Raising Nationalist Slogans in Disbeliever Countries
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Question:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: Is it prescribed for a Muslim living in disbeliever lands to raise slogans like “one state, a united people, a people not divided by religion, color, or language,” and similar phrases, and to participate in activities that promote national belonging?
Answer:
Belonging is to the religion, not to the homeland. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left his beloved homeland, which was Makkah, and migrated to al-Madinah in order to flee with the religion. He said, “By Allah, you are the most beloved of lands to me”Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3926Hasan (Darussalam) He left, he left with his religion (peace and blessings be upon him), and he left in hiding from Quraysh until he reached al-Madinah, by the preservation and care of Allah. Yes.
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: Is it prescribed for a Muslim living in disbeliever lands to raise slogans like “one state, a united people, a people not divided by religion, color, or language,” and similar phrases, and to participate in activities that promote national belonging?
Answer:
Belonging is to the religion, not to the homeland. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left his beloved homeland, which was Makkah, and migrated to al-Madinah in order to flee with the religion. He said, “By Allah, you are the most beloved of lands to me”
to me, and if it were not that my people expelled me from you, I
إِلَىَّ وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمِي أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ مَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (6:43)
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