No Love For Infidels

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A site for Muslim children called “Play & Learn” has a very disturbing message in a topic titled “Moral Values Of The Qur’an:” No Love Towards The Unbelievers. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch, where Robert Spencer notes: “this little valentine was written by none other than Harun Yahya, a foremost ‘moderate Muslim’ who got a bit of publicity after 9/11 for loudly proclaiming that Islam condemns terrorism.”)

In order to live with the morals of the Qur’an, one should completely leave the culture and all the moral values of the profane society. One of the first things to be left is the love towards it.

In a profane society, all the relations are based on selfish interests. A person gets along with the other one only if there is a benefit from him or if he is been taken care of the other or at least he treats him good. Another measure is the family tie. People love others just because that they are from the same family; or from the same dynasty, or from the same society or sometimes even from the same nation.

However these are not the criteria for the believers. Because, believers love Allah more than anything or anyone.

“Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah, as equal (with Allah): They love them as they should love Allah. But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah. If only the unrighteous could see, behold, they would see the penalty: that to Allah belongs all power, and Allah will strongly enforce the penalty.”
(AL-BAQARA 165)

Believers respect Allah above anything, therefore the believers love people according to their sincerity with Allah, and they dislike them according to their disobey to Allah. No matter if these people are close to him or not. This characteristic of the believers is described in the Qur’an as:

“Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity.”
(AL-MUJADILA 22)

Having even a little bit of love towards the unbelievers would never be a proper attitude for a believer. Believers are seriously warned in the Qur’an as below verse expresses:

“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.”
(AL-MUMTAHINA 1)

Behavior of the Prophet Abraham and his tribe is an excellent example for all the believes:

“There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people: ”We are clear of you and of whatever ye worship besides Allah: we have rejected you, and there has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever,- unless ye believe in Allah and Him alone“: But not when Abraham said to his father: ”I will pray for forgiveness for thee, though I have no power (to get) aught on thy behalf from Allah.“ (They prayed): ”Our Lord! in Thee do we trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee is (our) Final Goal.”
(AL-MUMTAHINA 4)

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