Comments on: Muslim and Non-Muslim Friends: What Does Islam Say? http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/02/10/muslim-and-non-muslim-friends-what-does-islam-say/ A Blog for Arabs and Muslims Worldwide Looking for Love & Their Place in the World Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Muslima http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/02/10/muslim-and-non-muslim-friends-what-does-islam-say/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Muslima Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:25:24 +0000 http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/?p=3262#comment-749 Dear Glenn, The Quran was revealed to the Prophet saws over 23 years, during this time there were many wars, such verses as this are taken out of context. It doesn't actually mean "friend" when translated it means "ally", so during this time Jews and Christians were allies against the Muslims and horrible acts were committed against Muslims. It doesn't mean friends. It means these people from this particular group. Of course you can stay close with your friends, the Prophet saws had non-Muslims friends and Islam is about peace and love - we must be friendly and have good relationships with non-Muslims. Hope this helps. Peace. Dear Glenn,

The Quran was revealed to the Prophet saws over 23 years, during this time there were many wars, such verses as this are taken out of context. It doesn’t actually mean “friend” when translated it means “ally”, so during this time Jews and Christians were allies against the Muslims and horrible acts were committed against Muslims. It doesn’t mean friends. It means these people from this particular group.

Of course you can stay close with your friends, the Prophet saws had non-Muslims friends and Islam is about peace and love – we must be friendly and have good relationships with non-Muslims.

Hope this helps.

Peace.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/02/10/muslim-and-non-muslim-friends-what-does-islam-say/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Glenn Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:25:39 +0000 http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/?p=3262#comment-653 Hi. Greetings of peace. I have very close Iranian friends, and I am quite interested about what the Qur'an teaches about Muslims having Christian friends. I am a devout Christian and I myself truly love my devout Iranian friends. I have not discussed this matter with them but I hope to have your insight about Al-Ma’dah 5:51 says: "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." Can you enlighten me about this? Should I stop myself from having friendship with them because they may not be aware that they are sinning in this particular passage? Hi. Greetings of peace. I have very close Iranian friends, and I am quite interested about what the Qur’an teaches about Muslims having Christian friends. I am a devout Christian and I myself truly love my devout Iranian friends. I have not discussed this matter with them but I hope to have your insight about Al-Ma’dah 5:51 says:
“O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

Can you enlighten me about this? Should I stop myself from having friendship with them because they may not be aware that they are sinning in this particular passage?

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