The ruling on disparaging those who call for love of the Muslim homeland
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Question:
He says: There are those who disparage those who teach people and raise them to love their Muslim homeland, and at the head of these lands is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. So what is your guidance for the one who does such a thing and warns against calling people to love their homelands? The Muslim homeland, especially the land of the two Holy Sanctuaries and the qiblah of the Muslims, and what is their benefit, is that not so? Yes, indeed.
Answer:
There is no doubt that loving the lands of the Muslims and the community of the Muslims is part of loving this religion and loving Islam, and as for the one who...
As for the one who shows disdain for the homelands of the Muslims and belittles their status, his words are not to be heeded, for he is either a hypocrite, a show-off, or ignorant, and his words are not to be taken. There is no doubt that[At-Tawbah 9:119] "Be with the truthful ones," the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. He loved Makkah with an intense love.
And he said: "You are the most beloved of lands to me, and had not your people driven me out of you, I would not have left." So loving the homeland is not for the sake of the soil and the clay, but for the sake of faith and the abode of Islam, and being with the Muslims. The homeland is loved for that reason. So the one who loves the homelands of the Muslims and lives with the Muslims, this is a sign of faith and truthfulness, and the one who shows disdain for them and disparages them, this is a sign of hypocrisy and a sign of weak faith or little faith. Yes.
He says: There are those who disparage those who teach people and raise them to love their Muslim homeland, and at the head of these lands is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. So what is your guidance for the one who does such a thing and warns against calling people to love their homelands? The Muslim homeland, especially the land of the two Holy Sanctuaries and the qiblah of the Muslims, and what is their benefit, is that not so? Yes, indeed.
Answer:
There is no doubt that loving the lands of the Muslims and the community of the Muslims is part of loving this religion and loving Islam, and as for the one who...
As for the one who shows disdain for the homelands of the Muslims and belittles their status, his words are not to be heeded, for he is either a hypocrite, a show-off, or ignorant, and his words are not to be taken. There is no doubt that
O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَAnd he said: "You are the most beloved of lands to me, and had not your people driven me out of you, I would not have left." So loving the homeland is not for the sake of the soil and the clay, but for the sake of faith and the abode of Islam, and being with the Muslims. The homeland is loved for that reason. So the one who loves the homelands of the Muslims and lives with the Muslims, this is a sign of faith and truthfulness, and the one who shows disdain for them and disparages them, this is a sign of hypocrisy and a sign of weak faith or little faith. Yes.
Source
موقف المسلم من الفتن 08-03-1439هـ. — af.org.sa (42:50)
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