What is the difference between al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) and citizenship?
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Question:
Is it possible to combine al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) with citizenship in the Western sense, given the current challenges facing the Muslim community?
Answer:
Answer: There is a difference between al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) and citizenship. Citizenship is a worldly form of interaction, whereas al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) refers to loving the awliya (close friends of Allah) and hating and disliking the enemies of Allah. So, you interact with them in a worldly manner, but you do not love them in your heart; rather, you hate them. This does not prevent you from treating them with kindness, as Allah the Exalted said: “And let not the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness” [Surat al-Ma'idah: 8].
Is it possible to combine al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) with citizenship in the Western sense, given the current challenges facing the Muslim community?
Answer:
Answer: There is a difference between al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) and citizenship. Citizenship is a worldly form of interaction, whereas al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) refers to loving the awliya (close friends of Allah) and hating and disliking the enemies of Allah. So, you interact with them in a worldly manner, but you do not love them in your heart; rather, you hate them. This does not prevent you from treating them with kindness, as Allah the Exalted said: “And let not the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness” [Surat al-Ma'idah: 8].
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