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Does coercion include showing loyalty to some disbelieving states out of fear of their authority?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) stated here that the one who is coerced is the one over whom the disbelievers take control and order him to do so.

The Shaykh:
The forms of coercion, or is it limited to this form? But this is one of the forms of coercion, yes.

The questioner:
He says: The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) stated here that the one who is coerced is the one over whom the disbelievers take control and order him to commit shirk (associating partners with Allah). Does coercion include states where a type of apparent loyalty to the states of disbelief may occur out of fear of their authority over them and their people?

The Shaykh:
Is this called loyalty? This is called a contract or dealing with them; it is called dealing with them, it is not loyalty.
except when taking precaution against them in prudenceإِلَّا أَن تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ تُقَاةً
[Ali 'Imran 3:28]
So this is not called loyalty, but rather it is called dealing with them and taqiyyah (dissimulation) in order to ward off harm from the Muslims. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يدخل في الإكراه موالاة بعض الدول الكافرة خوفاً من سلطانها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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