Is the one who loves other than Allah as he loves Allah a disbeliever in major disbelief?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who loves other than Allah as he loves Allah a disbeliever in major disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, the one who loves other than Allah and equates Him with Allah in the love of worship is a disbeliever in major disbelief and an associate of partners with Allah in major shirk (associating partners with Allah)[Al-Baqarah 2:165] This is shirk in love. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who loves other than Allah as he loves Allah a disbeliever in major disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, the one who loves other than Allah and equates Him with Allah in the love of worship is a disbeliever in major disbelief and an associate of partners with Allah in major shirk (associating partners with Allah)
And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [469 -521] هل من يُحب غير الله كما يُحب الله يكون كافراً كفراً أكبر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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