A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ) wrote, in his ‘Ihya ‘Ulum ad-Din , “Mujahid said, ‘Those who love each other for Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Sake, when they smile at each other, their sins fall from each other, just as the leaves fall from a tree before the winter.’”   Imam Mujahid ibn Jabr ( r.a. ) was a tabi’un scholar, who learned from many of the swahabah .

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Radhi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad as-Sarakhsi, ( r.a .) said, “It has been mentioned, on the authority of Abi Marwan al-Khuza’i, who said, ‘I told Mujahid that there is a family relation between me and a certain person from the disbelievers and I owe him money.   Should I give it to him?’   And Mujahid said, ‘Yes, and you should keep family ties with him.’”   From this, we know that it is sunnah to give gifts to non-Muslim family, and it is emphasised to maintain relations.