The Ruling on Praising Israel and Speaking About Allah in the Friday Sermon
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a Friday sermon, al-Qaradawi was speaking about elections and presidential nominations. He praised Israel and commended its integrity in the elections. Then he said, "I hope our country will be like this country," meaning Israel, where the people are the ones who rule.
The Shaykh:
It is better for him to go to his mother. It is better for him to go and visit them.
The questioner:
then.
The Shaykh:
And I seek refuge in Allah, this is misguidance or something strange. I ask Allah for well-being. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he said, "If Allah were to offer Himself to the people."
The Shaykh:
I testify to this, and I seek refuge in Allah. This is the result of ignorance and recklessness in oaths. We ask Allah for well-being. A single word a person says can bring him closer to the Fire than the distance between the sky and the light, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, like this ugly word.
The questioner:
Or he takes.
The Shaykh:
Because of recklessness in speech and not being idle. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In a Friday sermon, al-Qaradawi was speaking about elections and presidential nominations. He praised Israel and commended its integrity in the elections. Then he said, "I hope our country will be like this country," meaning Israel, where the people are the ones who rule.
The Shaykh:
It is better for him to go to his mother. It is better for him to go and visit them.
The questioner:
then.
The Shaykh:
And I seek refuge in Allah, this is misguidance or something strange. I ask Allah for well-being. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he said, "If Allah were to offer Himself to the people."
The Shaykh:
I testify to this, and I seek refuge in Allah. This is the result of ignorance and recklessness in oaths. We ask Allah for well-being. A single word a person says can bring him closer to the Fire than the distance between the sky and the light, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, like this ugly word.
The questioner:
Or he takes.
The Shaykh:
Because of recklessness in speech and not being idle. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/22 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (47:58)
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