The Disbeliever Entering the Mosque and the Meaning of the Verse on the Inner Circle
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the fact that the voice of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a state of impurity in the mosque before he performed the salam evidence that it is permissible for a disbeliever to enter the mosque and to benefit from Allah?
The Shaykh:
They cited this as evidence for the permissibility of a disbeliever entering the mosque. The Christians of Najran entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in the mosque; they entered upon him while he was in the mosque, and they even performed their prayer in the mosque. There is no harm in a disbeliever entering the mosque for a valid purpose, such as consulting the one in authority on matters concerning the benefit of the Muslims. There is no harm in that.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, how do we reconcile this with his nature?[Ali 'Imran 3:118].
The Shaykh:
This is not the inner circle. The inner circle refers to the advisors. These are not advisors; they are servants. These are not advisors; they are servants.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is the fact that the voice of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a state of impurity in the mosque before he performed the salam evidence that it is permissible for a disbeliever to enter the mosque and to benefit from Allah?
The Shaykh:
They cited this as evidence for the permissibility of a disbeliever entering the mosque. The Christians of Najran entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in the mosque; they entered upon him while he was in the mosque, and they even performed their prayer in the mosque. There is no harm in a disbeliever entering the mosque for a valid purpose, such as consulting the one in authority on matters concerning the benefit of the Muslims. There is no harm in that.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve him, how do we reconcile this with his nature?
O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْThe Shaykh:
This is not the inner circle. The inner circle refers to the advisors. These are not advisors; they are servants. These are not advisors; they are servants.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 89 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجهاد|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:59)
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