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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on one who calls for rapprochement between the religions on the pretext that we are all People of the Book?

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Question:
Some callers have adopted an innovative approach in what is called rapprochement between the religions, on the pretext that we are all People of the Book. Is this a form of loyalty?

Answer:
This is disbelief. It is not a matter of loyalty; it is disbelief. If you validate the religion of the Jews and the religion of the Christians and say that it is a valid religion, that is disbelief in Allah, may Allah protect us from it. For Allah has ruled that the Jews and Christians are disbelievers after the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), if they do not follow him. So anyone who does not follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), whether Jew, Christian, polytheist, or any created being, jinn or human, is a disbeliever and is in the Fire. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No Jew or Christian hears of me and then does not believe in what I have brought except that he will enter the Fireلا يسمع بي يهودي ولا نصراني ثم لا يؤمن بالذي جئت به إلا دخل النار
How can they be believers when they say, "Allah is the third of three"? Are these people believers? They say, "Allah is the third of three," and they disbelieve in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)?
They deny his message, and we say these are believers? The Jews deny the message of Jesus (peace be upon him) and say that he was the son of a fornicator, and they deny the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and we say these are believers? Who said this? There is no valid religion except the religion of Islam with which Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent. Everything else is either an invalid religion or an abrogated religion whose practice is despised. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يدعو إلى التقارب بين الأديان بحجة أننا جميعًا أهل كتاب؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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