In the Name of Allah. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The best of Praises and Thanks belong to Allah SWA, who has guided us to this religion. We could not
have been led to the straight path if Allah had not guided us. I testify that there is no deity deserving to
be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the entire Universe. I again testify that Muhammad SAW is the
servant and Messenger of Allah SWA. He whom Allah has guided, none can lead astray and he whom
Allah has led astray, none can guide. May Allah Forgive us, Have mercy on us and Guide us. Aameen.
In shaa Allah, in this session, we shall talk briefly about the relationship between a believer and a non-
believer. The first point that shall be made is that a Muslim can never be friends with a non-Muslim. He
who believes in Allah SWA and the last will never be friends with a non-believer. They, the non-
believers, on the other will never be friends with us Muslims and that is the fact. You might have some
kind of relationship and interaction with them to make you feel that they are your friends. They might
tell you things or even go straight to the point and vividly let you know that they are your friends but in
reality they are not and will never be your friends until you convert to their religion or they revert to
Islam. This is in accordance to the statement of the Truthful, Allah SWA, “Neither the Jews nor the
Christians will be pleased with you until you follow their faith.” Baqara 120 They can be friends with you
when they are not pleased with you.
In another verse, Allah SWA tell us that, “O you who believer, Take not the Jews and Christians for
friends. They are friends to each other. He, among you, who takes them for friends is (one) of them.
Assuredly Allah guides no the wrongdoing.” Maida 51
Allah tells us that the disbelievers are only friends of each other. He makes it clear to us. No matter how
much you try to please they will never be pleased with you. There are a group of Muslim brothers and
sisters who, off late, have been claiming that the Christian brothers are even better than the Muslims in
our society. They go to the extent of claiming that these disbelievers are a pleased with them and make
their lives enjoyable and fun and all sorts of adverbs. But the sad reality is that Allah has spoken and the
word of Allah is the absolute truth. Whoever amongst us thinks or feels that they, the disbelievers, are
pleased with him or her, should check his eemaaan. He should check his faith, perhaps he is gradually
turning towards their path. You will find that such people will feel shy to say, Alhamdu-liLlah when they
sneeze in public. Some don’t say it at all and some even go to the extent of abandoning it and saying
“excuse me,” instead. May Allah guide us.
It is very sad the plight of those prefer the friendship of disbelievers rather than the believers thinking
that they are having what will make them happy. Allah is saying to such people, “O you who believe,
choose not the disbelievers for friends rather than the believers. Would you wish to offer Allah an open
proof against yourselves” an-Nisa 144. Very sad is their plight, O servants of Allah. They feel they are
having what will be of benefit for them. They that they know what they are about in this world but little
do they know that they are only proving for Allah proofs against themselves. May Allah guide us.
A lot of us will be wondering why the disbelievers are not and cannot be our friends. Though some of
the above verses have made it clear to us, let us a take a look the statement of Allah in which He say, “O
believers! Do not make friends with those who are enemies of Mine and yours, showing them kindness
and when they have denied the truth that has been revealed to you and driven the Messenger and
yourselves out of your city because you believe in Allah, your Lord....” Al-Mumtahina 1. First of all this is
a command from Allah SWA. Again, these disbelievers are that enemies of Allah SWA, our Lord, our
Creator, our Sustainer and Maintainer. This automatically make them our enemies.
Before we bring our talk to an end, how are we supposed to behave with the disbelievers then. If we are
not to befriend them and show love to them, does that mean we should around and kill them, or fight
them wherever we find them or destroy their properties?
There are many answers which point to the same meaning. In shaa Allah we shall take just one of them
from the verses of the Quran in which Allah said, “Allah does not forbid you to be kind and just to those
who have neither made war on you nor driven you from your homes. Indeed, Allah Loves the just. Verily,
He forbids you to make friends with those who have fought against you on account of your religion and
driven you from your homes, or abetted other to do so. Those who make friends with are wrongdoers.”
Al-Mumtahina 8-9.
Notwithstanding the fact that we cannot be friends with non-believers, we are obligated to treat them
with kindness and respect and justice if they do not wage war against us or drive us from our homes. We
can have transactions with them. Things which will bring us benefit in our worldly lives without affection
our eemaan and our hereafter. We can school with them, we can work with them, we share our food
with them and we can help them when they are facing any worldly difficulties. When it comes to the
deen, then they are not our friends and we do not have anything to do with them except to call them
unto the path of Allah SWA. The single path which leads to the Mercy of Allah SWA.
This talk is just a brief one which did not go into details. This is just to draw our attention towards the
issue. Whoever has a question can direct to us and we will look for the answers for them in shaa Allah.
Whatever mistake we made is from ourselves due to our imperfections and the influence of Shaytan,
May Allah Forgive us for that. Whatever good we said is from Allah and His Messenger, May Allah
reward us for that and grant us Jannah.
“Here is a Message for Mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no
other than He) One Allah: let them men of understanding take heed.”
Upon us is the propagation of the message and upon Allah is the recounting.
May the Salutations, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon His Messenger, his household, companions
and the entire Ummah till the day when there shall be no shade except the shade of Allah SWA.
