Muslim & Non-Muslim
By:
Sheikh Saleh al-Maghamsi
People should know that
Allah said in sura as-Sajdah, chapter 32, verse 18 :
“Then is one who was a believer like one who
was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.” [Al-Quran 32:18]
When He said: “One who
was a believer,” He meant every Muslim believer who died a monotheist, no
matter their degree of believe.
When He said: “One who
was defiantly disobedient,” He meant an infidel. It includes every infidel who
died an infidel- Jews, Chsitians, Majos, Apostates and Atheists.
It does not matter what
kind, so long as he was not a monotheist (not Muslim).
They cannot be equal in
the eyes of Allah.
In practice, one should
know that the Muslim has sanctity and honor in the eyes of Allah.
And that the only thing
that can strip a Muslim of this is heresy.
This sanctity and honor
cannot be bestowed upon anyone but a Muslim.
We cannot bestow it
upon any infidel.
This has to do with our
understanding of the true nature of Islam.
Take for example, the
death of Osama bin Laden, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Although most Islamic
scholars are in agreement that Bin Laden’s organization caused great harm to
the Islamic nation, and that he is responsible for the shedding of blood, the fact that he died a
Muslim, gives him the sanctity and honor reserved for Muslims.
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