This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal Kilani's book "Al-Wala Wal-Bara" .
حکم البـراء عن الکفار والمشرکین
Expressing Disavowal and Hatred towards Disbelievers and Polytheists is Obligatory.
[قَدۡ کَانَتۡ لَکُمۡ اُسۡوَۃٌ حَسَنَۃٌ فِیۡۤ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ مَعَہٗ ۚ اِذۡ قَالُوۡا لِقَوۡمِہِمۡ اِنَّا بُرَءٰٓؤُا مِنۡکُمۡ وَ مِمَّا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ ۫ کَفَرۡنَا بِکُمۡ وَ بَدَا بَیۡنَنَا وَ بَیۡنَکُمُ الۡعَدَاوَۃُ وَ الۡبَغۡضَآءُ اَبَدًا حَتّٰی تُؤۡمِنُوۡا بِاللّٰہِ وَحۡدَہٗۤ]
Indeed, Ibrahim and those with him are a good example for you, for they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship besides Allah. We have disbelieved in you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone."
Reference: (Surah Al-Mumtahina:4)
[وَ اَذَانٌ مِّنَ اللّٰہِ وَ رَسُوۡلِہٖۤ اِلَی النَّاسِ یَوۡمَ الۡحَجِّ الۡاَکۡبَرِ اَنَّ اللّٰہَ بَرِیۡٓءٌ مِّنَ الۡمُشۡرِکِیۡنَ ۬ۙ وَ رَسُوۡلُہٗ ؕ فَاِنۡ تُبۡتُمۡ فَہُوَ خَیۡرٌ لَّکُمۡ ۚ وَ اِنۡ تَوَلَّیۡتُمۡ فَاعۡلَمُوۡۤا اَنَّکُمۡ غَیۡرُ مُعۡجِزِی اللّٰہِ ؕ وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا بِعَذَابٍ اَلِیۡمٍ]
And it is a public declaration on the day of the greater pilgrimage from Allah and His Messenger to all people that Allah and His Messenger are disassociated from the polytheists. So if you repent, it is better for you; but if you turn away, then know that you cannot escape Allah. Give tidings of a painful punishment to those disbelievers.
Reference: (Surah At-Tawbah:3)
Allah Almighty commanded the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to disassociate from the disbelievers and polytheists.
[فَاِنۡ عَصَوۡکَ فَقُلۡ اِنِّیۡ بَرِیۡٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ]
O Muhammad (peace be upon him)! If these people disobey you, then clearly tell them that I am completely disassociated from what you do.
Reference: (Surah Ash-Shu'ara:216)
[قُلۡ اَیُّ شَیۡءٍ اَکۡبَرُ شَہَادَۃً ؕ قُلِ اللّٰہُ ۟ۙ شَہِیۡدٌۢ بَیۡنِیۡ وَ بَیۡنَکُمۡ ۟ وَ اُوۡحِیَ اِلَیَّ ہٰذَا الۡقُرۡاٰنُ لِاُنۡذِرَکُمۡ بِہٖ وَ مَنۡۢ بَلَغَ ؕ اَئِنَّکُمۡ لَتَشۡہَدُوۡنَ اَنَّ مَعَ اللّٰہِ اٰلِہَۃً اُخۡرٰی ؕ قُلۡ لَّاۤ اَشۡہَدُ ۚ قُلۡ اِنَّمَا ہُوَ اِلٰہٌ وَّاحِدٌ وَّ اِنَّنِیۡ بَرِیۡٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِکُوۡنَ]
( O Prophet) Ask them whose testimony is the greatest? Say, Allah is a witness between me and you that this Qur'an has been revealed to me so that through it I may warn you and whomever it reaches to fear Allah. Do you really bear witness that there are other deities besides Allah? Say, I do not bear witness to that. Say, Allah is One God, and I am completely disassociated from the polytheism you commit.
Reference: (Surah Al-An'am:19)
Expressing disassociation, hatred, enmity, and detachment from Taghut is also obligatory upon every Muslim.
[وَ لَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِیۡ کُلِّ اُمَّۃٍ رَّسُوۡلًا اَنِ اعۡبُدُوا اللّٰہَ وَ اجۡتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوۡتَ ۚ]
We sent a messenger to every nation, commanding them to worship Allah and to avoid Taghut.
