What is the ruling on addressing a disbeliever as "O friend" or "O companion"?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on a person saying "O friend" or "O companion" when he says it to a disbeliever?
Answer:
Hmm? What is the ruling on a person saying to another "O friend" or "O companion" when that person is a disbeliever? The word that conveys love is not permissible. "Friend" conveys love. Friendship conveys love. This is permissible, and likewise "companion" in the sense of "friend" conveys love. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on a person saying "O friend" or "O companion" when he says it to a disbeliever?
Answer:
Hmm? What is the ruling on a person saying to another "O friend" or "O companion" when that person is a disbeliever? The word that conveys love is not permissible. "Friend" conveys love. Friendship conveys love. This is permissible, and likewise "companion" in the sense of "friend" conveys love. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [546 /641] ما حكم إطلاق (يا صديق أو يا رفيق) للشخص الكافر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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