Is it permissible to supplicate for the guidance of disbelievers and to be good to them in conduct, while hating them for their call to Islam?
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The questioner:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: The verses that passed before us and the belief in loyalty and disavowal contained in them, and what is required of it in terms of hating disbelievers. The question is: Is it permissible for us to supplicate for their guidance, and to be good to them in conduct for the sake of calling them, despite hating them? Or does hating them mean being bad to them in conduct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I know the question.
The questioner:
He says: The verses that passed before us and the belief in loyalty and disavowal contained in them, and what is required of it in terms of hating disbelievers. So, is it permissible for us to supplicate for their guidance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, we supplicate for their guidance, but we do not supplicate for their forgiveness. There is a difference between supplicating for their guidance and seeking forgiveness for them. This is one point. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. And is it permissible for us to be good to them in conduct for the sake of calling them, despite hating them?
The Shaykh:
And [the verse says] "And speak to people what is good." We are good to them in our dealings, we are truthful in our dealings, we do not betray them, and we call them to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with wisdom and good exhortation. But we do not love them as long as they are disbelievers. We do not love them, but we love for them; we love for them repentance. And for that reason, we call them to Allah. Yes.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: The verses that passed before us and the belief in loyalty and disavowal contained in them, and what is required of it in terms of hating disbelievers. The question is: Is it permissible for us to supplicate for their guidance, and to be good to them in conduct for the sake of calling them, despite hating them? Or does hating them mean being bad to them in conduct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I know the question.
The questioner:
He says: The verses that passed before us and the belief in loyalty and disavowal contained in them, and what is required of it in terms of hating disbelievers. So, is it permissible for us to supplicate for their guidance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, we supplicate for their guidance, but we do not supplicate for their forgiveness. There is a difference between supplicating for their guidance and seeking forgiveness for them. This is one point. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. And is it permissible for us to be good to them in conduct for the sake of calling them, despite hating them?
The Shaykh:
And [the verse says] "And speak to people what is good." We are good to them in our dealings, we are truthful in our dealings, we do not betray them, and we call them to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with wisdom and good exhortation. But we do not love them as long as they are disbelievers. We do not love them, but we love for them; we love for them repentance. And for that reason, we call them to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1614- 4717] هل يجوز الدعاء للكفار بالهداية وحسن الخلق معهم مع الكراهية لهم لدعوتهم إلى الإسلام؟ — youtube.com
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