Fatwa ID: 05004
Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah
Question
Can a Muslim eat at a non-Muslim friend’s house knowing that they consume pork? What is the ruling in Islam?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
It is not haram to eat with non-Muslims but the following should be kept in mind.
- There should be no alcohol served on the same table.
It is narrated from Umar bin al-Khattab that messenger of Allah said;- Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not sit at a table where alcohol is being passed around.[i]
- Men and women should not be mixed in one place.
3. Food should be halal.
So, if these rules are met you can eat with non-Muslims.
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[i] Musnad Ahmad, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab:- Al-Qasim bin Abil-Qasim as-Saba’i narrated from a preacher who was addressing the troops in al-Qustanteeniyyah, that he heard him narrate that Umar bin al-Khattab said:
O people, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: `Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not sit at a table where alcohol is being passed around; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not enter a bathhouse unless he is wearing a waist wrapper; and whoever (among women) believes in Allah and the Last Day, let her not enter bathhouses (at all).”
