Calling a disbeliever "brother"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to call a disbeliever "brother," based on his saying?
Answer:
No, you do not say "brothers." Rather, one says "the brother of so-and-so tribe," meaning he is from it. There is no harm in describing him as the brother of so-and-so tribe; there is no harm in that as a form of information, meaning he is from it. But you do not say "our brother," no. Even if he is from your tribe, you do not say "our brother." He is a disbeliever. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to call a disbeliever "brother," based on his saying?
Answer:
No, you do not say "brothers." Rather, one says "the brother of so-and-so tribe," meaning he is from it. There is no harm in describing him as the brother of so-and-so tribe; there is no harm in that as a form of information, meaning he is from it. But you do not say "our brother," no. Even if he is from your tribe, you do not say "our brother." He is a disbeliever. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من أذن فهو يقيم — islamhouse.com (47:52)
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