The Ruling on Calling Jews and Christians Brothers
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Question:
So I seek forgiveness from Allah; it is not the one of virtue. This person asks: Is it permissible for us to say that the Jews and Christians are our brothers? He cites the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-A'raf 7:65] and His saying: [Al-A'raf 7:73], and he says, citing the saying of Allah the Exalted: "What do you think of your companion?" and what was narrated, so he called the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the companion of the bond.
Answer:
This is misguidance. He says that the Jews and Christians are our brothers. This is misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. The Jews and Christians are not our brothers; they are disbelievers. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] So they are not our brothers. Our brothers are the believers. Indeed, the believers are brothers. I say: the Muslim. As for the disbeliever, he is not less than that; rather, we are disavowed of him, even if he is the closest of people to us in lineage, for you were [Al-Mujadila 58:22].
[At-Tawbah 9:114] Ibn Awa, the living one. Allah said: Indeed, [Al-Mumtahanah 60:4], and if [Al-Mumtahanah 60:4], and between us and him is enmity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone. And this is this ghula. Except. Yes. And. Allah knows best. Day and no. Welcome. And he said. Yes. I say that we. He loves it. In the term of brotherhood between us and them. With us. He loves. They answer for him. He does not love him except. Or I revive as he said. (peace and blessings be upon him) So does he love for the Jews and Christians what he loves for himself? If so, he is one of them, he is one of them [Al-Ma'idah 5:51]. And as for His saying, the Exalted: "And when he argued with his brother in the matter of Hud, his brother in the matter of Ghul," the intended meaning is by the strength of benefit or the strength of religion.
So the disbeliever may be your father, your brother, or your son. There is no gain in fatherhood, sonship, or brotherhood; this is physical. But the intended meaning now is religious brotherhood. So if a disbeliever is the father of a Muslim by lineage, he is not his father in religion, nor his brother in religion; rather, he is an enemy. Enmity began between us and you. So the intended meaning of brotherhood of lineage is that he is of the same species of humans, not of the calamity. This is its meaning. It was discussed. And as for the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And your companion," the companion is not intended to be the companionship of love and standing by, but "your companion" means your Prophet whom Allah sent to you. It is not intended to be the companionship of love and the companionship of religion. Then also, is this address for the disbelievers in general, or is it for the believers as well? This is general for the believers, and it is for the disbelievers, or perhaps it is specific to the Muslims as well.
So I seek forgiveness from Allah; it is not the one of virtue. This person asks: Is it permissible for us to say that the Jews and Christians are our brothers? He cites the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And to the 'Aad [We sent] their brother Hud.
وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًاAnd to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih.
وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًاAnswer:
This is misguidance. He says that the Jews and Christians are our brothers. This is misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. The Jews and Christians are not our brothers; they are disbelievers. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَa 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
قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْAnd the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham
وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَThere has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham
كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَand those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between
وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَاNone of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
لا يؤمن أحدكم أن يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسه.And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَSo the disbeliever may be your father, your brother, or your son. There is no gain in fatherhood, sonship, or brotherhood; this is physical. But the intended meaning now is religious brotherhood. So if a disbeliever is the father of a Muslim by lineage, he is not his father in religion, nor his brother in religion; rather, he is an enemy. Enmity began between us and you. So the intended meaning of brotherhood of lineage is that he is of the same species of humans, not of the calamity. This is its meaning. It was discussed. And as for the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And your companion," the companion is not intended to be the companionship of love and standing by, but "your companion" means your Prophet whom Allah sent to you. It is not intended to be the companionship of love and the companionship of religion. Then also, is this address for the disbelievers in general, or is it for the believers as well? This is general for the believers, and it is for the disbelievers, or perhaps it is specific to the Muslims as well.
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