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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the disbelievers saying, “They are our enemies, not the enemies of the religion of Islam”

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is your view of the one who says that the disbelievers today are not enemies of the religion of Islam, but rather they are enemies of the Muslims, or of us, who have not known how to establish this religion, and who have made tawhid (the oneness of Allah) a means to our interests, such as jihad in the path of Allah, and other acts of worship that enrage them?

Answer:
This is fine speech, but it has no meaning; there is no meaning in it. It is the speech of an ignorant and misguiding person. There is no doubt, there is no doubt, that the disbelievers are enemies of our religion, enemies of us all, and enemies of Allah before that. They are enemies of Allah, enemies of His religion, and enemies of the Muslims. “O you who believe, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies.” And He said:
by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides themتُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ
[Al-Anfal 8:60]
So they are enemies of Allah, enemies of His religion, and enemies of the Muslims, of everyone. And we, without doubt, have shortcomings and we have sins; there is no doubt in that. We do not declare ourselves pure of that. We must reform our society; we must reform our society so that Allah will support us when we strive and fight. Allah the Exalted said:
if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ
[Muhammad 47:7]
So we must first make our souls successful and first strive against our souls. And whoever does not strive against his soul, he does not strive against the bat. It is necessary to strive against the soul first, and to strive against Satan, and to strive against the hypocrites and the evildoers, and then to strive against the disbelievers. Jihad has types, and it is necessary that
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم قول إن الكفار اليوم ليسوا أعداء ديننا الإسلام، إنما هم أعداء للمسلمين - للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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