What is the ruling on the statement: "The Jews and Christians are our brothers, and the Qur'an commanded us to be affectionate toward them"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does the one who says that the Jews and Christians are our brothers, that we are all Muslims, and that the Qur'an commanded us to be affectionate toward them, fall under the nullifiers of Islam that render a person a disbeliever if he does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Yes, yes. The one who says that they are our brothers is an apostate, unless he is ignorant and it has not been explained to him and the proof has not been established against him. But if he claims to be knowledgeable and that he knows, then he has apostatized from that, because they are not our brothers. They are disbelievers and we are Muslims, praise be to Allah. A disbeliever cannot be the brother of a Muslim. They are the enemies of Allah, and the Muslims are the close friends of Allah. How can the enemy of Allah be the brother of a close friend of Allah?
This is a false matter. As for his saying that Allah commanded us to be affectionate toward them, he is a liar; he has lied about Allah. Allah did not command affection toward them.[Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] Allah forbade affection toward them, but He commanded dealing with them and being kind to those who are kind to the Muslims, by way of reciprocity. Yes. Allah commanded the reward of those among them who do good. [Al-Mumtahanah 60:8]. This is by way of reciprocity in this world, but we do not love them. We reward them for the kindness they showed to the Muslims, but we do not love them. So there is a difference between this and that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does the one who says that the Jews and Christians are our brothers, that we are all Muslims, and that the Qur'an commanded us to be affectionate toward them, fall under the nullifiers of Islam that render a person a disbeliever if he does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Yes, yes. The one who says that they are our brothers is an apostate, unless he is ignorant and it has not been explained to him and the proof has not been established against him. But if he claims to be knowledgeable and that he knows, then he has apostatized from that, because they are not our brothers. They are disbelievers and we are Muslims, praise be to Allah. A disbeliever cannot be the brother of a Muslim. They are the enemies of Allah, and the Muslims are the close friends of Allah. How can the enemy of Allah be the brother of a close friend of Allah?
This is a false matter. As for his saying that Allah commanded us to be affectionate toward them, he is a liar; he has lied about Allah. Allah did not command affection toward them.
do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection
لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِAllah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them
لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [28 -858] ما حكم القول: إن اليهود والنصارى إخواننا، والقرآن أمرنا بمودتهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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