There is nothing wrong with treating non-Muslims kindly if they are not fighting us

I am a woman who worksand I want to know whether it is permissible for
me to give water or food to non-Muslims? There is a Jewish boy at my
workplace and when Igo out or go to get water,he asks me to bring him
some water too. Is it permissible for me to do that?
Praise be to Allah.
There is nothing wrong with showing kindness to non-Muslims, so long
as they are not known to be hostile towards Muslims or to be helping
our enemies against us. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation
of the meaning):
"Allah does not forbid youto deal justly and kindly with those who
fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you
out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal withequity.
It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of
religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive
you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will
befriend them, then such are the Zalimoon (wrong-doers those who
disobey Allah)."
[al-Mumtahanah 60:8-9].
Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
That is, He does not forbidyou to treat kindly those disbelievers who
are not fighting you because of your religion, such as the women and
the weak among them.
"deal justly" means to treat them kindly
"and kindly" means fairly.
"Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity". End quote.
Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/446
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said in his commentary onSoorat al-Baqarah (2/294):
With regard to non-Muslims, there is nothing wrong with treating them
kindly on condition that they are not among those who arefighting us
because of ourreligion or seeking to drive us from our homes, because
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Allah does not forbid youto deal justly and kindly with those who
fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you
out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal withequity."
[al-Mumtahanah 60:8].
The Muslim will be rewarded for treating these people kindly.
Allah,may He be exalted, statedthat one of the attributes of the
righteous, who are the people of Paradise, is (interpretation of the
meaning):
"And they give food, in spite of their love for it (orfor the love of
Him), to Miskin (poor), the orphan, and the captive"
[al-Insaan 76:8]
– and the captive cannot be anything other than a non-Muslim.
Qataadah (may Allah havemercy on him) said:
"And they give food, in spite of their love for it (orfor the love of
Him), to Miskin (poor), the orphan, and the captive"
[al-Insaan 76:8]
– Allah has enjoined kind treatment of captives, and the
captives at that time would have been mushrikeen (polytheists).
See: Tafseer at-Tabari, 10/8364
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo' (6/237):
If you give charity to an evildoer or to a non-Muslim such as a Jew,a
Christian or a Magian, that is permissible and there will be reward
for that in general terms. The author of al-Bayaan said: as-Saymari
said: The sameapplies with regard to a non-Muslim who is in a state of
war with the Muslims. The evidence for that is the verse in which
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of themeaning): "And
they give food, in spite of their love for it (or for the love of
Him), to Miskin (poor), the orphan, and the captive" [al-Insaan 76:8],
and it is well known that the captive would be a non-Muslim who was in
a state of war with the Muslims. End quote.
And Allah knows best.