Loving the Disbeliever, the Atheist, and the People of the Book
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a difference between loving the disbeliever who is an atheist and loving the People of the Book?
Answer:
One does not love the disbeliever, whether he is from the People of the Book or not.[Al-Mujadila 58:22] So the disbeliever is not loved in any way, because he is an enemy of Allah. [Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] [Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] You are hostile to them because they are enemies of Allah, and you hate them because Allah hates them. However, you deal with them in what is permissible, and you do good to those among them who do good to you. There is nothing wrong with this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there a difference between loving the disbeliever who is an atheist and loving the People of the Book?
Answer:
One does not love the disbeliever, whether he is from the People of the Book or not.
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْdo not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection
لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِwhile they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth
وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُم مِّنَ الْحَقِّ
Source
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