The Difference Between Moderation and Compromise
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Question:
Abu Sa'd from Jeddah asks: What is the difference between *al-mudarā'ah* and *al-mudāhanah*?
Answer:
*Al-mudarā'ah* is permissible, whereas *al-mudāhanah* is forbidden. [The Prophet said], "I wish you would be *mudāhanah* (compromising), and you would be *mudāhanah*." *Al-mudāhanah* is compromising on something of the religion in order to please the disbelievers; that is what *al-mudāhanah* is: compromising on something of the religion to please the disbelievers. As for *al-mudarā'ah*, it is warding off the harm of the disbelievers by giving them something of water or words that repels their harm from you. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:28] This is *al-mudarā'ah*: the warding off by which you protect yourself from their harm, without it harming your religion or you compromising on something of your religion. Yes.
Abu Sa'd from Jeddah asks: What is the difference between *al-mudarā'ah* and *al-mudāhanah*?
Answer:
*Al-mudarā'ah* is permissible, whereas *al-mudāhanah* is forbidden. [The Prophet said], "I wish you would be *mudāhanah* (compromising), and you would be *mudāhanah*." *Al-mudāhanah* is compromising on something of the religion in order to please the disbelievers; that is what *al-mudāhanah* is: compromising on something of the religion to please the disbelievers. As for *al-mudarā'ah*, it is warding off the harm of the disbelievers by giving them something of water or words that repels their harm from you. Allah the Exalted said:
Let not believers take disbelievers as allies rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing with Allah, except when taking
لَّا يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَن تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/224 — archive.org (8:53)
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