Is it permissible to love disbelievers who do not fight us?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The statement is that the doctrine of disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') applies only to the disbelievers who fought us, whereas it is permissible to love those who did not fight us. Is this ruling correct?
Answer:
You asked about this yesterday. We said this is an invalid statement, because enmity toward disbelievers in general is obligatory. However, there is a difference between love and dealing with them. It is not permissible to love disbelievers, not even one’s parents. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mujadila 58:22].
As for dealing with them through buying and selling, and showing kindness to those who have not wronged the Muslims, by way of reciprocity,[Al-Mumtahanah 60:8] this is a type of dealing that is not a place for [prohibition]; you deal with them, but you do not love them. However, by way of justice, [Al-Ma'idah 5:8] Be just."
So dealing with justice is required with the disbeliever and with the Muslim. As for love, no. It is not permissible to love except the believers.[Al-Ma'idah 5:55].
As for the disbelievers, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:57] So Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has made it obligatory to be hostile toward the disbelievers in general, even toward parents and children, if they disbelieve in Allah.
As for worldly dealings in permissible matters, there is nothing wrong with them. Dealing with non-combative disbelievers is permissible. As for their Lord, dealing with him is not permissible; you cut off ties with him and declare war on him. So this person mixed up dealing with love; he mixed them together. And this is an invalid mixing. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The statement is that the doctrine of disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara') applies only to the disbelievers who fought us, whereas it is permissible to love those who did not fight us. Is this ruling correct?
Answer:
You asked about this yesterday. We said this is an invalid statement, because enmity toward disbelievers in general is obligatory. However, there is a difference between love and dealing with them. It is not permissible to love disbelievers, not even one’s parents. Allah the Exalted said:
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 عَشِيرَتَهُمْAs for dealing with them through buying and selling, and showing kindness to those who have not wronged the Muslims, by way of reciprocity,
Allah does not forbid you
لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُdo not let the hatred of a people
وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰSo dealing with justice is required with the disbeliever and with the Muslim. As for love, no. It is not permissible to love except the believers.
Your ally is none but Allah and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed
إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواAs for the disbelievers, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
O you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَكُمْ هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَالْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَاءَAs for worldly dealings in permissible matters, there is nothing wrong with them. Dealing with non-combative disbelievers is permissible. As for their Lord, dealing with him is not permissible; you cut off ties with him and declare war on him. So this person mixed up dealing with love; he mixed them together. And this is an invalid mixing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1031 -2802] هل تجوز محبة الكفار الذين لا يحاربوننا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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