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What is the response to those who say: Islam permitted freedom of belief, citing the verse: (But your religion is yours, and my religion is mine)?

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: What is the answer to those who say that Islam contains freedom of belief, so one worships whatever one wishes? Some of them cite the saying of the Exalted:
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
[Al-Kafirun 109:6]


Answer:
This is a declaration of disavowal, my brother; it is not a matter of choice. This is a declaration of disavowal. Say, "O you disbelievers." If one takes the beginning of the surah, does it suffice for him to leave the beginning, "Say, O you disbelievers"? He called them what? Hmm? He called them disbelievers. "Say, O you disbelievers." This contains a choice of belief? No, Allah ruled them as disbelievers.
I do not worship what you worship.لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
[Al-Kafirun 109:2]
[from] the idols and statues. No, and not
do not worship what you worship.أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
[Al-Kafirun 109:2]
[what] you worship. Yes, no, and you do not worship what I worship. They do not worship Allah alone; rather, they worship Allah and worship others alongside Him. This is the difference between them. Then he said,
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
[Al-Kafirun 109:6]
This is a declaration of disavowal. It is not a matter of choice or option; rather, it is a declaration of disavowal and a threat. A threat to them. So whoever wills, let him believe, and whoever wills, let him disbelieve. Is this from the category of choice or from the category of threat? It is a threat. What came after it is: "Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose canopy surrounds them." This is from the category of threat, not from the category of choice. But these people are either ignorant or they confuse people with such matters. They even say, "Do not say 'disbeliever'; say 'the other.' Say 'the other.' We and the other." Meaning, do you say "Muslims and disbelievers"? Is this taken from their words? Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1015 -1024] ما الرد على من يقول: إن الإسلام أباح حرية الاعتقاد مستدلا بالآية: (لكن دينكم ولي دين)؟ — youtube.com

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