What is the validity of the statement that the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab) are only those upon whom the Torah and the Gospel were revealed in that time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Some scholars in our country say that the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab) are those upon whom the Torah and the Gospel were revealed, and that those who have become Christians are not People of the Book. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
No, it is not correct. Everyone who follows the religion of the People of the Book is from the People of the Book. Everyone who follows the religion of the Christians or the Jews is from the People of the Book. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Some scholars in our country say that the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab) are those upon whom the Torah and the Gospel were revealed, and that those who have become Christians are not People of the Book. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
No, it is not correct. Everyone who follows the religion of the People of the Book is from the People of the Book. Everyone who follows the religion of the Christians or the Jews is from the People of the Book. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [240 -858]ما صحة القول: إن المراد بأهل الكتاب هم الذين نزلت عليهم التوراة والإنجيل في ذلك الزمن فقط؟ — youtube.com
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