Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (24/265)

The Book of Funerals

He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—was asked:

Concerning Muslims who live alongside Christians: Is it permissible for a Muslim to visit a Christian when he is ill and to follow his funeral procession when he dies? Does a Muslim who does so incur any sin?

He replied:

Praise be to Allah, Lord of all worlds. He must not follow his funeral procession. As for visiting him when he is ill, there is nothing wrong with that, for it may serve to win him over to Islam. If he dies as a disbeliever, however, Hellfire becomes his due; hence no funeral prayer is offered for him. And Allah knows best.

He was also asked:

Concerning the bile of slaughtered animals and other animals, whether lawful or forbidden to eat: Is it permissible to use their bile as a remedy or not?

كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ سُئِلَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى -: عَنْ قَوْمٍ مُسْلِمِينَ مُجَاوِرِي النَّصَارَى: فَهَلْ يَجُوزُ لِلْمُسْلِمِ إذَا مَرِضَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ أَنْ يَعُودَهُ؟ وَإِذَا مَاتَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَ جِنَازَتَهُ؟ وَهَلْ عَلَى مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وِزْرٌ أَمْ لَا؟ . فَأَجَابَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا يَتْبَعُ جِنَازَتَهُ وَأَمَّا عِيَادَتُهُ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهَا. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَصْلَحَةٌ لِتَأْلِيفِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِذَا مَاتَ كَافِرًا فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ النَّارُ؛ وَلِهَذَا لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَسُئِلَ: عَنْ مَرَارَةِ مَا يُذْبَحُ وَغَيْرُهُ مِمَّا يَحِلُّ أَكْلُهُ أَوْ يَحْرُمُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ التَّدَاوِي بِمَرَارَتِهِ؟ أَمْ لَا؟ .