Do the disbelievers have the right to celebrate their festivals in the land of Islam?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. The Shaykh al-Islam says that they are to be left in their religion.
The Shaykh : Yes, how so?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, they are to be left in their religion, but they must keep it private and not declare it openly.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : ... If they break their covenant, yes, and they must be prevented.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : So, what then?
The questioner : If we take the people of the hidden [sect]...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And their conduct...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah open their eyes to the truth, O Shaykh. The awliya (close friends of Allah)... May Allah open for them what the minds cannot conceive except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). If Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction, may Allah have mercy on him), despite being from... disbelief to the gate of the Sunnah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, what is your comment on this? Is this a question?
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : Meaning, explaining... the people of falsehood... Allah has blinded them from the truth, and the people of truth... in their religion...
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a known matter.
The questioner : As I told you in... he says that after... it benefits the Sunnah and revives the truth.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the truth, there is no doubt in it. When souls are occupied with something, they are occupied with it to the exclusion of other things.
The Shaykh : Yes, how so?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, they are to be left in their religion, but they must keep it private and not declare it openly.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : ... If they break their covenant, yes, and they must be prevented.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : So, what then?
The questioner : If we take the people of the hidden [sect]...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And their conduct...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah open their eyes to the truth, O Shaykh. The awliya (close friends of Allah)... May Allah open for them what the minds cannot conceive except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). If Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction, may Allah have mercy on him), despite being from... disbelief to the gate of the Sunnah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, what is your comment on this? Is this a question?
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : Meaning, explaining... the people of falsehood... Allah has blinded them from the truth, and the people of truth... in their religion...
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a known matter.
The questioner : As I told you in... he says that after... it benefits the Sunnah and revives the truth.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the truth, there is no doubt in it. When souls are occupied with something, they are occupied with it to the exclusion of other things.