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Is it permissible to host fasting Muslim neighbors for iftar, given that they abandon all prayers?

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Feeding those who are fasting has a great reward, and whoever feeds a fasting person receives a reward like theirs. You will be rewarded for feeding your fasting neighbors, even if they are disobedient. Make feeding them an opportunity to invite them to Allah and explain the seriousness of abandoning prayer, and that it is greater than adultery and theft, and that abandoning it makes one a disbeliever according to some scholars. Explain to them that abandoning prayer invalidates the reward of fasting, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever does not give up false speech and acting upon it, Allah has no need of his giving up his food and drink." What falsehood is greater than abandoning prayer? By doing so, you will earn the reward of feeding the fasting person and the reward of inviting to Allah.

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