What is the ruling on showing loyalty to the Jews and Christians and loving them?

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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling of the Shari'ah, in your opinion, regarding one who calls for reconciliation with the Jews and Christians and for loving them?

Answer:
This is misguidance. The one who calls for loving the Jews and Christians is a disbeliever, may Allah protect us from that. Allah the Exalted says:

You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred

لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ

[Al-Mujadila 58:22]

. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:51]

, meaning you love them and show loyalty to them.

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:51]

Note His saying, "for he is one of them." So the one who loves them becomes one of them, may Allah protect us from that; he becomes one of the Jews and Christians. Repentance to Allah is obligatory. This is a false statement, and the one who says it is a misguided misleader. We ask Allah for well-being.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم موالاة اليهود والنصارى ومحبتهم؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com

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