The Ruling on Learning the Gospel to Respond to the People of the Book
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you. Based on the permissibility of learning matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), is it permissible to learn the Gospel in order to respond to the People of the Book and to remove doubts from some Muslims?
Answer:
First, we said that it is not permissible, nor obligatory, to learn matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). As for the Gospel, the Qur'an is sufficient. The Qur'an abrogated the Gospel, and that is enough, and it abrogated the Torah. So we have no need for the Gospel or the Torah. Our need is for the Qur'an, which is our book, and it is the book of the world now. The book of the Jews and the Christians is the Qur'an, which they are obligated to act upon. As for the Torah and the Gospel, acting upon them has ended, so it is not permissible to circulate them or promote them.
He says: May Allah preserve you. Based on the permissibility of learning matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), is it permissible to learn the Gospel in order to respond to the People of the Book and to remove doubts from some Muslims?
Answer:
First, we said that it is not permissible, nor obligatory, to learn matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). As for the Gospel, the Qur'an is sufficient. The Qur'an abrogated the Gospel, and that is enough, and it abrogated the Torah. So we have no need for the Gospel or the Torah. Our need is for the Qur'an, which is our book, and it is the book of the world now. The book of the Jews and the Christians is the Qur'an, which they are obligated to act upon. As for the Torah and the Gospel, acting upon them has ended, so it is not permissible to circulate them or promote them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [778 -939] بناء على جواز تعلم أمور الجاهلية، هل يجوز تعلم الإنجيل للرد على أهل الكتاب؟ — youtube.com (0:16)
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