Tafsir of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love”
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Qasas 28:56], is it permissible for a person to love his disbelieving relatives, but hate their disbelief?
Answer:
[Al-Qasas 28:56] Their guidance. It is not that he loves them? Do you love their guidance? “Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love” means whom you love to be guided. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَAnswer:
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 68 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|في أن قتل الحية والعقرب والمشي اليسير للحاجة |صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08:13)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.