The ruling on compromising on some of the matters of Islam to win over the people of misguidance
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to derive from the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his people the permissibility of… Yes. Is it permissible to derive from the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his people the permissibility of compromising on some of the matters of Islam to win over the people of open sinfulness and misguidance?
Answer:
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did not compromise; he did not compromise on anything of the religion to win them over. Rather, he wanted to refute their argument. That was his intention: to refute and demolish their argument. He did not compromise on anything of his religion to please them or to gain their affection. That is mere appeasement. They wished that you would appease them, so you would appease them[Al-Isra 17:73-75].
It is not permissible to compromise on anything of the religion to please them or to gain their affection. This is absolutely not permissible. Rather, adopting taqiyyah (dissimulation) in cases of dire necessity, which is agreeing with them in appearance to be safe from their evil, this is permissible[Ali 'Imran 3:28]
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to derive from the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his people the permissibility of… Yes. Is it permissible to derive from the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his people the permissibility of compromising on some of the matters of Islam to win over the people of open sinfulness and misguidance?
Answer:
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did not compromise; he did not compromise on anything of the religion to win them over. Rather, he wanted to refute their argument. That was his intention: to refute and demolish their argument. He did not compromise on anything of his religion to please them or to gain their affection. That is mere appeasement. They wished that you would appease them, so you would appease them
(73) And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend. (74) And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little. (75) Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.
وَإِن كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُ وَإِذًا لَّاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا وَلَوْلَا أَن ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَاكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًاIt is not permissible to compromise on anything of the religion to please them or to gain their affection. This is absolutely not permissible. Rather, adopting taqiyyah (dissimulation) in cases of dire necessity, which is agreeing with them in appearance to be safe from their evil, this is permissible
except when taking precaution against them in prudence
إِلَّا أَن تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ تُقَاةً
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