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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Calling Polytheists to Islam in the Hadith

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the authentic hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When you meet the polytheists who are your enemy, summon them tone of three thingsإذا لقيت عدوك من المشركين فادعهم إلى إحدى ثلاث،
Sunan Abi Dawud 2612Sahih (Al-Albani)
Does the general term for polytheists include those mentioned in that, as in the hadith, or only the People of the Book?

Answer:
Polytheists other than the People of the Book, as in
Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheistsالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ
[Al-Bayyinah 98:1]
. By polytheists other than the People of the Book, the intended meaning is the idolaters; the polytheists are the idolaters. They are the polytheists, and the People of the Book are people of a religion, people of a faith, but they refused to acknowledge the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Jews refused to acknowledge the message of Jesus and the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and so they became disbelievers. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، في حديث النبي –صلى الله عليه وسلم «إذا لقيت عدوك من المشركين فادعهم إلى إحدى ثلاث»، هل عموم... — youtube.com

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