The Difference Between Loyalty and Taking as Allies the Disbelievers
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the difference between al-muwala (loyalty) and al-tawalli (taking as allies) with regard to disbelievers?
Answer:
There is no difference between them. What is mentioned in the Qur'an is *tawalli* (taking as a protector) and the man of[Al-Ma'idah 5:51]. [Al-Ma'idah 5:51] The *awliya* (close friends of Allah), and whoever takes them as protectors or enters into their company is one of them. O you who believe, do not take as protectors those against whom the anger of Allah has been directed. Have you not seen those who took as protectors those against whom the anger of Allah has been directed? So *tawalli* and *muwala* (loyalty) are one and the same. We have investigated to know if there is any difference, but we found none. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the difference between al-muwala (loyalty) and al-tawalli (taking as allies) with regard to disbelievers?
Answer:
There is no difference between them. What is mentioned in the Qur'an is *tawalli* (taking as a protector) and the man of
is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he
يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُO you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ
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