Is the Islam of one who says, “I love the believers, and I also love the Jews and the Christians,” valid?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a Muslim man says, “I love the believers, and I also love the Jews and the Christians.” So, is his Islam valid if he says that?
Answer:
No, his Islam is not valid, because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] To take them as allies is through love, support, and assistance. So he is one of them, and his ruling is their ruling. Why? Because if he loves them, he has approved their religion; he does not love them except while approving their religion. If he had hated their religion, he would have hated them. This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a Muslim man says, “I love the believers, and I also love the Jews and the Christians.” So, is his Islam valid if he says that?
Answer:
No, his Islam is not valid, because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [100 -1024] هل يصلح إسلام من يقول: أنا أحب المؤمنين وأحب كذلك اليهود والنصارى؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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