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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Wearing the Cross and When It Constitutes Disbelief

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Fatwa No. ( 2245 ):


Q: We disagreed regarding the Muslim who wears the cross as the emblem of the Christians . Some of us declared him a disbeliever without discussion, while others said: We do not declare him a disbeliever until we discuss it with him and explain to him the prohibition of it, and that it is the emblem of the Christians . If he persists in wearing it, we declare him a disbeliever.
A: Providing the details in this matter and its like is obligatory. If the ruling on wearing the cross is explained to him, and that it is the emblem of the Christians , and evidence that the wearer is pleased with his affiliation to them and pleased with what they are upon, and he persists in that, he is declared a disbeliever; due to the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:51]
And when oppression is mentioned in a general sense, it refers to major shirk. In it is also a display of agreement with the Christians regarding their claim of killing Isa (peace be upon him), and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has denied and invalidated that in His Noble Book, where He, Mighty and Majestic, said:
And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to themوَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ
[An-Nisa 4:157]
the verse. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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