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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the jurisprudential understanding of the hadith: “He has embraced Islam, even if reluctantly”?

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The Shaykh : Because this person who embraced Islam reluctantly has not become a believer, but he is like those captives about whom the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
Indeed, your Lord is amazed at a group of people who are dragged into Paradise by chains. إنَّ ربَّك لَيعجَبُ من أقوامٍ يُجرُّون إلى الجنة بالسلاسل
; meaning: they are captives who are transported from the land of disbelief, shackled in chains, to the land of Islam as slaves and bondsmen. However, due to their interaction with their masters and the residents, whom they see practicing the teachings of Islam—neither in creed nor in action—that serves as an inducement for them to believe. So this disbeliever to whom he (peace be upon him) said:
He has embraced Islam, even if reluctantly. أسلم ولو على كره
began to deal with the Muslims as a Muslim, and it is hoped that his heart will be imprinted with Islam. Even if he remains a Muslim only in appearance, he does not harm the Muslims in any way; his case is like that of the hypocrites, some of whom the Messenger knew and others he did not. Perhaps you have received the answer to your question.

The questioner : What Allah willed, and by Allah, O our Shaykh, this is...

Another questioner : And we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to accept from us and from you.
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