The Ruling on Abandoning the Creed of Loyalty and Disavowal
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Question:
May Allah bless you. The questioner says: Some people have become confused regarding the creed of loyalty and disavowal, and they assumed that it is permissible to abandon it during a period of weakness for the Muslims. Terms such as tolerance, respecting the other, and the like have appeared. What is the Islamic ruling on this matter?
Answer:
Loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') never ceases from the first of creation to the last. There is no religion except with loyalty and disavowal, forever. You must love the people of faith and be loyal to them, and you must hate the people of disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and be hostile to them. If this does not happen, there is no religion except with loyalty and disavowal, forever. We do not compromise on loyalty and disavowal, nor do we ever limit our hostility toward the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah); rather, we hate them because Allah said: "Do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies"[Al-Mujadila 58:22].
As for dealing with them within the limits of what Allah has permitted, such as buying and selling, exchanging interests, and treaties between them and the Muslims, this is something the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought.
This does not mean disavowal. It means worldly dealing for the sake of interests that benefit the Muslims and strengthen the Muslims. It does not indicate love for the disbelievers. Loving the disbelievers is never permissible. It is not the case that if we sell to them, buy from them, hire them, or bring them in for work, that we love them. Rather, it means that we want them to perform a job for us that we need, while we hate them and do not wish them well, forever. So they are in one of two states: either they did not understand the meaning of loyalty and disavowal, or they are misleading people regarding it. These are the ones who want us to love the disbelievers.
Even though the disbelievers do not love us and hate us with the most intense hatred. They hate us. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:119]. [Ali 'Imran 3:119-120] So how can we love them when they hate us with the most intense hatred? [Al-Ma'idah 5:82]. [Al-Ma'idah 5:82] These are the Christians who embraced Islam. [Al-Ma'idah 5:82], [Al-Ma'idah 5:83], [Al-Ma'idah 5:84] [Al-Ma'idah 5:84] [Al-Ma'idah 5:85] And that is the reward [Al-Ma'idah 5:85]. These are the ones who embraced Islam from among the Christians. As for the Jews and the mushrikin, they are the most hateful of people toward the Muslims. This is the word of the Lord of the Worlds. So how can we love them when they do not love us and hate us with the most intense hatred?
And they are hostile toward us with the most intense hostility. But this does not mean that we do not deal with them in what Allah has permitted, and that we do not make treaties with them if the interest requires it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. The Messenger made a treaty with the Jews. The Messenger made a truce with the polytheists at al-Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made a treaty with the Jews and the Christians that they would pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bought and sold from the Jews, ate their food, and accepted their invitations. So the meaning of loyalty and disavowal is not that we never deal with them. This is a mistake. The one who understands that the meaning of loyalty and disavowal is cutting off dealings with them is mistaken. This is not loyalty and disavowal. Loyalty and disavowal are in the hearts: love, loyalty, and disavowal are in supporting and helping them. Loyalty and disavowal are in praising them and speaking well of them. This is not permissible in any way. As for dealing with them in what is beneficial for the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with it. And this does not indicate that we love them. Yes.
May Allah bless you. The questioner says: Some people have become confused regarding the creed of loyalty and disavowal, and they assumed that it is permissible to abandon it during a period of weakness for the Muslims. Terms such as tolerance, respecting the other, and the like have appeared. What is the Islamic ruling on this matter?
Answer:
Loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') never ceases from the first of creation to the last. There is no religion except with loyalty and disavowal, forever. You must love the people of faith and be loyal to them, and you must hate the people of disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and be hostile to them. If this does not happen, there is no religion except with loyalty and disavowal, forever. We do not compromise on loyalty and disavowal, nor do we ever limit our hostility toward the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah); rather, we hate them because Allah said: "Do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies"
You will not find a 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
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْAs for dealing with them within the limits of what Allah has permitted, such as buying and selling, exchanging interests, and treaties between them and the Muslims, this is something the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought.
This does not mean disavowal. It means worldly dealing for the sake of interests that benefit the Muslims and strengthen the Muslims. It does not indicate love for the disbelievers. Loving the disbelievers is never permissible. It is not the case that if we sell to them, buy from them, hire them, or bring them in for work, that we love them. Rather, it means that we want them to perform a job for us that we need, while we hate them and do not wish them well, forever. So they are in one of two states: either they did not understand the meaning of loyalty and disavowal, or they are misleading people regarding it. These are the ones who want us to love the disbelievers.
Even though the disbelievers do not love us and hate us with the most intense hatred. They hate us. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage.
هَا أَنتُمْ أُولَاءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْ(119) Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts." (120) If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا بِهَاYou will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah
لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواand you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians."
وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰThat is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَAnd when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth. They say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses.
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَAnd why should we not believe in Allah and what has come to us of the truth?
وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَا جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْحَقِّAnd we aspire that our Lord will admit us [to Paradise] with the righteous people."
وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الصَّالِحِينَSo Allah rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow
فَأَثَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُwherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَاءُ الْمُحْسِنِينَAnd they are hostile toward us with the most intense hostility. But this does not mean that we do not deal with them in what Allah has permitted, and that we do not make treaties with them if the interest requires it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. The Messenger made a treaty with the Jews. The Messenger made a truce with the polytheists at al-Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made a treaty with the Jews and the Christians that they would pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) bought and sold from the Jews, ate their food, and accepted their invitations. So the meaning of loyalty and disavowal is not that we never deal with them. This is a mistake. The one who understands that the meaning of loyalty and disavowal is cutting off dealings with them is mistaken. This is not loyalty and disavowal. Loyalty and disavowal are in the hearts: love, loyalty, and disavowal are in supporting and helping them. Loyalty and disavowal are in praising them and speaking well of them. This is not permissible in any way. As for dealing with them in what is beneficial for the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with it. And this does not indicate that we love them. Yes.
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