Allah the Exalted said: “You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger.”

The questioner : Our Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: up to the rest of the verse? We know that abandoning prayer is disbelief. Is it possible that fathers, sons, or brothers who abandon prayer are considered among those who oppose Allah and His Messenger? And are we required to have affection for them if we are believers in Allah?

The Shaykh : The verse, how do you say it?

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : No problem, we must stop at the saying of Allah the Exalted: What do we understand from it?

The questioner : My correct understanding is, O Shaykh, that he is one who opposes. I am a man of finance, meaning, my understanding is that he placed himself in one limit and placed Allah and His Messenger in another limit, whether by committing an act of disbelief or by avoiding sins in many matters...

The Shaykh : No, but I want to draw your attention to something. As long as you say “I am being held accountable,” it means you know that you are not a scholar, at least in the science of tafsir (exegesis), is that right? This expression, yes?

The questioner: Correct.

The Shaykh : In that case... no problem, in that case, each of us should know that, just as it is not permissible for a scholar of fiqh, hadith, or tafsir to encroach upon the profession of Dr. Taisir, who is a doctor, because I am ignorant of medicine, so I derive from him the knowledge that Allah has granted him, so likewise he, in turn, does not encroach upon others among the people of knowledge. If he is a hadith scholar, what he brings is not to be judged by him, saying “this hadith is authentic” when it is not authentic but weak, and so on, because this is not his specialty. Just as I am responsible to ask the people of knowledge, he is also responsible to ask the people of knowledge, as Allah the Exalted said: Likewise, it is not permissible for the general Muslim public to interpret the Qur'an according to what appears to each one of them, but rather as Allah the Exalted said: or the first verse: No problem, I do not blame you for asking, no, but I say that it is not befitting for you and those like you to have an opinion in understanding a verse unless they first ask the people of knowledge. Here, those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, the intended meaning is the polytheists, so it is not intended to be, for example, the son you mentioned as an example, that he is one who abandons prayer...

The questioner : ... a person of legal age.

The Shaykh : No, no, I am agreeing with you, meaning, the one who abandons prayer, I am saying what you intend, the son, you did not intend the young boy. You have just reminded me of a hadith, and one thing reminds of another. A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, give me a ride, meaning he wanted a mount to carry him, he had a journey ahead of him. He said to the one in charge of mounting: , he said to him: O Messenger of Allah, and will the son of a she-camel carry me? He said to him: laughing.The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on him - so the word “son” in the Arabic language does not mean its meaning of a non-adult boy...

The questioner : The common usage currently...

The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, it is possible that the hadith fiqh overcame me, so I said “the son” meaning the son of the son, even if he is of legal age, but the intended meaning here...