I had a question that there is a hadith which says`the prophet (sawa) says`whoever stays and lives with a polythiest is one of them
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i had a question that there is a hadith which says`the prophet (sawa)
says`whoever
stays and lives with a
polythiest is one of them`.and in the Qur`an chapter 5,verse 51 it is said that
one should not be the friends of jews and chritians or you are one of them. can
you explain it in brief
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Friends with disbelievers
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Your Question: i had a question
that there is a hadith which says`the prophet (sawa) says`whoever stays and
lives with a polythiest is one of them`.
Beloved Brother, to the best of our knowledge,
there is absolutely no such hadith in the authentic and established traditions
of the Messenger of Allah (saws) which declares or implies that ‘whoever stays and lives with a polythiest is one of
them’!
It may be that the hadith that you are referring to
is as follows:
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4020 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘He who
copies any people is one of them.’
Allah Subhanah has perfected and approved the deen
or ‘way of life’ called Al-Islam for the believers. If any believer feels ashamed at the ‘way of
life’ prescribed and approved by his Lord Creator for him, and adopts, copies,
imitates or follows any aspect of the ‘way of life’ specific to the pagans, he
will be considered one amongst them in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
Your Question: in the Qur`an
chapter 5,verse 51 it is said that one should not be the friends of jews and
chritians or you are one of them. can you explain it in brief
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 60
Surah Mumtahina verses 1-3:
1 O ye who believe! Take not My enemies and yours as
friends (or protectors) offering them (your) love, even though they have rejected the Truth that
has come to you and have (on the contrary) driven out the Prophet and
yourselves (from your homes) (simply) because ye believe in Allah your
Lord! If ye have come out to strive in
My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure (take them not as friends), holding secret converse of love (and
friendship) with them: for I know full
well all that ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you that does this has strayed
from the Straight Path.
2 If they were to get the
better of you they would behave to you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their
tongues against you for evil; and they
desire that ye should reject the Truth.
3 Of no profit to you
will be your relatives and your children on the Day of Judgment: He will judge
between you: for Allah sees well Allthat
ye do.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 60
Surah Mumtahina verses 8-9:
8 Allah forbids you not
with regard to those, who fight you not
for (your) Faith, nor drive you out of
your homes, from dealing kindly and justly
with them: for Allah loveth those who
are just.
9 Allah only forbids you
with regard to those, who fight you for
(your) Faith, and drive you out of your
homes and support (others) in driving you out,
from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these
circumstances) that do wrong.
In light of the above guidance of the Holy
Quran, Allah Subhanah guides the
believers to judge the non-muslims or disbelievers, including the People of the
Book, under two categories:
Category-1:
Those disbelievers who do not fight the believers regarding their
faith, nor drive the believers out of
their lands and homes; Allah guides the
believers to deal with them kindly and justly….for indeed, Allah Subhanah loves those who are just.
Thus, if a
non-believer or a non-believing nation is not at war with the believers, there is no harm in dealing with such people
in a good, kind, and just manner; for indeed they are our brothers in
humanity.
Category-2:
But Allah has forbidden the believers to befriend those unbelievers who
have declared war on the believers because of their faith in Islam, and who
drive the believers out of their homes and lands; or those unbelievers who help and support
these enemies to oppress the believers. These
are the unbelievers whom Allah has guided the believers not to befriend.
Allow us to relate a timely example to understand
the command better. We see in the
world today that the
A good example of such a ban of friendship in
today’s time would also be of a Palestinian muslim or any other believer who would
start befriending some people of the Israeli army, who are ardent enemies of Islam and the
believers! Such a friendship would not
be allowed in the sight of Allah Subhanah.
Allah Subhanah has warned the believers that those
believers who do take such enemies of Allah and Islam as their friends; on the Day of Judgement, they will be counted as one of them!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5
Surah Maidah verse 57:
57
O ye who believe! Take not for friends and protectors those who
take your religion for a mockery or sport whether among those who received the
Scripture before you, or among those who
reject faith; but fear ye Allah if ye
have Faith (indeed).
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5
Surah Maidah verse 51:
51 O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your
friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them
(for friendship), is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.
But if some people are non-muslims, but do not hold any hatred with the believers
or with Islam; Allah guides the
believers to be kind and just with such people.
And Allah guides the believers and declares that
the real friends of the believers should always be Allah, His Messenger, and the true believers; for it is the true believers that will
certainly be successful in the end.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5
Surah Maidah verses 55-56:
55 Your (real) friends are
(no less than) Allah, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers; those who establish regular prayers and
regular charity, and they bow down
humbly (in worship).
56 As to those who turn (for
friendship) to Allah, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers, it is the fellowship of Allah that must
certainly triumph.
Some people have taken the above verses of
friendship with the disbelievers out of context, and have started a huge propaganda that Islam
does not allow the believers to take the non-muslims as friends! But that is an inaccurate understanding!
Those non-muslims who have no enmity with the
believers, there is no harm in keeping
good relations with them, being kind to
them, helping them in humanity, and dealing with them in justice.
In light of the context of the guidance of the
Quran and the Sunnah, only those non-muslims who have a hatred against the
believers because of their faith in Islam; Allah has commanded the believers
not to befriend them.
If one trusts,
obeys, and follows the guidance
and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being
misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger
(saws), one can be assured of being led
astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due
to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan