Does imitating the disbelievers make one like them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does one who imitates a group become one of them, such that if they are disbelievers, he becomes a disbeliever like them?
Answer:
Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), when he cited this hadith in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*, said that the minimum implication of the text is that it indicates the prohibition of imitating them; that is the minimum. Otherwise, its apparent meaning indicates disbelief. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does one who imitates a group become one of them, such that if they are disbelievers, he becomes a disbeliever like them?
Answer:
Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), when he cited this hadith in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*, said that the minimum implication of the text is that it indicates the prohibition of imitating them; that is the minimum. Otherwise, its apparent meaning indicates disbelief. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [267 -858] هل من تشبه بالكفار يكون مثلهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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