Who are the Disbelievers?

Anyone who disbelieves in the complete truthfulness of The Qur'an or
even one single ayat (verse) from the Qur'an, is a disbeliever and is
not abrother or sister to themuslims.
Often as Muslims, we do not fully understand verses, butthat is not
the same as disbelief. If, however, we deny the truth of what is
plain, or claim disbelief or corruption in any ayat of the Qur'an, we
are calling the Words of Allah, swt, a lie and are in disbelief,
thereby nullifying our Islam, i.e. becoming disbelievers.
The Noble Qur'an Al-Maa'idah 5:86
But those who disbelieved and belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they shall be the dwellers
of the (Hell) Fire.
The Noble Qur'an Al-'Imraan 3:85
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm,it will never be
accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.
In addition, Ibn Taimiyah said, "[The following is] a disbeliever:
Whoever believes that churches are the houses of Allaah in which He is
worshipped or who thinks that what the Jewsand Christians do are valid
acts of worship of Allaah and obedience to Him and His Messenger, or
loves or approves of what they do, or aids them in having such places
and establishing their religion, and he does so thinking that is a way
of getting closer to Allaah or worshipping Allaah." He also stated,
"Ifsomeone believes that visiting the Jews and the Christians in their
places of worship is an act that brings him closer to Allaah, then he
is an apostate."
Sect or Denomination?
The call to unity of religions is made by two types of people:
1. Those who are muslims and have formed a sect
Those Muslims whose intentions are to follow the Qur'an and Sunnah
ofthe Prophet saaws and the salaf, know better than to divide
themselvesinto a sect (a dissenting or schismatic religious body;
especially one regarded as extreme or heretical).
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"And this Ummah will divide into seventy-three sects all of which
except one will go to Hell and they (i.e. the Saved Sect) are those
who are upon what I and My Companions areupon (i.e. those who follow
My Way and the Way of my Companions.)" [Reported by at-Tirmidhee -
Hasan]
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"Verily those before you from among the People of the Book splitinto
seventy-two sects and verily this religion .. . ", and in another
narration, " . . . this Ummah will split into seventy-three sects:
seventy-two will be in the Fire and one in Paradise and that is
theJamaa'ah." [Reported by Abu Daawood - Sahih]
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The Noble Qur'an 6:159
Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all
kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad SAW) have no concern in
them in the least. Their affair is only with Allâh, Who then will tell
them whatthey used to do.
2. Certain denominations of Non-muslims
Of these non-muslims, there are:
A. Certain christian groups and other religions
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The Noble Qur'an 2:120 - Never will the Jews nor the Christians be
pleased with you (O Muhammad Peace be upon him) till you follow their
religion. ...
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The Noble Qur'an 68:9 - They wish that you should compromise (in
religion out of courtesy) with them, so they (too) would compromise
with you.
B. People who call themselves Muslims but associate partners with
Allah, swt. These people are kaffirs because they nullify their
professment of"Laa ilaha ilAllah" through major shirk .
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Anyone who has a fundamental belief thata man named Elijah Muhammad
came as a Messenger after Prophet Muhammad, saaws, is not a Muslim.
Neither is anyone who believes that a man named Mohammed Fard was God.
People who hold such beliefs do not have a minhaj (methodology) for
making determinationsin faith that is based onQur'an and Sunnah.

Are Jews our brothers?

Hadith - Sahih Muslim
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "By the One in whose hand my
soul is, no Jew or Christian of this community hears about me - that
is from the community of people from the time of the Prophet (peace be
upon him) until the Day of Judgement - and then does not follow me -
or he said does not believe in what I brought - except that he is from
theinhabitants of the Hell-fire."
The Noble Qur'an - Al-Baqarah 2:75
Do you (faithful believers) covet that theywill believe in your
religion inspite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used
to hear the Word of Allâh [the Taurât (Torah)], thenthey used to
change it knowingly after they understood it?

Are Christians our Brothers?

