Good Dealing with Non-Muslims and the People of the Book
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Question:
In the name of Allah, we begin this episode. The first message is from His Eminence Shaykh Husayn al-Dawudi, the Secretary General of the Scandinavian Council for Relations in the Kingdom of Sweden. He says: Please convey my salam to Your Excellency, Shaykh Dr. Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him and benefit us with his knowledge). I hope Your Excellency will say a word about good dealing with non-Muslims, especially the People of the Book; because that corrects the distorted image in the minds of many of them regarding Islam, and we live among them?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. As for what follows, Islam deals with people with excellence (ihsan), and calls them to Allah the Exalted and Mighty, and invites them to enter Islam, and that is for their benefit and their good.
Indeed, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sent His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a caller to Allah by His permission[Al-Ahzab 33:45-47]. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sent this Messenger and revealed this Book, the Qur'an. He commanded us to follow it and call to it, and He commanded all the inhabitants of the earth to enter this Islamic religion, which is from Allah the Exalted and Mighty. And that is for their benefit and their good in this world and the Hereafter.
So whoever does not enter Islam and restrains his evil from the Muslims, the Muslims deal with him with excellence. This religion is a religion of mercy, and a religion of gathering, not dividing, upon the religion of Allah the Exalted and Mighty, which He chose for all His creation. So this religion is the last of the religions, and it is the dominant one over them, and it corrects what is correct among them and clarifies the errors that humanity falls into. So it is a mercy from Allah the Exalted and Mighty for all the worlds. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)[Al-Anbya 21:107] So he is the Prophet of Mercy (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
In the name of Allah, we begin this episode. The first message is from His Eminence Shaykh Husayn al-Dawudi, the Secretary General of the Scandinavian Council for Relations in the Kingdom of Sweden. He says: Please convey my salam to Your Excellency, Shaykh Dr. Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him and benefit us with his knowledge). I hope Your Excellency will say a word about good dealing with non-Muslims, especially the People of the Book; because that corrects the distorted image in the minds of many of them regarding Islam, and we live among them?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. As for what follows, Islam deals with people with excellence (ihsan), and calls them to Allah the Exalted and Mighty, and invites them to enter Islam, and that is for their benefit and their good.
Indeed, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, sent His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a caller to Allah by His permission
indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner. (46) And one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp. (47) And give good tidings to the believers that they will have from Allah great bounty.
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ فَضْلًا كَبِيرًاSo whoever does not enter Islam and restrains his evil from the Muslims, the Muslims deal with him with excellence. This religion is a religion of mercy, and a religion of gathering, not dividing, upon the religion of Allah the Exalted and Mighty, which He chose for all His creation. So this religion is the last of the religions, and it is the dominant one over them, and it corrects what is correct among them and clarifies the errors that humanity falls into. So it is a mercy from Allah the Exalted and Mighty for all the worlds. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7493 — youtube.com (1:06)
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