Is treating disbelievers with kindness considered a form of loyalty to them?
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Question:
Is treating disbelievers with kindness considered a form of loyalty to them?
Answer:
No. Treating them with kindness is permissible if they are kind to the Muslims and have not transgressed against them.[Al-Mumtahanah 60:8]. It is only Allah who forbids you regarding those who fought you for the religion and drove you out of your homes and supported others in driving you out, that you be loyal to them.
So in any case, as for the disbelievers who have not done us any harm, we are kind to them in worldly matters, in worldly matters only. As for love in the hearts, it is not permissible to love the disbelievers absolutely, neither those who are kind to us nor those who are not. It is not permissible to have affection for the disbelievers[Al-Mujadila 58:22].
But those who have not wronged us, or who have a favor upon the Muslims, are to be rewarded. They are to be rewarded for their favor, and this does not indicate love for them, but rather it is only a matter of reciprocation.
Is treating disbelievers with kindness considered a form of loyalty to them?
Answer:
No. Treating them with kindness is permissible if they are kind to the Muslims and have not transgressed against them.
Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَSo in any case, as for the disbelievers who have not done us any harm, we are kind to them in worldly matters, in worldly matters only. As for love in the hearts, it is not permissible to love the disbelievers absolutely, neither those who are kind to us nor those who are not. It is not permissible to have affection for the disbelievers
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْBut those who have not wronged us, or who have a favor upon the Muslims, are to be rewarded. They are to be rewarded for their favor, and this does not indicate love for them, but rather it is only a matter of reciprocation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل معاملة الكفار بالحسنى تعتبر من موالاتهم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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