Disbelievers Are Not Your Friends

 

Disbelievers Are Not Your Friends (L-379) 

لا يَتَّخِذِ المُؤمِنونَ الكافِرينَ أَولِياءَ مِن دونِ المُؤمِنينَ ۖ وَمَن يَفعَل ذٰلِكَ فَلَيسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ في شَيءٍ إِلّا أَن تَتَّقوا مِنهُم تُقاةً ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفسَهُ ۗ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ المَصيرُ28.

28.  Laa yattakhizil-Mu’-mi-nuunal-Kaafiriina  ‘awliyaaa-‘a  min-  duunil-  Mu’-miniin.  Wa  many-yaf-‘al  zaalika  fa-laysa  minAllaahi  fii shay-‘in  ‘illaaa  ‘an-tattaquu  minhum  tuqaah. Wa  yuhazziru-kuMullaahu  Nafsah.  Wa  ‘ilAllaahil-masiir.

28.  Believers are not to take disbelievers for friends instead of believers. Whoever does that has nothing to do with God, unless it is to protect your own selves against them. God warns you to beware of Him. To God is the destiny.

It was described in the previous lesson that God is Able to give honor and sovereignty to whom He desires and Can snatch these things from whom He wills. Every kind of government and empire, prestige, honor and possession are in His control. Therefore, it does not suit to the Muslims, who really believe in Him, if they increase friendship voluntarily or without knowledge with the disbelievers, enemies of God, and Infidels, leaving their Muslim brothers or considering them not enough. The enemies of God and His Messenger (ﷺ) can never be their friends. One, who opposes it, should think about himself that he has no concern with the love of God. Entire hopes of a Muslim must be related only to God.

Three forms of good behavior are possible into the mankind:

1.   Friendship.

2.   Apparent politeness.

3.   Kindness and doing good.

Religious Scholars have explained that first form, that is to say; real friendship with the Infidels is unlawful in all conditions. Third form (Kindness and doing good) is legal only with those Infidels who would never be ready to fight against the Muslims. Second form (Apparent politeness) is legal only under three conditions:

• For self protection

• Trying that he should embrace Islam

• In the form that you are a host, it means that when any Infidel comes to you as a guest.

Besides these three forms, friendship is not allowed anyway to get personal advantage or wealth, but when there is a risk that he will put obstacles in the way of religion; then also, no friendship is allowed.

God frightens the Muslims from His torment who keep friendship with the Infidels so that they would bear in mind that at last every person will have to go back towards Him. He will reward or punish in accord with everyone’s deeds and it will not be possible to escape from His grasp. 

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