Are there any People of the Book in our time who are upon the true religion, as Allah the Exalted said: (And among the People of the Book is a community standing [in righteousness])?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I hope for clarification, because some people believe that among the People of the Book in our present time there are those who are upon the true, correct religion that Allah revealed to 'Isa (peace be upon him) before the Gospel was distorted. They say they are included in the statement of Allah the Exalted: and[Ali 'Imran 3:113]
The Shaykh:
"They recite the verses of Allah, the Qur'an, during the hours of the night while prostrating." This was revealed concerning the Najashi and others who embraced Islam. After the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), anyone who did not believe in him is a disbeliever, whether Jewish, Christian, polytheist, or unlettered. Anyone to whom the call of the Messenger with this condition reached, and he did not believe in him, is a disbeliever. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to pay water?
The Shaykh:
What 'Isa (peace be upon him) and his followers were upon has been abrogated. It was abrogated by Islam, by the religion of Islam, and by the Qur'an. As for what was distorted and invalidated, it is invalid from its origin, such as the doctrine of the Trinity. This is invalid from its origin and is not from the religion of 'Isa (peace be upon him). Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I hope for clarification, because some people believe that among the People of the Book in our present time there are those who are upon the true, correct religion that Allah revealed to 'Isa (peace be upon him) before the Gospel was distorted. They say they are included in the statement of Allah the Exalted: and
among the People of the Scripture is a community standing
مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌThe Shaykh:
"They recite the verses of Allah, the Qur'an, during the hours of the night while prostrating." This was revealed concerning the Najashi and others who embraced Islam. After the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), anyone who did not believe in him is a disbeliever, whether Jewish, Christian, polytheist, or unlettered. Anyone to whom the call of the Messenger with this condition reached, and he did not believe in him, is a disbeliever. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No Jew or Christian hears of me and then does not believe in what I have come with, except that he will enter the Fire.
لا يسمع بي يهودي ولا نصراني ثم لا يؤمن بالذي جئت به إلا دخل النار.The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to pay water?
The Shaykh:
What 'Isa (peace be upon him) and his followers were upon has been abrogated. It was abrogated by Islam, by the religion of Islam, and by the Qur'an. As for what was distorted and invalidated, it is invalid from its origin, such as the doctrine of the Trinity. This is invalid from its origin and is not from the religion of 'Isa (peace be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [809 -858] هل في زمننا من أهل الكتاب من هم على الدين الحق كما قال تعالى (ومن أهل الكتاب أمة قائمة)؟ — youtube.com
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