Discussion on Loyalty and Disavowal
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The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: That is,[An-Nahl 16:36].
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I worshipped Allah and I avoided the taghut.
The Shaykh: That completes your tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner: That is, is my faith complete in my opinion, or is there a deficiency in it?
The Shaykh: It is necessary to combine faith in Allah with disbelief in the taghut.
The questioner: Okay, the verse in Surat al-Mumtahanah is:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:4] So is the enmity supposed to be spoken with the tongue, O Shaykh, or is it not necessarily so?
The Shaykh: It depends on the disbelievers.
The questioner: The ones being addressed, you mean?
The Shaykh: If they are—may Allah reward you and peace be upon you—those who disbelieved in their taghut, they declare enmity, so he responds to them accordingly.
The questioner: Okay, it is my father.
The Shaykh: Whoever it is.
The questioner: But how do I reconcile with the verse of enmity and hatred, when he displays enmity and hatred?
The Shaykh: What am I supposed to do with them now?
The questioner: That is, I have been going for two years, twenty-two times, following them, and I was doing riya' (showing off in worship).
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner: I have been going for two years, twenty-two times.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: ... I left my job, meaning I am currently unemployed. I am looking for work, and they chased me, and so on, problems. And it is permissible that I disbelieved like that, so I am now supposed to, after displaying enmity and hatred, say...
The Shaykh: A jurisprudential rule applies, which is "every general ruling has a specific exception." When I said "parents," do you know the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his father and how his stance toward him was? "O my father." Here, the original ruling, which is displaying hatred, does not apply. The right of fatherhood over the son takes precedence, so he must speak to him kindly and not be harsh with them, as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did with his father. The son must bear it and be gentle with him.
The questioner: And if, for example, the father actually harms me, meaning he actually harmed me?
The Shaykh: —May Allah reward you and peace be upon you—You need to note here that the right of fatherhood takes precedence over all the problems of the parents, unless, unfortunately, there is an Islamic ruling. In that case, the matter is separated: these are Muslims and these are disbelievers. And these disbelievers are of two types: a peaceful type and a hostile type. If the father remains in the hostile type, then the son displays hostility toward him until the matter reaches the point where it is permissible for him to kill him. Is that clear? But this ruling does not exist today, unfortunately.
The questioner: That is,
Worship Allah and avoid Taghut
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَThe Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I worshipped Allah and I avoided the taghut.
The Shaykh: That completes your tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The questioner: That is, is my faith complete in my opinion, or is there a deficiency in it?
The Shaykh: It is necessary to combine faith in Allah with disbelief in the taghut.
The questioner: Okay, the verse in Surat al-Mumtahanah is:
there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred
وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُThe Shaykh: It depends on the disbelievers.
The questioner: The ones being addressed, you mean?
The Shaykh: If they are—may Allah reward you and peace be upon you—those who disbelieved in their taghut, they declare enmity, so he responds to them accordingly.
The questioner: Okay, it is my father.
The Shaykh: Whoever it is.
The questioner: But how do I reconcile
And to parents, kindness
وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًاThe Shaykh: What am I supposed to do with them now?
The questioner: That is, I have been going for two years, twenty-two times, following them, and I was doing riya' (showing off in worship).
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner: I have been going for two years, twenty-two times.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: ... I left my job, meaning I am currently unemployed. I am looking for work, and they chased me, and so on, problems. And it is permissible that I disbelieved like that, so I am now supposed to, after displaying enmity and hatred, say...
The Shaykh: A jurisprudential rule applies, which is "every general ruling has a specific exception." When I said "parents," do you know the story of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with his father and how his stance toward him was?
O my father
يَا أَبَتِThe questioner: And if, for example, the father actually harms me, meaning he actually harmed me?
The Shaykh: —May Allah reward you and peace be upon you—You need to note here that the right of fatherhood takes precedence over all the problems of the parents, unless, unfortunately, there is an Islamic ruling. In that case, the matter is separated: these are Muslims and these are disbelievers. And these disbelievers are of two types: a peaceful type and a hostile type. If the father remains in the hostile type, then the son displays hostility toward him until the matter reaches the point where it is permissible for him to kill him. Is that clear? But this ruling does not exist today, unfortunately.
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