Is it permissible to give food to a non-Muslim foreign driver during the daytime in Ramadan?
The ruling on these matters refers to the ruling on addressing the disbeliever with the subsidiary rulings of Islamic law. The correct view is that he is addressed by them, and this is the opinion of the majority. Therefore, it is not permissible to enable him to eat during the daytime in Ramadan, nor to assist him in doing so. If the disbeliever persists in his disbelief and dies upon it, he will be punished for his disbelief and for all the rulings of the Shari'ah that he failed to implement, due to the Almighty's saying: (Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained. Except the companions of the right. In gardens, they will ask one another. About the criminals: "What put you into Saqar?" They will say: "We were not of those who prayed. Nor did we feed the poor. And we used to indulge in vain talk with those who indulged. And we used to deny the Day of Recompense. Until there came to us the certainty.") The soundest madhhab is that disbelievers are addressed by the subsidiary rulings of the Shari'ah. Therefore, silk is forbidden for them just as it is forbidden for Muslims. And everything intended for the unlawful, and every action that leads to disobedience, is forbidden. It is forbidden for a Muslim to sell food to a disbeliever if he knows or believes that he will eat it during the daytime in Ramadan, because that is aiding in sin, based on the prevalent view that disbelievers are addressed by the subsidiary rulings of the Shari'ah.
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