Islam: Questions And Answers - Alliance and Amity, Disavowal and Enmity

167 Pages·2003·1.7 MB·English

by  Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Alliance and Amity,
Disavowal and Enmity
Volume 6 of a Series of Islamic Books
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Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 6
Alliance and Amity, Disavowal and Enmity
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 6
Alliance and Amity, Disavowal and Enmity
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
BSc, DipHE
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................1
Part 1.........................................................................................3
43270: Ruling on saying that the attitude of the
kuffaar is better than the attitude of the Muslims ................3
11266: Ruling on taking sinners as friends..........................6
38284: The danger of studying in the kaafir schools.........10
48966: Greeting a kaafir first............................................13
21694: Guidelines concerning imitation of
the kuffaar..........................................................................15
22181: Accepting a gift with strings attached
from a non- Muslim...........................................................18
22182: Are the Christians who exist nowadays
the closest to us in love and friendship?............................19
46797: Can a Muslim accept a gift from his
kaafir brother?....................................................................21
21314: Is using the Christian calendar regarded
as befriending the kuffaar?.................................................22
33691: Ruling on helping a kaafir army against
the Muslims .......................................................................23
32560 : Farewell parties for kaafirs ..................................25
33862: How to treat a wife from among the
People of the Book.............................................................27
34687: He has become Muslim but he does
not want to leave his homeland..........................................30
42235: Doesn’t the hadeeth “Do not initiate
the greeting with a Jew or Christian” put
people off Islam?................................................................32
4163: Being kind to kaafirs with the intention
of da’wah ...........................................................................33
Part 2.......................................................................................35
43154: Returning greetings to kaafirs falls into
three categories ..................................................................35
42958: He found a kaafir on the road – can
he give him a ride?.............................................................37
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43160: Benefitting from what the kaafirs have..................38
8919: Travelling to kaafir lands unnecessarily ..................40
4056: Wearing the clothing of the non-Muslims ...............41
32564: She is boycotting American goods
– should she leave the institute because it
teaches American material? ...............................................41
34559: Muslim and non-Muslim woman
visiting one another............................................................43
11793: Being friends with non-Muslims ...........................45
20471: Can she sit and eat with a Muslim
woman who does not pray?................................................55
26118: Being friends with Christians and gays.................57
6699: What is the ruling on buying from the
kuffaar when there are Muslims around?...........................59
4839: The problem of Muslims’ linguistic
assimilation in foreign countries........................................60
23325: Making friends with a kaafir woman....................63
10421: The difference between taking the
kaafirs as friends and seeking their help............................67
21344: Staying in an Islamic country even
if that goes against one’s parents’ wishes...........................67
Part 3.......................................................................................69
26721: Principles and guidelines for Muslims’
relations with non-Muslims ...............................................69
5219: Ruling on taking part in some annual
celebrations........................................................................73
22872: Is it prescribed to boycott innovators in
this day and age?................................................................76
11427: Attending the festivals of the mushrikeen
and congratulating them.....................................................78
12777: Prohibition on celebrating the festivals
of the kuffaar......................................................................79
1130: Ruling on joining in the kaafir festivals...................80
4528: Muslim woman whose kaafir family
celebrate her birthday.........................................................81
11650: Can she attend Christmas celebrations
in order to greet her relatives? ...........................................82
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12729: Giving blood to a kaafir who is not
hostile towards Islam and who is not in a state
of war with us ....................................................................83
14004: It is not permissible for a Muslim to
fight with kaafirs against the Muslims at all......................84
21563: Can he pray for his parents when he
does not know what religion they were following
when they died? .................................................................86
13694: Ruling on living with families abroad ..................86
13933: Ruling on visiting a sick kaafir..............................88
11400: The enmity of the kuffaar towards the
believers is ongoing ...........................................................90
6154: Ruling on sponsored students staying in
kaafir countries ..................................................................95
Part 4.......................................................................................97
10342: Ruling on a Muslim eating with a kaafir ...............97
9918: Ruling on seeking and accepting help
from the kuffaar .................................................................98
9404: Islamic ruling on doing Islamic projects
through Jews or Christians.................................................98
11232: Giving a lecture about Islam in a church ............100
7622: He promised a kaafir that he would go to
the church with him .........................................................100
4036: She wants to embrace Islam but does not
want to leave her kaafir husband .....................................102
6247: Ruling on obtaining nationality of a
kaafir state........................................................................105
6099: He became Muslim and he has kaafir
friends ..............................................................................105
11469: Muslims demonstrating in support of
their Palestinian brothers .................................................106
9606: Putting a Jew in charge of the Muslim
treasury (bayt al-maal) .....................................................107
10213: Ruling on the call to unite all religions................108
10108: Is it permissible to go into churches for
the purpose of da’wah, or just to look around?................117
3414: Learning foreign languages....................................118
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1552: When they need to write the Gregorian date..........118
6572: Buying products from kaafir countries .................119
Part 5.....................................................................................121
1476: Can we say “Jazaak Allaah khayran ” to
a kaafir?............................................................................121
6688: Whoever does not believe that the Jews,
Christians and kaafirs are indeed kaafirs is himself
a kaafir .............................................................................121
7856: A Christian complains about prohibition
of Muslims celebrating or congratulating people
at Christmas .....................................................................126
7855: He is invited to go places with the kuffaar ............129
6992: Convert attending his brother’s wedding
party .................................................................................130
2296: Travelling to kaafir countries for the
purpose of teaching and da’wah ......................................132
4576: Pretending to be a non-Muslim in an
Islamic chat room.............................................................133
4948: Can a Muslim allow a non-Muslim guest
to observe the rituals of kufr in his home?.......................134
3485: Making du’aa’ for parents when one is
not sure whether they became Muslim or not..................135
3325: Taking part in non-Muslim celebrations
in order to encourage them to take part in our
celebrations......................................................................136
3885: Military service in kaafir armies and
working as a “chaplain” in those armies..........................137
3062: Is it permissible for Muslims to vote for
kaafirs who seem to be less evil?.....................................138
3238: Ruling on giving charity to non-Muslims..............139
3454: Arabic numerals vs. European numerals................140
2179: Clarification of the important rule: it
is haraam to take kaafirs as close friends and
protectors .........................................................................142
Part 6.....................................................................................149
2847: Wants to become Muslim but lives in
drug country.....................................................................149
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212: Accepting donations from non-Muslims ................150
947: Ruling on celebrating non-Muslim holidays
and congratulating them...................................................152
1015: Ruling on helping a Muslim move to a
non-Muslim country.........................................................154
1204: Rules Related to Befriending Non-Muslims..........155
1052: Muslim working in law enforcement in a
non-Islamic country .........................................................156
782: Selling greeting cards for Christian holidays...........157
182: Ruling on loving non-Muslims................................159
180: One who lives among people who commit shirk.....161
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