Food from Hindu festivals

Question

Question: If the relatives of some Muslim live in a Hindu village, and on the Hindu festivals — Holi (the spring festival of colours), Diwali (the festival of lights) and the like — they cook festive dishes: fried flatbreads, kachori (fried stuffed pastries) and the like, is it permissible for us to eat their food or not?

Answer

Taking part in the Hindu festivals — Holi, Diwali and the like — is by no means permissible; it is necessary to repent of it, because it is a major sin (kabira), so much so that some jurists have written that it is disbelief (kufr).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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