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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "There is no compulsion in religion"

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Question:
What is the ruling on the one who interprets the verse
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religionلَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:256]
to mean that the Qur'an establishes freedom of the eye?

Answer:
This is a false statement.
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religionلَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:256]
It means that there is nothing in the religion that is disliked to the point that souls reject it; rather, souls accept all of it, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source شهر الله الحرام 06-01-1441هـ جامع الإمام تركي بن عبد الله بالرياض — alfawzan.live (42:45)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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