A Response to Those Who Call for Not Hating Non-Combatant Disbelievers on the Ground That Islam Permitted Marriage with Women of the Book

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Today, there are those who call for not hating non-combatant disbelievers, arguing that Islam permitted a Muslim to marry a woman of the Book. He says that affection will inevitably arise between them.

Answer:
These are doubts, these are doubts they are spreading. As for his claim that one should not hate any disbeliever except a combatant, this is a lie and a slander upon Allah and His Messenger. Rather, the disbeliever is hated, even if he is under a treaty, and even if he is one’s wife. The husband hates his wife’s religion, which is the religion of the People of the Book, even if he loves her with a natural, marital love.
This is a natural, marital love; there is no religious love. Either they do not understand the Qur’an, or they are trying to deceive themselves. It is not the case that Allah permitted marriage with the People of the Book because the wife is under her husband’s control and may perhaps become a Muslim.
Being in the protection of a Muslim is a cause for her guidance, a cause for her guidance. And among the love and affection between the spouses, this is a natural, marital affection; it is not a religious affection. So if he loves her religion, he has shown loyalty to the disbelievers. Yes. And if his wife’s religion is Christianity or Judaism, and he loves it, this is loyalty. Yes.