Eating at the house of an open sinner (fasiq mu‘lin)

Question

Question: In Zayd’s house a woman is kept without nikah, and a child has also been born to her; Zayd openly commits zina with her. People tell Zayd to marry her, but he does not perform the nikah. Zayd also has a wife at home. Is it permissible to eat bread at Zayd’s house or not?

Answer

[ar]إذا دعيت إلى وليمة فإن لم يكن ماله فيها فسق فلا بأس بالإجابة، وإن كان ماله حرامًا فلا تجبه، وكذلك إن كان فاسقًا معلنًا فلا تجبه ليعلم أنك غير راض بفسقه[/ar] “When you are invited to a walima, then if there is no (?) sin (fisq)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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