The best of Praises and Thanks belong to Allah SWA, who has guided us to this religion. We could not
have been led to the straight path if Allah had not guided us. I testify that there is no deity deserving to
be worshipped but Allah, the Lord of the entire Universe. I again testify that Muhammad SAW is the
servant and Messenger of Allah SWA. He whom Allah has guided, none can lead astray and he whom
Allah has led astray, none can guide. May Allah Forgive us, Have mercy on us and Guide us. Aameen.
In shaa Allah, in this session, we shall talk briefly about the relationship between a believer and a non-
believer. The first point that shall be made is that a Muslim can never be friends with a non-Muslim. He
who believes in Allah SWA and the last will never be friends with a non-believer. They, the non-
believers, on the other will never be friends with us Muslims and that is the fact. You might have some
kind of relationship and interaction with them to make you feel that they are your friends. They might
tell you things or even go straight to the point and vividly let you know that they are your friends but in
reality they are not and will never be your friends until you convert to their religion or they revert to
Islam. This is in accordance to the statement of the Truthful, Allah SWA, “Neither the Jews nor the
Christians will be pleased with you until you follow their faith.” Baqara 120 They can be friends with you
when they are not pleased with you.
In another verse, Allah SWA tell us that, “O you who believer, Take not the Jews and Christians for
friends. They are friends to each other. He, among you, who takes them for friends is (one) of them.
Assuredly Allah guides no the wrongdoing.” Maida 51
Allah tells us that the disbelievers are only friends of each other. He makes it clear to us. No matter how
much you try to please they will never be pleased with you. There are a group of Muslim brothers and
sisters who, off late, have been claiming that the Christian brothers are even better than the Muslims in
our society. They go to the extent of claiming that these disbelievers are a pleased with them and make
their lives enjoyable and fun and all sorts of adverbs. But the sad reality is that Allah has spoken and the
word of Allah is the absolute truth. Whoever amongst us thinks or feels that they, the disbelievers, are
pleased with him or her, should check his eemaaan. He should check his faith, perhaps he is gradually
turning towards their path. You will find that such people will feel shy to say, Alhamdu-liLlah when they
sneeze in public. Some don’t say it at all and some even go to the extent of abandoning it and saying
“excuse me,” instead. May Allah guide us.
It is very sad the plight of those prefer the friendship of disbelievers rather than the believers thinking
that they are having what will make them happy. Allah is saying to such people, “O you who believe,
choose not the disbelievers for friends rather than the believers. Would you wish to offer Allah an open
proof against yourselves” an-Nisa 144. Very sad is their plight, O servants of Allah. They feel they are
having what will be of benefit for them. They that they know what they are about in this world but little
do they know that they are only proving for Allah proofs against themselves. May Allah guide us.
A lot of us will be wondering why the disbelievers are not and cannot be our friends. Though some of
the above verses have made it clear to us, let us a take a look the statement of Allah in which He say, “O
believers! Do not make friends with those who are enemies of Mine and yours, showing them kindness
and when they have denied the truth that has been revealed to you and driven the Messenger and
yourselves out of your city because you believe in Allah, your Lord....” Al-Mumtahina 1. First of all this is
a command from Allah SWA. Again, these disbelievers are that enemies of Allah SWA, our Lord, our
Creator, our Sustainer and Maintainer. This automatically make them our enemies.
Before we bring our talk to an end, how are we supposed to behave with the disbelievers then. If we are
not to befriend them and show love to them, does that mean we should around and kill them, or fight
them wherever we find them or destroy their properties?
There are many answers which point to the same meaning. In shaa Allah we shall take just one of them
from the verses of the Quran in which Allah said, “Allah does not forbid you to be kind and just to those
who have neither made war on you nor driven you from your homes. Indeed, Allah Loves the just. Verily,
He forbids you to make friends with those who have fought against you on account of your religion and
driven you from your homes, or abetted other to do so. Those who make friends with are wrongdoers.”
Al-Mumtahina 8-9.
Notwithstanding the fact that we cannot be friends with non-believers, we are obligated to treat them
with kindness and respect and justice if they do not wage war against us or drive us from our homes. We
can have transactions with them. Things which will bring us benefit in our worldly lives without affection
our eemaan and our hereafter. We can school with them, we can work with them, we share our food
with them and we can help them when they are facing any worldly difficulties. When it comes to the
deen, then they are not our friends and we do not have anything to do with them except to call them
unto the path of Allah SWA. The single path which leads to the Mercy of Allah SWA.
This talk is just a brief one which did not go into details. This is just to draw our attention towards the
issue. Whoever has a question can direct to us and we will look for the answers for them in shaa Allah.
Whatever mistake we made is from ourselves due to our imperfections and the influence of Shaytan,
May Allah Forgive us for that. Whatever good we said is from Allah and His Messenger, May Allah
reward us for that and grant us Jannah.
“Here is a Message for Mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no
other than He) One Allah: let them men of understanding take heed.”
Upon us is the propagation of the message and upon Allah is the recounting.
May the Salutations, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon His Messenger, his household, companions
and the entire Ummah till the day when there shall be no shade except the shade of Allah SWA.
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