Applying the description "People of the Book" to the Jews and Christians today
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Are the Jews and Christians, who are polytheists, described as "People of the Book" in this time?
Answer:
Yes, until the Day of Resurrection. Allah named them "People of the Book," so that description applies to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Are the Jews and Christians, who are polytheists, described as "People of the Book" in this time?
Answer:
Yes, until the Day of Resurrection. Allah named them "People of the Book," so that description applies to them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي كاد بها الإسلام وأهله : الحيل والمكر والخداع — islamhouse.com (1:13:16)
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