What is the difference between al-wala' (loyalty) and al-tawalli (taking as a protector) toward disbelievers?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the difference between al-wala' and al-tawalli regarding disbelievers?
Answer:
There is no difference between them. The term that appears in the Qur'an is *tawalli* (taking as a protector), as in "and those who take as protectors other than you"[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] and "and that they take as protectors those who are your protectors" [Al-Ma'idah 5:51]. It is stated: "O you who believe, do not take as protectors those against whom the anger of Allah has been decreed." Have you not seen those who take as protectors those against whom the anger of Allah has been decreed? Thus, *tawalli* and *muwala* (loyalty) mean the same thing. We have investigated to see if there is any trap, but we found none.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the difference between al-wala' and al-tawalli regarding disbelievers?
Answer:
There is no difference between them. The term that appears in the Qur'an is *tawalli* (taking as a protector), as in "and those who take as protectors other than you"
is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he
يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُO 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 بَعْضٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الفرق بين الموالاة والتولي للكفار؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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