Is there praise for the Jews and Christians in His saying: "Indeed, you are the people"?
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Question:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it taken from His saying "they are the people" regarding the Jews and Christians that they are praised and that this is permissible? And what is its meaning?
Answer:
Their origin is the origin of the Jews and Christians when they were upon the truth. As for after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no religion other than the religion of the Messenger. As for before the sending of the Messenger, there were among the Jews and Christians those who held fast to the correct religion, and the people were upon it, as the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:113-114] Among them are good people. Before the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they were upon the religion of Moses or upon the religion of 'Isa, the true religion.
As for after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the practice of the religion of Moses (peace be upon him) ended, and all the people of the earth were commanded to follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), because the previous generations were abrogated.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it taken from His saying "they are the people" regarding the Jews and Christians that they are praised and that this is permissible? And what is its meaning?
Answer:
Their origin is the origin of the Jews and Christians when they were upon the truth. As for after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no religion other than the religion of the Messenger. As for before the sending of the Messenger, there were among the Jews and Christians those who held fast to the correct religion, and the people were upon it, as the Exalted said:
(113) They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer]. (114) They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous.
لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِAs for after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the practice of the religion of Moses (peace be upon him) ended, and all the people of the earth were commanded to follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), because the previous generations were abrogated.
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شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [46] — alfawzan.live (1:13:00)
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