Question

Is it permissible to eat the food of people of innovation, knowing that this food is made on the occasion of their innovation, such as the food made for the birth of the Prophet ﷺ?

Answer

What is obligatory is to warn them to stay away from innovation and not to engage in prohibited things. It is the responsibility of the person not to eat food made for innovations or prohibited things. The person should not use this food, but rather inform and warn against falling into this prohibited thing.

Author: Cheikh ‘Abd Al Mouhsin Al ‘Abbad Al Badr, may Allah preserve him.