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Is it permissible to eat the food of "prostitutes" and accept their charitable donations of clothes and makeup?

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If by "daughters of the night" you mean female fornicators, it is not permissible to describe them as good, because they are wicked and malicious. It is not permissible to live with them, as there is a possibility that they will corrupt your religion and character. Rather, they should be abandoned and forsaken.

As for the earnings of a fornicator, they are unlawful and prohibited. If what they fed you or gave you was directly from unlawful money, then it is permissible to take it and benefit from it if you are poor and in need. However, if you are not in need, it is not permissible to benefit from it or return it to them; rather, it must be given in charity to the poor and needy. If the food you ate was directly from unlawful money, then you must guarantee its value and give it in charity.

If the gift was from mixed money, lawful and unlawful, it is permissible to benefit from it, especially if there is hope of inviting them [to Islam] and winning them over. However, if there is no such benefit, it is better to leave these gifts and return them.

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