Reference: (Surah An-Nahl:36)
[اَلَمۡ تَرَ اِلَی الَّذِیۡنَ یَزۡعُمُوۡنَ اَنَّہُمۡ اٰمَنُوۡا بِمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ اِلَیۡکَ وَ مَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِکَ یُرِیۡدُوۡنَ اَنۡ یَّتَحَاکَمُوۡۤا اِلَی الطَّاغُوۡتِ وَ قَدۡ اُمِرُوۡۤا اَنۡ یَّکۡفُرُوۡا بِہٖ ؕ وَ یُرِیۡدُ الشَّیۡطٰنُ اَنۡ یُّضِلَّہُمۡ ضَلٰلًۢا بَعِیۡدًا]
O Prophet, have you not seen those who claim, "We believe in this Book which has been revealed to you, and in the books revealed before you," yet they wish to refer to Taghut for judgment in their affairs, while they were commanded to disbelieve in Taghut? Satan desires to lead them far astray.
Reference: (Surah An-Nisa:60)
Explanation:
Remember, Taghut refers to those leaders of disbelief who forcibly impose an unbelieving system upon Muslims.
Allah’s disassociation, hatred, and enmity towards the polytheists.
① [یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اِنَّمَا الۡمُشۡرِکُوۡنَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا یَقۡرَبُوا الۡمَسۡجِدَ الۡحَرَامَ بَعۡدَ عَامِہِمۡ ہٰذَا ۚ]
O you who have believed! The polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year.
Reference: (Surah At-Tawbah:28)
② [اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا وَ مَاتُوۡا وَ ہُمۡ کُفَّارٌ اُولٰٓئِکَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ لَعۡنَۃُ اللّٰہِ وَ الۡمَلٰٓئِکَۃِ وَ النَّاسِ اَجۡمَعِیۡنَ]
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - upon them is the curse of Allah and of the angels and the people altogether.
Reference: (Surah Al-Baqarah:161)
③ [صُمٌّۢ بُکۡمٌ عُمۡیٌ فَہُمۡ لَا یَعۡقِلُوۡنَ]
The disbelievers are deaf, dumb, and blind; they do not use reason.
Reference: (Surah Al-Baqarah:171)
④ [اَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ اَنَّ اَکۡثَرَہُمۡ یَسۡمَعُوۡنَ اَوۡ یَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ؕ اِنۡ ہُمۡ اِلَّا کَالۡاَنۡعَامِ بَلۡ ہُمۡ اَضَلُّ سَبِیۡلًا]
O Muhammad, do you think that most of the disbelievers will listen or understand your message? (Never) They are like cattle, rather, they are even more astray and further gone.
Reference: (Surah Al-Furqan:44)
⑤ [اِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَآبِّ عِنۡدَ اللّٰہِ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا فَہُمۡ لَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ]
Indeed, the worst creatures in the sight of Allah are those who disbelieve, and they will never believe.
Reference: (Surah Al-Anfal:55)
⑥ [اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ یُحَآدُّوۡنَ اللّٰہَ وَ رَسُوۡلَہٗۤ اُولٰٓئِکَ فِی الۡاَذَلِّیۡنَ]
Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger are among the most humiliated creatures.
Reference: (Surah Al-Mujadila:20)
⑦ [قُلۡ ہَلۡ اُنَبِّئُکُمۡ بِشَرٍّ مِّنۡ ذٰلِکَ مَثُوۡبَۃً عِنۡدَ اللّٰہِ ؕ مَنۡ لَّعَنَہُ اللّٰہُ وَ غَضِبَ عَلَیۡہِ وَ جَعَلَ مِنۡہُمُ الۡقِرَدَۃَ وَ الۡخَنَازِیۡرَ وَ عَبَدَ الطَّاغُوۡتَ ؕ اُولٰٓئِکَ شَرٌّ مَّکَانًا وَّ اَضَلُّ عَنۡ سَوَآءِ السَّبِیۡلِ]
O Prophet! Say, shall I inform you of those whose end with Allah is worse than that of the sinners? (They are) those upon whom Allah has cursed, upon whom His wrath has fallen, and of whom some He transformed into apes and pigs, those who worshipped Taghut. Those are the worst in place and far astray from the right path.
