Is it permissible to sit at a table where haram food is served with the intention of inviting people to Allah, if this is the only opportunity to communicate with those being invited?
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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not sit at a table where wine is circulated." This indicates the obligation to avoid places of disobedience unless there is a benefit, such as enjoining good and forbidding evil. If a person is capable of doing so and is safe from being drawn into sin, then he may attend that gathering. Ibn Qudamah said: If one is invited to a banquet where there is disobedience and he is able to condemn it, then it is obligatory for him to attend and condemn it; otherwise, he should not attend.
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