Clarification of the forms of coercion into disbelief
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is coercion limited to only one situation, which is helping the polytheists out of fear of being killed, or does coercion include threats of killing, torture, and other things?
The Shaykh:
Coherence varies according to the matters; the subject is not on a single pattern. So, coercion into divorce is not like coercion into disbelief, which is not like coercion into... It differs. As for coercion into disbelief, they ask him to speak only with his tongue; they ask him to speak with his tongue words of disbelief to escape their evil. This is permissible as long as his heart is at rest with faith.
Another questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. So, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. So, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Yes. Let us proceed to success, let us proceed to success. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. There is no deity but Allah.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is coercion limited to only one situation, which is helping the polytheists out of fear of being killed, or does coercion include threats of killing, torture, and other things?
The Shaykh:
Coherence varies according to the matters; the subject is not on a single pattern. So, coercion into divorce is not like coercion into disbelief, which is not like coercion into... It differs. As for coercion into disbelief, they ask him to speak only with his tongue; they ask him to speak with his tongue words of disbelief to escape their evil. This is permissible as long as his heart is at rest with faith.
Another questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. So, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. So, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Yes. Let us proceed to success, let us proceed to success. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. There is no deity but Allah.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
كتاب الدلائل في حكم موالاة أهل الإشراك، حكم موالاة أهل الشرك [2] — alfawzan.live (1:03:56)
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