The Ruling on Respecting Distorted Religions and Defending the Prophets
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Another questioner says: Through this campaign, there are those who call for respecting the adherents of the two religions, Christianity and Judaism, even though, as you mentioned, their religion is distorted, and Islam has abrogated their religion.
Answer:
We respect the original religion, the original religion of Musa (peace be upon him), and we respect his book, the Torah. We respect the original, and we respect the religion of all the prophets; we respect the religions of the prophets. As for the distorted, altered, and abrogated religions, we do not respect them, because they are no longer religions. Rather, the original of the religion is correct from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So we respect the religion of Musa and 'Isa[Al-Baqarah 2:136]. Faith has six pillars: faith in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers. So we believe in all the books and all the messengers. As for the distorted and altered religions, we do not respect them. Yes. May Allah reward you. This is for him; I am asking him.
We do not limit ourselves to defending Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, if someone disparaged 'Isa (peace be upon him), our position would be the same as our position regarding Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, if someone disparaged Musa (peace and blessings be upon him), our position would be the same as our position with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).[Al-Baqarah 2:136]. This is not specific to our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, this is our position with all the prophets: we defend them, respect them, and believe in them (peace and blessings be upon them).
May Allah reward you. Another questioner says: Through this campaign, there are those who call for respecting the adherents of the two religions, Christianity and Judaism, even though, as you mentioned, their religion is distorted, and Islam has abrogated their religion.
Answer:
We respect the original religion, the original religion of Musa (peace be upon him), and we respect his book, the Torah. We respect the original, and we respect the religion of all the prophets; we respect the religions of the prophets. As for the distorted, altered, and abrogated religions, we do not respect them, because they are no longer religions. Rather, the original of the religion is correct from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So we respect the religion of Musa and 'Isa
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord.
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْWe do not limit ourselves to defending Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, if someone disparaged 'Isa (peace be upon him), our position would be the same as our position regarding Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, if someone disparaged Musa (peace and blessings be upon him), our position would be the same as our position with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
We make no distinction between any of them
لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ
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