Guidelines for Imitating the Disbelievers
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you, we need guidelines regarding the issue of imitating the disbelievers. What is permissible in it and what is forbidden?
Answer:
Regarding imitating the disbelievers, there is nothing in that imitation that is called imitation in the sense of “whoever imitates a people, he becomes like them,” and that is with regard to what is specific to them, what is among their characteristics. Do not imitate them in their clothing, their hair, their walking, their speech, or in what is specific to them. As for what is shared between them and the Muslims, that is not imitation. Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you, we need guidelines regarding the issue of imitating the disbelievers. What is permissible in it and what is forbidden?
Answer:
Regarding imitating the disbelievers, there is nothing in that imitation that is called imitation in the sense of “whoever imitates a people, he becomes like them,” and that is with regard to what is specific to them, what is among their characteristics. Do not imitate them in their clothing, their hair, their walking, their speech, or in what is specific to them. As for what is shared between them and the Muslims, that is not imitation. Yes.
Source
لقاء مفتوح بجدة 23-8-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:49)
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