Combining the two verses of Surat al-Ahzab regarding affection and kindness toward the disbeliever
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Question:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] And He the Exalted said: "Perhaps Allah will create between you and those among them with whom you were at enmity a relationship of love." How do we reconcile these two verses, and what is the difference between love (mawaddah) and affection (mahabbah), and what is the ruling regarding the disbelievers?
Answer:
Affection and love. Yes, before we say they are the same thing, affection and love. Allah forbade affection for the disbelievers, but He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is greater[Al-Mumtahanah 60:7]. This is a matter concerning the future, namely that they will submit. This is an announcement from Allah that they will submit, that they will enter Islam, and that this enmity will disappear. And it has happened, for when Makkah was conquered, they submitted and entered Islam, thus fulfilling the promise of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. I ask [Al-Mumtahanah 60:7], meaning after they enter Islam, and they have entered, praise be to Allah. As for kindness, its meaning is rewarding something. If the disbeliever does good to people in some matter, you reward him for it.
You reward him because the Muslim is noble and rewards for what is right. You either fulfill a need of his, or if he helped you in something, you give him a gift or give him something in return for the good he did, as a matter of noble character. It is not a matter of love, but rather a matter of noble character and repaying a good deed with a good deed. Yes.
Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِAnswer:
Affection and love. Yes, before we say they are the same thing, affection and love. Allah forbade affection for the disbelievers, but He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is greater
Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection
عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًAllah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection
اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًYou reward him because the Muslim is noble and rewards for what is right. You either fulfill a need of his, or if he helped you in something, you give him a gift or give him something in return for the good he did, as a matter of noble character. It is not a matter of love, but rather a matter of noble character and repaying a good deed with a good deed. Yes.
Source
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