Loyalty and Disavowal and the Ruling on the Claim of the Convergence of Religions
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, in this time we hear the claim of the convergence of religions, and the rejection of the enmity that the Shari'ah commands, and the claim that they are our brothers. We hope from you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to clarify what is obligatory for the Muslim regarding loyalty and disavowal toward the Jews, the Christians, and disbelievers in general, where the right and the wrong have become mixed up, and there is no distinction between the truth and falsehood?
Answer:
This is a false statement, like the false claim of kinship between religions, contrary to what Allah and His Messenger said. It is not obligatory to accept some of what contradicts Islam. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] “They are allies of one another,” [Al-Ma'idah 5:51] and Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mujadila 58:22] and Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Anfal 8:73] Therefore, it is not permissible to equate religions, nor to be tolerant of religions. Rather, it is obligatory to hate the disbelievers, including the Jews, the Christians, and others; to hate them for the sake of Allah and to be hostile to them for the sake of Allah, as Allah the Exalted said in His Noble Book:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, in this time we hear the claim of the convergence of religions, and the rejection of the enmity that the Shari'ah commands, and the claim that they are our brothers. We hope from you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to clarify what is obligatory for the Muslim regarding loyalty and disavowal toward the Jews, the Christians, and disbelievers in general, where the right and the wrong have become mixed up, and there is no distinction between the truth and falsehood?
Answer:
This is a false statement, like the false claim of kinship between religions, contrary to what Allah and His Messenger said. It is not obligatory to accept some of what contradicts Islam. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰThey are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them.
بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْYou will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُAnd those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (57:55)
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