What is your guidance for those who are lax regarding loyalty and disavowal?
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Question:
I ask Allah to grant you well, Honorable Shaykh. There are many questions that have arisen due to what has occurred among people in their laxity regarding loyalty and disavowal, and you hope for clarification from your eminence regarding this matter?
Answer:
It is obligatory to support the believers, meaning to love the believers and aid the believers, and to be hostile to the disbelievers, hate them, and boycott them in terms of love. As for dealing with them in permissible matters, such as buying and selling, learning a trade, and other worldly benefits, there is nothing wrong with that; there is nothing wrong with that. Likewise, one should reward them if they do work for the Muslims that the Muslims benefit from, or if they refrain from harming the Muslims, so that no harm comes from them to the Muslims; then they are rewarded. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:8] This is from the category of reward, not from the category of love. It is only from the category of reward for the good they have offered, and this is not from love, but rather from worldly dealings.
This is what is obligatory regarding the disbelievers: to be hostile to them and hate them. As for dealing with them in what benefits the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
I ask Allah to grant you well, Honorable Shaykh. There are many questions that have arisen due to what has occurred among people in their laxity regarding loyalty and disavowal, and you hope for clarification from your eminence regarding this matter?
Answer:
It is obligatory to support the believers, meaning to love the believers and aid the believers, and to be hostile to the disbelievers, hate them, and boycott them in terms of love. As for dealing with them in permissible matters, such as buying and selling, learning a trade, and other worldly benefits, there is nothing wrong with that; there is nothing wrong with that. Likewise, one should reward them if they do work for the Muslims that the Muslims benefit from, or if they refrain from harming the Muslims, so that no harm comes from them to the Muslims; then they are rewarded. Allah the Exalted said:
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 الْمُقْسِطِينَThis is what is obligatory regarding the disbelievers: to be hostile to them and hate them. As for dealing with them in what benefits the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما توجيهكم لمن يتهاون بالولاء والبراء؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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