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Loving Disbelieving Relatives with Natural Love

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: It is difficult for me to accept the statement that a person is not blamed for loving his disbelieving relatives with a natural, innate love, and that he does not love their religion. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
The believer does not love the disbelievers,
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Dayلَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ
[Al-Mujadila 58:22]
and 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. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faithقَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ
[Al-Mujadila 58:22]
so he does not love the disbeliever ever, even if he is the closest person to him, even if he is his father or his mother or his son, he does not love him.
It is not that he hates only their religion; he hates them and their religion. He hates them and their religion. Now, some people say, "You hate their religion but not them." No, that is a mistake. This is a mistake. He hates them and hates their religion.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 08-11-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:08:22)

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