The Ruling on Calling Jews and Christians Our Brothers and Believers
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Question:
With intensity. May Allah pray upon him and grant him peace. What is his opinion regarding what some Muslims, specifically on satellite channels, say when they call them "our Christian brothers" and justify it with the reason that every believer is a brother?
Answer:
This is disbelief and misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. To consider Christians and Jews to be Muslims, to consider them believers, and to consider them our brothers is apostasy from the religion of Islam.
Every person who does not follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever. Whoever does not follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever, whether he is a Jew, a Christian, or otherwise. After the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no religion and no faith except by following him (peace and blessings be upon him).
The one who says that after the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), people are not required to obey him, and that they remain on Judaism and remain on Christianity, which is a valid religion—does he not consider this person a disbeliever or an apostate from the religion of Islam? We ask Allah for safety. Indeed.
To say that Jews and Christians are our brothers and that they are believers means either that he does not believe in the universality of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) message. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it.[Al-A'raf 7:158] So, either he denies the universality of the message, and this is disbelief.
Or he accepts the universality of the message, or he considers Judaism to be faith in the Messenger and Christianity to be faith in the Messenger, while they say that Allah is the third of three. This is even more severe disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. We ask Allah for safety.
With intensity. May Allah pray upon him and grant him peace. What is his opinion regarding what some Muslims, specifically on satellite channels, say when they call them "our Christian brothers" and justify it with the reason that every believer is a brother?
Answer:
This is disbelief and misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. To consider Christians and Jews to be Muslims, to consider them believers, and to consider them our brothers is apostasy from the religion of Islam.
Every person who does not follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever. Whoever does not follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever, whether he is a Jew, a Christian, or otherwise. After the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no religion and no faith except by following him (peace and blessings be upon him).
The one who says that after the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), people are not required to obey him, and that they remain on Judaism and remain on Christianity, which is a valid religion—does he not consider this person a disbeliever or an apostate from the religion of Islam? We ask Allah for safety. Indeed.
To say that Jews and Christians are our brothers and that they are believers means either that he does not believe in the universality of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) message. This is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it.
Say, [O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَلِمَاتِهِ وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَOr he accepts the universality of the message, or he considers Judaism to be faith in the Messenger and Christianity to be faith in the Messenger, while they say that Allah is the third of three. This is even more severe disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
خطورة القول بأن النصارى واليهود إخواننا — alfawzan.live
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