What are the relations between societies?
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Abu Malik: You reminded us today, O Shaykh. One of the brothers called me and said, "My brother, what is the disaster that is happening on these Muslim radio stations? It is as if they do not want, or they want, to strip Muslims of their religion and make Islam a religion for the Christians and the Jews."
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
Abu Malik: I asked him how? He said, "I heard on the Damascus radio or on Syrian television a man asking one of the Shaykhs there a question about social relations between the followers of different religions. So what does this Shaykh say to him...?"
The Shaykh : The questioner.
Abu Malik: The questioner. He says there is a saying that goes: "There is no difference between an Arab and a non-Arab except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah)."
The Shaykh : -He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — Allah is the Greatest.
Abu Malik: There is no difference between an Arab and a non-Arab except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah).
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Abu Malik: This is a strange matter...
The Shaykh : O my master, there is nothing strange about it now. As for the ruling, how much do you know about the Ba'ath? But at that time, there were Muslim youth who entered parliament with this same aim. And when they entered, instead of developing, they became developed. We give you a very simple example: the enthusiastic Muslim enters parliament in his Arab dress and with his noble beard. It is not even a month, two months, or three months before he takes off the Arab garment and puts on the jacket and trousers, and perhaps the tie. And this beard, he starts taking from it and taking from it until it becomes, as they say in our region of Sham: "The best of beards is a sign that is indicated." They enter for the sake of reform and development, and lo, they themselves become developed, and they become developed not toward good, but toward evil.
Abu Malik: Entering is not like exiting...
The Shaykh : -He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — Yes, indeed. Please, go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And in you.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
Abu Malik: I asked him how? He said, "I heard on the Damascus radio or on Syrian television a man asking one of the Shaykhs there a question about social relations between the followers of different religions. So what does this Shaykh say to him...?"
The Shaykh : The questioner.
Abu Malik: The questioner. He says there is a saying that goes: "There is no difference between an Arab and a non-Arab except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah)."
The Shaykh : -He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — Allah is the Greatest.
Abu Malik: There is no difference between an Arab and a non-Arab except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah).
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Abu Malik: This is a strange matter...
The Shaykh : O my master, there is nothing strange about it now. As for the ruling, how much do you know about the Ba'ath? But at that time, there were Muslim youth who entered parliament with this same aim. And when they entered, instead of developing, they became developed. We give you a very simple example: the enthusiastic Muslim enters parliament in his Arab dress and with his noble beard. It is not even a month, two months, or three months before he takes off the Arab garment and puts on the jacket and trousers, and perhaps the tie. And this beard, he starts taking from it and taking from it until it becomes, as they say in our region of Sham: "The best of beards is a sign that is indicated." They enter for the sake of reform and development, and lo, they themselves become developed, and they become developed not toward good, but toward evil.
Abu Malik: Entering is not like exiting...
The Shaykh : -He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — Yes, indeed. Please, go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And in you.
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