Combining the Two Verses Prohibiting the Alliance with Disbelievers
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: How do we reconcile Allah’s saying:[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] with His saying: [Al-Ma'idah 5:51]
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He asks: How do we combine the statement of Allah?
The Shaykh:
There is no contradiction between them; both are a prohibition against loving and being affectionate toward disbelievers. Both verses carry the same meaning:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] means you love them, and [Al-Mumtahanah 60:1] means you do not love them in your hearts. And the second verse
The questioner:
says: "And whoever among you takes them as allies..."
The Shaykh:
[Al-Ma'idah 5:51] means that if he loves the disbelievers, then he is one of the disbelievers. A Muslim never loves the disbelievers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: How do we reconcile Allah’s saying:
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَAnd whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْThe Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He asks: How do we combine the statement of Allah?
The Shaykh:
There is no contradiction between them; both are a prohibition against loving and being affectionate toward disbelievers. Both verses carry the same meaning:
do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies
لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَdo not take My enemies and your enemies as allies
لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَThe questioner:
says: "And whoever among you takes them as allies..."
The Shaykh:
And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب ما جاء في التنجيم - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:04:39)
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