Reference: (Surah Al-Ma'idah:60)
⑧ [تَبَّتۡ یَدَاۤ اَبِیۡ لَہَبٍ وَّ تَبَّ ؕ]،[مَاۤ اَغۡنٰی عَنۡہُ مَالُہٗ وَ مَا کَسَبَ ؕ]،[ سَیَصۡلٰی نَارًا ذَاتَ لَہَبٍ]،[وَّ امۡرَاَتُہٗ ؕ حَمَّالَۃَ الۡحَطَبِ]،[فِیۡ جِیۡدِہَا حَبۡلٌ مِّنۡ مَّسَدٍ]
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he. Neither his wealth nor what he earned will benefit him. He will enter to burn in a blazing fire, and his wife, the carrier of firewood, around her neck is a rope of palm fiber.
Reference: (Surah Al-Lahab:1-5)
The Disgust, Hatred, and Enmity of Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) towards the Disbelievers.
[وَ قَالَ نُوۡحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَی الۡاَرۡضِ مِنَ الۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ دَیَّارًا]،[اِنَّکَ اِنۡ تَذَرۡہُمۡ یُضِلُّوۡا عِبَادَکَ وَ لَا یَلِدُوۡۤا اِلَّا فَاجِرًا کَفَّارًا]،[رَبِّ اغۡفِرۡ لِیۡ وَ لِوَالِدَیَّ وَ لِمَنۡ دَخَلَ بَیۡتِیَ مُؤۡمِنًا وَّ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِ ؕ وَ لَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا]
Noah prayed: O Lord! Do not leave a single house of disbelievers on the earth. If You leave them, they will mislead Your servants, and their offspring will also be wicked and staunch disbelievers. O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and every person who enters my house as a believer, all the believing men and women, and increase the punishment and destruction of the wrongdoers.
Reference: (Surah Noah: 26-28)
The Disgust, Hatred, and Enmity of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) towards his Father and People.
[وَ مَا کَانَ اسۡتِغۡفَارُ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ لِاَبِیۡہِ اِلَّا عَنۡ مَّوۡعِدَۃٍ وَّعَدَہَاۤ اِیَّاہُ ۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَیَّنَ لَہٗۤ اَنَّہٗ عَدُوٌّ لِّلّٰہِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنۡہُ ؕ اِنَّ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ لَاَوَّاہٌ حَلِیۡمٌ]
And the forgiveness prayer that Ibrahim (peace be upon him) made for his father was based on the promise he had made to his father, but when it became clear to him that his father was an enemy of Allah, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) expressed disassociation from his father. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was indeed very tender-hearted and patient.
Reference: (Surah At-Tawbah:114)
[وَ اِذۡ قَالَ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمُ لِاَبِیۡہِ وَ قَوۡمِہٖۤ اِنَّنِیۡ بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ]،[اِلَّا الَّذِیۡ فَطَرَنِیۡ فَاِنَّہٗ سَیَہۡدِیۡنِ]
And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: "As for those whom you worship, I am disassociated from them. My relationship is only with the One who created me; He will guide me."
Reference: (Surah Az-Zukhruf:26-27)
Prophet Lut's (peace be upon him) disassociation, hatred, and curse towards the disbelieving people.
[قَالَ اِنِّیۡ لِعَمَلِکُمۡ مِّنَ الۡقَالِیۡنَ]۔[رَبِّ نَجِّنِیۡ وَ اَہۡلِیۡ مِمَّا یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ]
Prophet Lut said: "I am disassociated from your deeds. O my Lord! Save me and those who are with me from their actions."
Reference: (Surah Ash-Shu'ara:168-169)
Prophet Salih's (peace be upon him) disassociation and hatred towards the disbelieving people.
[فَاَخَذَتۡہُمُ الرَّجۡفَۃُ فَاَصۡبَحُوۡا فِیۡ دَارِہِمۡ جٰثِمِیۡنَ]،[ فَتَوَلّٰی عَنۡہُمۡ وَ قَالَ یٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ اَبۡلَغۡتُکُمۡ رِسَالَۃَ رَبِّیۡ وَ نَصَحۡتُ لَکُمۡ وَ لٰکِنۡ لَّا تُحِبُّوۡنَ النّٰصِحِیۡنَ]
Finally, a severe earthquake came, and the disbelievers were left lying overturned in their homes, while the righteous left their towns saying, "O my people! I have conveyed to you the message of my Lord and have been a sincere well-wisher for you, but you do not like sincere well-wishers."
