Is it correct to say: The caller in lands of disbelief must remain silent on the issues of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') out of fear of harassment?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone says that the caller who is calling in lands of disbelief must remain silent on the issues of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') because harm and harassment will result from it. Is his statement correct?
Answer:
First, you call the disbelievers to what they have not embraced of Islam so that faith can take hold in their hearts. You command them to have loyalty. As for you, from the start, telling the disbeliever, "Islamize and disavow your family and disavow the people of the country," he will be repelled by this. He will not be driven to this, nor to entering Islam. If he enters Islam and his heart is at ease, then you complete for him the rest of the call gradually. The first thing you call them to is the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
If they ask you about that, let them know that Allah has made obligatory upon them five prayers. If they ask you about that, let them know that Allah has made obligatory upon them charity. So, you proceed with the disbeliever gradually. Yes. You do not say to him, "Do you know that if you have Islamized, you must cut off your relatives, you must leave off intoxicants, and you must leave off such and such."
And he is immersed in intoxicants, or you say, "Zina is forbidden to you," while he is immersed in zina. No, he does not enter Islam. Once he enters Islam, you proceed with him gradually in the remaining matters of the religion. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone says that the caller who is calling in lands of disbelief must remain silent on the issues of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') because harm and harassment will result from it. Is his statement correct?
Answer:
First, you call the disbelievers to what they have not embraced of Islam so that faith can take hold in their hearts. You command them to have loyalty. As for you, from the start, telling the disbeliever, "Islamize and disavow your family and disavow the people of the country," he will be repelled by this. He will not be driven to this, nor to entering Islam. If he enters Islam and his heart is at ease, then you complete for him the rest of the call gradually. The first thing you call them to is the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
If they ask you about that, let them know that Allah has made obligatory upon them five prayers. If they ask you about that, let them know that Allah has made obligatory upon them charity. So, you proceed with the disbeliever gradually. Yes. You do not say to him, "Do you know that if you have Islamized, you must cut off your relatives, you must leave off intoxicants, and you must leave off such and such."
And he is immersed in intoxicants, or you say, "Zina is forbidden to you," while he is immersed in zina. No, he does not enter Islam. Once he enters Islam, you proceed with him gradually in the remaining matters of the religion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [105 -521]هل يصح أن نقول: على الداعية في بلاد الكفار أن يسكت عن مسائل الولاء والبراء خشية المضايقات؟ — youtube.com
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