يدل على أنه لا تأثير للعيد في المنع من قبول هديتهم بل حكمها في العيد وغيره سواء لأنه ليس في ذلك إعانة لهم على شعائر كفرهم

250 اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم

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