If a non-Muslim invites a Muslim to break fast at Iftaar at his place, will it be permissible for the Muslim to accept?

Answer

Never will it be permissible for Muslims to accept the invitation of a non-Muslim to make Iftaar. Kuffaar are mal-oon and mabghoodh by Allah Ta’ala. They are constantly in the state of janaabat and najaasat. The Malaaikah of Rahmat flee from them.

Iftaar is a time when duas are readily accepted by Allah Ta’ala. The Malaaikah are present. Allah Ta’ala descends to the first Sama’ at the time of Iftaar during the month of Ramadhaan, and He calls on His servants to supplicate to Him. How can a Muslim then sit in the company of a kaafir? How can a Muslim eat of the food provided by the kuffaar? What has happened to his Imaan which can tolerate such a spiritual aberration?

Muslims who make Iftaar a merrymaking function and further aggravate it with the kaafir’s invitation, suffer from extreme Imaani deficiency. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:

“There are two moments of happiness for the fasting person: At the time of Iftaar and at the time of meeting His Rabb.”

Thus, Iftaar time is an auspicious moment of ibaadat. The very ending of the Fast in the Sunnah style (only a couple of dates and perhaps some water) is an act of Ibaadat of high merit. In a Hadith-e-Qudsi, Alla