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layout: post
title: "Ruling on Muslim participating and paying in a farewell party for a non-Muslim"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 16439"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441 AH
date: 2020-07-27
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "Muslims' participation with non-Muslims in collecting a sum of money to hold a party to see off non-Muslims is a kind of respect and honor to them which is not permissible for a Muslim to do or even take part in."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

### Question: 

In our company, Muslim employees work together with Christian and Hindu employees. Some employees collect a sum of money from employees in order to hold a farewell party when one of the foreign employees is leaving. The party is composed of serving a meal plus a gift to the guest. Does a Muslim's participation with their money and selves in this kind of celebrations affect the Muslim's 'Aqidah (creed) in any way? Could you kindly advise? May Allah reward you!
 
### Answer:

Muslims' participation with non-Muslims in collecting a sum of money to hold a party to see off non-Muslims is a kind of respect and honor to them which is not permissible for a Muslim to do or even take part in. It is obligatory to call non-Muslims to Islam, illustrate its beauty and draw it near to them perhaps Allah will guide them.