Peace be upon you. Is it permissible to eat from the hand of a woman who does not pray?
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It is permissible to eat food prepared by a woman who does not pray, or who sometimes neglects her prayers. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ate from the food of idolaters and accepted the hospitality of a Jewish woman. However, she should be advised to observe the prayers diligently and warned against abandoning them, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The covenant between us and them is prayer; whoever abandons it has disbelieved."
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