A reminder that the Jews and the Christians do not believe in Allah or the Last Day.

The Shaykh : Do not think, and do not err with the erring, that you believe the Christians and Jews believe in Allah and the Last Day; no, and this is a reality—also—one of those many, many realities that the people of knowledge overlook, let alone others. Our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) says in the clear text of the Noble Qur'an: . Who are these?
Yes?

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : .

The Shaykh. is an explanation of His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): and not . Therefore, those who were given the Book, namely the Jews and the Christians, by the explicit text of this Noble Qur'an, do not believe in Allah or the Last Day. I believe that many of you find this strange, even though it is the word of Allah. This is because we live in an atmosphere where we have moved very far away from correct knowledge. Not only that, but misguidance has taken its place, which many people think is knowledge.
Among us are those who say of the Christians: "Our brothers!" I do not rule out that a day will come, near or far, when the Jews will also become our brothers. This is because politics has no religion. Therefore, we do not engage in politics; rather, we engage in Islam, and that is sufficient. If you know, by the text of the Qur'an mentioned earlier, that the Jews and Christians do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, then those who accompany funerals in this manner by car have taken this misguidance from those nations that do not believe in Allah and the Last Day. Whoever is like that sets up material barriers that keep him from remembering death, because he does not believe in death. Do not say: "They believe," because Allah said: .
I will elaborate for you, and elaboration is necessary, even if we pause briefly in following up on the study of these hadiths. The reality is that we do not want our teaching of these hadiths to you to be like the study of others among us, who explicitly say that they study hadith only for the blessing, not for understanding jurisprudence, not for learning, and not for remembrance. We read these hadiths to reflect upon them and benefit from them in terms of knowledge, jurisprudence, and remembrance. Those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, who are the non-Muslims as you have learned, put barriers between themselves and everything that reminds them of death. The first example before you now is the image of their accompanying the dead. This is a clear phenomenon. They are afraid to carry the dead on their heads, for this would undoubtedly remind them of death, which has ridden on their shoulders. Would they do that? I seek refuge in Allah! That is what they say. Therefore, Satan innovated for them what would ease their minds, and he inspired them to place the dead in a locked bier in a car. Then, they also do not walk behind it, but rather ride in their vehicles, which they are accustomed to, as if they are in a normal journey or on a picnic. This is a phenomenon indicating that they do not want means that remind them of death.
Another phenomenon: If you, O Muslim, pass by their graves, you do not feel that there are dead in them because of the extent of their decoration and the tall, green trees they plant in them. Is this also what is intended? To hide the view so that people do not see these graves. The majority of Muslims have followed their way, but in the way of Satan, step by step. First, they adorned the idea of fencing the graves. It occurred to some people that this is for the benefit of the deceased and out of respect for them, why? Because such and such is done in them, and so on, and the dogs, and so on. Before, the wall and fence were about the height of a man, but now the wall is the height of two men; this is so that when a delegation passes by, or people from those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day pass by, they do not see scenes or witness sights that make their hearts gloomy, black, or disturbed. This is also a phenomenon that began among the Muslims, then the second step crept in to them, and they began to plant trees in the graves as well, and they justify this with a medical justification, which is for the purpose of sterilizing the air and purifying it from microbes and germs, and the like of pure materialist philosophy!! These people do not believe in Allah or the Last Day; therefore, it is the foolishness and ignorance of the Muslims that they imitate those who differ from them in the foundation of creed. We believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, and yet we see ourselves imitating them exactly, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).