Re: My Brother The Islamist
Thank you for proving me right. This is from the link you gave above.
Riyad as-Salihin (The Meadows of the Righteous)
by Imam Nawawi
- Chapter: The excellence of love for the sake of Allah and encouraging it, and a man who loves another informing him of that and what he says to him when he informs him
Allah Almighty says, “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce to the unbelievers, merciful to one another…” (48:29) to the end of the sura,
and the Almighty says, “Those who were settled in the abode, and in belief, love those who have made hijra to them.” (59:9)
- Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Anyone who possesses three attributes will experience the sweetness of belief: that he loves Allah and His Messenger more than anything else; that he loves someone for the sake of Allah alone; and that he hates the idea of reverting to disbelief as much as he would hate being thrown into a fire.” [Agreed upon]…
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Now nowhere does it say that we should hate non-muslims or sinners. We should hate the sinful actions for the sake of Allah and we should love other human beings for the sake of Allah.
If you think that we should hate sinners then we should hate ourselves and everyone else because no one is completely sinless.