Combining the Two Verses on Affection and Kindness Toward the Disbeliever
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Question:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] And He the Exalted said: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:7] So how do we reconcile these two verses? And what is the difference between affection, love, and kindness toward disbelievers?
Answer:
Affection and love are, before anything else, one and the same; affection is love. Allah forbade affection for the disbelievers, but He, Glorified and Exalted is He, informed [Surah al-Mumtahanah, 9:47], meaning in the future, that they would submit. This is an announcement from Allah that they will submit and enter Islam, and this enmity will disappear. And it did happen: when Makkah was conquered, they submitted and entered Islam. The promise of Allah was fulfilled: [Surah al-Mumtahanah, 9:47], meaning after they enter Islam. And they have entered, praise be to Allah.
As for kindness, this means rewarding something. If a disbeliever does you a favor in something, you reward him, because the Muslim is noble; he rewards for good conduct. If a disbeliever fulfilled a need for you, or helped you with something, you give him a gift, or give him in return for what he did well for you. This is from the category of noble character, not from the category of love, but rather from the category of noble character and repaying a good deed with a good deed.
Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِPerhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection
عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًAnswer:
Affection and love are, before anything else, one and the same; affection is love. Allah forbade affection for the disbelievers, but He, Glorified and Exalted is He, informed
Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection
عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًPerhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection
عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًAs for kindness, this means rewarding something. If a disbeliever does you a favor in something, you reward him, because the Muslim is noble; he rewards for good conduct. If a disbeliever fulfilled a need for you, or helped you with something, you give him a gift, or give him in return for what he did well for you. This is from the category of noble character, not from the category of love, but rather from the category of noble character and repaying a good deed with a good deed.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٣ — archive.org (18:01)
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