Reference: (Surah Al-A'raf:78-79)
Prophet Shu'aib's (peace be upon him) disassociation and aversion from the disbelievers.
[رَبَّنَا افۡتَحۡ بَیۡنَنَا وَ بَیۡنَ قَوۡمِنَا بِالۡحَقِّ وَ اَنۡتَ خَیۡرُ الۡفٰتِحِیۡنَ]
"O our Lord! Judge between us and our people with truth. Indeed, You are the best of judges."
Reference: (Surah Al-A'raf:89)
Prophet Hud's disassociation, aversion, and detachment from polytheism.
[قَالَ اِنِّیۡۤ اُشۡہِدُ اللّٰہَ وَ اشۡہَدُوۡۤا اَنِّیۡ بَرِیۡٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِکُوۡنَ]
Hud said: "I bear witness to Allah, and you bear witness, that I am certainly disassociated from the shirk (polytheism) you commit."
Reference: (Surah Hud:54)
Prophet Musa's (peace be upon him) disassociation, aversion, and enmity towards the disbelievers.
[وَ قَالَ مُوۡسٰی رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّکَ اٰتَیۡتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَ مَلَاَہٗ زِیۡنَۃً وَّ اَمۡوَالًا فِی الۡحَیٰوۃِ الدُّنۡیَا ۙ رَبَّنَا لِیُضِلُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِیۡلِکَ ۚ رَبَّنَا اطۡمِسۡ عَلٰۤی اَمۡوَالِہِمۡ وَ اشۡدُدۡ عَلٰی قُلُوۡبِہِمۡ فَلَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡا حَتّٰی یَرَوُا الۡعَذَابَ الۡاَلِیۡمَ]
Moses prayed, "O our Lord! Indeed, You have given Pharaoh and his chiefs splendor and wealth in the life of this world. O Lord! Is it so that they may lead people astray from Your way? O Lord! Destroy their wealth and seal their hearts so that they do not believe until they see the painful punishment."
Reference: (Surah Yunus:88)
The Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) disassociation, hatred, and enmity towards disbelievers and polytheists.
[عن ابی مسعود رضی اللہ عنہ قال النبی ﷺ: (اللهم أعني عليهم بسبع كسبع يوسف)( اللهم عليك بأبي جهل)]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) prayed against the polytheists of Makkah: O Allah! Help me by sending upon them a seven-year famine like the seven years of famine of Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him). He also said: O Allah! Destroy Abu Jahl.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari: 4774-240
[عن عمر بن الخطاب، أنه سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، يقول: لأخرجن اليهود، والنصارى من جزيرة العرب حتى لا أدع إلا مسلما]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave anyone here except Muslims.
Reference: Sahih Muslim: 1767
[عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما، أنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أخرجوا المشركين من جزيرة العرب، وأجيزوا الوفد بنحو ما كنت أجيزهم]
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula, but host their delegations just as I have been doing.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari: 3053
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)'s love and friendship for the believers, and his aversion, hatred, and enmity towards the disbelievers.
[عن عطاء، أنه سمع عبيد بن عمير، يؤثر عن عمر بن الخطاب، في القنوت: «اللهم اغفر للمؤمنين والمؤمنات، والمسلمين والمسلمات، وألف بين قلوبهم، وأصلح ذات بينهم، وانصرهم على عدوك وعدوهم، اللهم العن الكفرة أهل الكتاب الذين يكذبون رسلك، ويقاتلون أولياءك، اللهم خالف بين كلمهم، وزلزل أقدامهم، وأنزل بهم بأسك الذي لا ترده عن القوم المجرمين،]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ata, may Allah have mercy on him, that he heard Ubaid bin Umair, may Allah have mercy on him, mentioning that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, supplicated in Qunoot: O Allah! Forgive the believing men and believing women, the Muslim men and Muslim women, place affection in their hearts and reconcile them among themselves. Help them against their common enemy, O Allah! Curse those disbelievers among the People of the Book who deny Your Messengers and fight against Your friends, O Allah! Cause discord among them, make their steps falter, and send upon them a punishment that You do not turn away from the guilty people.
Reference: Mukhtasar Qiyam al-Layl, al-Marwazi:321
