Is it permissible for a Muslim to reciprocate the statement "I love you" to his non-Muslim relative?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My non-Muslim relative said to me, "I love you." Is it permissible for me to reciprocate this statement and respond to him in kind?
Answer:
Natural love is fine, but religious love is not. No, do not love the disbelievers. Allah does not love the disbelievers, and you do not love the disbelievers, in terms of religious love. As for natural love, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My non-Muslim relative said to me, "I love you." Is it permissible for me to reciprocate this statement and respond to him in kind?
Answer:
Natural love is fine, but religious love is not. No, do not love the disbelievers. Allah does not love the disbelievers, and you do not love the disbelievers, in terms of religious love. As for natural love, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 271- هل يجوز للمسلم أن يبادل قريبه الكافر قول: أنا أحبك؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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