Using the term "Christians" for the Nasara
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: Are the Nasara the Christians? Is it permissible to use this title for them?
Answer:
It is not permissible to call them Christians. They are the ones who named themselves Christians. They are the Nasara, as Allah named them by that name. Their name in the Qur'an is the Nasara. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: Are the Nasara the Christians? Is it permissible to use this title for them?
Answer:
It is not permissible to call them Christians. They are the ones who named themselves Christians. They are the Nasara, as Allah named them by that name. Their name in the Qur'an is the Nasara. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، بداية من قوله : وقوله : { ولله العزة ولرسوله وللمؤمنين } — islamhouse.com (57:10)
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