The Ruling on Admiring the Jews and Their Sciences
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on one who swears by his admiration for the Jews, their sciences, and what they have achieved, and their right to it? Is this apostasy or loyalty to them? And what is your guidance for these people? How? What is the ruling on one who swears by his admiration for the Jews and their sciences?
Answer:
And how does he swear? He takes an oath. By Allah. I do not know what Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says to His Prophet:[Taha 20:131] “Nor be envious of what they have been given of the bounty of Allah. It is only that Allah intends to punish them thereby in this worldly life, and to cut off their souls while they are disbelievers. Nor be envious of what they have been given of wealth and children.”
The other verse is:[At-Tawbah 9:85] So do not be envious of the flower of this world that is in their hands, because it is a luring into sin for them.
This is something mentioned in the Qur'an. Allah forbade His Prophet from being envious of what the disbelievers have, and from extending his eyes to what they have. And the provision of your Lord is better and more lasting. A little lawful provision is better than the abundant world, wealth, and riches with disbelief. A little of faith and sustenance with religion is better than the entire world with disbelief. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on one who swears by his admiration for the Jews, their sciences, and what they have achieved, and their right to it? Is this apostasy or loyalty to them? And what is your guidance for these people? How? What is the ruling on one who swears by his admiration for the Jews and their sciences?
Answer:
And how does he swear? He takes an oath. By Allah. I do not know what Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says to His Prophet:
And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِThe other verse is:
Allah only intends to punish them through them in this world
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي الدُّنْيَاThis is something mentioned in the Qur'an. Allah forbade His Prophet from being envious of what the disbelievers have, and from extending his eyes to what they have. And the provision of your Lord is better and more lasting. A little lawful provision is better than the abundant world, wealth, and riches with disbelief. A little of faith and sustenance with religion is better than the entire world with disbelief. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الإعجاب باليهود؟ وهل هذا من موالاتهم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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