The Response to Those Who Demand Permission to Build Churches in Exchange for Building Mosques
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Question:
This questioner says: How do we respond to those who ask, why do we not allow the building of churches in our lands, just as they allow us to build mosques in their lands?
Answer:
Mosques are a right, and they are the houses of Allah, whereas churches are falsehood. How can we allow them to establish falsehood in our lands? As for mosques, they are a right, and this is the obligation of the people of the land, because they are the houses of Allah. So we act upon the truth and prevent the falsehood. But if there is a treaty between us and them, we acknowledge their existing churches. The existing ones, where they conceal their worship in them and do not display it?
As for them starting to build churches, this is prohibited, especially in the Arabian Peninsula, which is the source of the message and the origin of Islam, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, no religion will remain there except Islam alone, so that the truth does not become mixed with the falsehood.
So this is the reason why we do not allow them to build churches, because they are falsehood. And although we build our mosques among them, because they are a right. The houses of Allah are the houses of Allah the Exalted and Majestic; they are not our houses. These are the houses of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
This questioner says: How do we respond to those who ask, why do we not allow the building of churches in our lands, just as they allow us to build mosques in their lands?
Answer:
Mosques are a right, and they are the houses of Allah, whereas churches are falsehood. How can we allow them to establish falsehood in our lands? As for mosques, they are a right, and this is the obligation of the people of the land, because they are the houses of Allah. So we act upon the truth and prevent the falsehood. But if there is a treaty between us and them, we acknowledge their existing churches. The existing ones, where they conceal their worship in them and do not display it?
As for them starting to build churches, this is prohibited, especially in the Arabian Peninsula, which is the source of the message and the origin of Islam,
No two religions will remain in it
لا يبقى فيها دينانSo this is the reason why we do not allow them to build churches, because they are falsehood. And although we build our mosques among them, because they are a right. The houses of Allah are the houses of Allah the Exalted and Majestic; they are not our houses. These are the houses of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، المقدمة — islamhouse.com (50:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
