The Third Nullifier of Islam: The One Who Does Not Declare the Polytheists Disbelievers
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Question:
The questioner says: We heard from some students of knowledge that the third nullifier mentioned by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) in the nullifiers of Islam, which is that the one who does not declare the polytheists disbelievers, or who doubts their disbelief, or who validates their school of thought, is a disbeliever just like them. He says that this nullifier did not come from the wellspring of prophethood and is not correct. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
The Shaykh of Islam did not mention this from his own opinion; he mentioned it from the evidence. He mentioned it from the evidence, from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:144] What does "awliya" (close friends) mean? It means you do not befriend them, you do not invalidate what they are upon, and you do not disavow them. This is their loyalty. [Al-Ma'idah 5:51] [Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] What does "awliya" mean? It comes from "wilayah" (loyalty), which is love, support, not declaring them disbelievers, and not invalidating what they are upon. This is the meaning of the loyalty that Allah made disbelief, and this is what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) took in this fire: that the one who does not declare the disbelievers disbelievers, or who validates their school of thought, means that he has taken them as awliya (close friends).
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: We heard from some students of knowledge that the third nullifier mentioned by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) in the nullifiers of Islam, which is that the one who does not declare the polytheists disbelievers, or who doubts their disbelief, or who validates their school of thought, is a disbeliever just like them. He says that this nullifier did not come from the wellspring of prophethood and is not correct. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
The Shaykh of Islam did not mention this from his own opinion; he mentioned it from the evidence. He mentioned it from the evidence, from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, do not take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَO you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍO you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-099-نواقض الإسلام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:13)
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