The Ruling on Hostility Toward Disbelievers and Dealing with Them in Permissible Matters

Question:
I ask Allah to grant you all success. Honorable Shaykh, many questions have come up, usually due to what has happened among people regarding their negligence in loyalty and disavowal. I hope you will clarify this matter. It is obligatory to support the believers, meaning to love the believers, support the believers, and be hostile to the disbelievers, hate them, and boycott them in terms of love.

Answer:
As for dealing with them in permissible matters, such as buying and selling, learning a trade, and other worldly benefits, there is nothing wrong with that. Likewise, it is permissible to reward them if they do work for the Muslims that the Muslims benefit from, or if they refrain from harming the Muslims, so that no harm comes from them to the Muslims; then you reward them. Allah the Exalted said: This is a matter of reward, not a matter of love. It is only a matter of reward for the good they have done. This is not by love, but rather by cooperation. This indicates that this is what must be the standard: hostility toward them and hatred of them. As for dealing with them in what benefits the Muslims, that is the way. Yes.