Combining harshness toward disbelievers with gentleness
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,[At-Tawbah 9:73], he asks: Does this contradict the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "Wherever mercy is found..." Sahih Muslim 2594a
Answer:
Everything has its place. Violence is not appropriate, but dominance over the disbeliever, dominance and severity toward the disbeliever, are in their proper place and are acceptable. Likewise, firmness and severity toward the hypocrite are required to restrain him and prevent his evil. May Allah reward you, good morning. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted. Because if you were to be bold, yes, their evil would increase and they would become bolder, so a good deterrent is necessary for them.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْin anything but that it adds to its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes it defective
فِي شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ وَلاَ يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ شَانَهُAnswer:
Everything has its place. Violence is not appropriate, but dominance over the disbeliever, dominance and severity toward the disbeliever, are in their proper place and are acceptable. Likewise, firmness and severity toward the hypocrite are required to restrain him and prevent his evil. May Allah reward you, good morning. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted. Because if you were to be bold, yes, their evil would increase and they would become bolder, so a good deterrent is necessary for them.
Source
التفسير المفصّل، تفسير من سورة الحجرات إلى سورة الناس [29] — alfawzan.live (1:03:47)
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