What is the criterion for displaying dignity before a disbeliever in a state of weakness?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, these rulings are not applied.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In the case of the weakness of the Ummah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : In the case of the weakness of the Ummah, these rulings are not applied. But sometimes, O Shaykh, it is the disbelievers who are ... weak, meaning like ... meaning some countries are poor, so we can apply this to them ... whereas, for example, wealthy countries ... .
The Shaykh : If they come to you, you cannot do anything, and if they are in a poor country, the government is also poor, so you still cannot do anything.
The questioner : I mean, dignity.
The Shaykh : The issue of displaying dignity, even in a wealthy country, is to display dignity. Do not think that you are less than the disbeliever, even if he is the president. Do not show that he is dignified to you.
The questioner : Reality, I mean, contradicts this.
The Shaykh : Let us leave reality aside; reality is correct!
The questioner : One person ... .
The Shaykh : I am speaking to this president, who is my boss at work, with dignity, considering that I am a believer and he is a disbeliever. But considering the work, where I and he are employees of the state, I take what obligates me to him.
The questioner : ... humbling oneself to him.
The Shaykh : Do not humble yourself.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In the case of the weakness of the Ummah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : In the case of the weakness of the Ummah, these rulings are not applied. But sometimes, O Shaykh, it is the disbelievers who are ... weak, meaning like ... meaning some countries are poor, so we can apply this to them ... whereas, for example, wealthy countries ... .
The Shaykh : If they come to you, you cannot do anything, and if they are in a poor country, the government is also poor, so you still cannot do anything.
The questioner : I mean, dignity.
The Shaykh : The issue of displaying dignity, even in a wealthy country, is to display dignity. Do not think that you are less than the disbeliever, even if he is the president. Do not show that he is dignified to you.
The questioner : Reality, I mean, contradicts this.
The Shaykh : Let us leave reality aside; reality is correct!
The questioner : One person ... .
The Shaykh : I am speaking to this president, who is my boss at work, with dignity, considering that I am a believer and he is a disbeliever. But considering the work, where I and he are employees of the state, I take what obligates me to him.
The questioner : ... humbling oneself to him.
The Shaykh : Do not humble yourself.