Is it permissible to call the Christians Christians?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to call the Christians Christians?
The Shaykh : This is a name that is currently customary, but Allah the Exalted named them the Christians in His Book, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named them the Christians, and the scholars of the Muslims named them the Christians, until recently when the Christians colonized some of the Islamic lands, and they said: You are Muhammadans and we are Christians, in an attempt to reconcile and unite the Muslims and the Christians.
The Shaykh : This is a name that is currently customary, but Allah the Exalted named them the Christians in His Book, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named them the Christians, and the scholars of the Muslims named them the Christians, until recently when the Christians colonized some of the Islamic lands, and they said: You are Muhammadans and we are Christians, in an attempt to reconcile and unite the Muslims and the Christians.