How can the permissibility of feeding non-Muslims be reconciled with the Almighty’s saying: "Say, 'Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good things from the provision?' Say, 'They are for those who have believed in the worldly life, exclusively [for them] on the Day of Resurrection'" [Quran 7:32], given that the verse indicates that provision is exclusively for believers, and will the disbeliever be held accountable for what he ate in this worldly life?
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Feeding a disbeliever is permissible. Allah provides for disbelievers and grants them well-being despite their harm to Him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, fed his guests and prisoners who were disbelievers. The enjoyment of this world is worth nothing to Allah, hence disbelievers are allowed to benefit from it. The Quranic verse does not mean that good things are exclusive to believers in this world, but rather that they are purely for them in the Hereafter.
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