The misguided believe that because Christiansbelieve in God, that they
are believers and hence the brothers of Muslims. Yes, they are
believers... in something... but not in Islamic Monotheism. When the
Qur'an refersto the believers, it means believers in tawheed (Islamic
monotheism), specifically the belief in "La ilaha ilAllah, Muhammad
ar-Rasool-Allah" .
To be a muslim, one must testify "La ilaha ilAllah, Muhammad
ar-Rasool-Allah" . While Christians claim to believe in one God alone,
at the same time, they also worship Jesus as God's god-like child.
Doing so nullifies an individual's confessionof "La ilaha ilAllah,
Muhammad ar-Rasool-Allah" . The act of worship in both its major and
minor forms, should be reserved for Allah, swt,alone.
If a Muslim abandons his salah , he nullifies his Islam and becomes a
kaffir (disbeliever). Surely the non-Muslims, who obviously don't even
make salah, are already kuffaar (disbelievers, plural of kaffir ).
Please note that abandonment is not necessarily the same as neglecting
a single salah. For example, if a husband walks outside his house, he
has not necessarily abandoned his family; he may have just been going
to the store and has intentions of returning . A Muslim who neglects
to do salah is in kufr (the state of disbelief) until returning to
salah, andneglecting it to the point of abandonment makes him a
kaffir. Allahu Alim as to whenthe sin changes from that of neglect to
complete abandonment. Keep in mind: you do not want to die in a state
of kufr,so fear Allah, swt, and be faithful in your salah.
Hadith - Related by Ahmad, Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, anNasa'i andIbn Majah
Buraidah reported that the Prophet said, "The pact between us and them
is prayer. Whoever abandons it is adisbeliever."
The Noble Qur'an 5:17
Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allâh isthe Messiah, son of
Maryam (Mary). Say (O Muhammad ):"Who then has the least power against
Allâh, if Hewere to destroy the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), his
mother, and all those who are on the earth together?" And to Allâh
belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between them. He creates what He wills. And Allâh is Able to do all
things.
The Noble Qur'an 5:73
Surely, disbelievers are those who said: "Allâh is the third of the
three (in a Trinity)." But there is no ilâh (god) (none who has the
right to be worshipped) but One Ilâh(God -Allâh). And if they cease
not from what theysay, verily, a painful torment will befall the
disbelievers among them.
They remain as people of the Book since a Book was revealed to their
respective Prophets. Whoever says he is a believer in their Books,
even in their altered forms, is from the People of the Book. Any
Christian or Jew who dissociates himself from his respective Book and
denies it, cannot be considered as being from the People of the Book.
On the other hand, Allah, the All-Wise and All-Just, legislated
certain guidelines that define certain relationships between the
Muslims and the People of the Book. Amongst such relations, is
marriage to the 'afeefah (chaste) women of them, eating their lawfully
slaughtered meat, etc. Such distinctions do not make them true
believers in Allah.
Shaykh-ul-Islaam ibn Taymeeyah commented on the following aayaat
(verse, proof from the Qur'an):
The Noble Qur'an 98:1
Those who disbelieve from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and
Christians) and among Al-Mushrikûn, were not going to leave (their
disbelief) until there came to them clear evidence.
The Noble Qur'an 3:20
So if they dispute with you (Muhammad ) say: "I have submitted myself
to Allâh (in Islâm), and (so have) those who follow me." And say to
those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) andto those
who are illiterates (Arab pagans):"Do you (also) submit yourselves (to
Allâh in Islâm)?" If they do, they are rightly guided; but if they
turn away, your duty is only to convey theMessage; and Allâh is
All-Seer of (His) slaves.
He said, "And other aayaat like those above address those who exist
[i.e.from the Jews, Christians, and mushrikeen ]. The Scripture that
is referred to is the Book in their hands in whichalterations and
abrogations were carried out, and does not refer to those who held to
the Scriptures before they were altered and abrogated,because they
were not kuffaar then. Also, they were not [the ones being addressed]
by the Qur'aan as "you People of the Book," because they died before
the Qur'aan wasrevealed. So, all those who believe in the existing
Books [alteredand abrogated], are from the "People of the Book," and
they are kuffaar because they hold to altered and abrogated Books, and
they are, like all other kuffaar , in Hell forever, although Allah,
the Exalted, commanded that they pay jizyah * and made it permissible
to eat their food and marry their women." [Quoted in Majmoo'
Al-Fataawaa, vol. 35, pp. 227-228.]
*Jizyah is a head-tax imposed by Islam on the People of the Book and
other people who have arevealed book when theylive under Muslim rule,
wherein they and their properties and wealth are protected.

The Call for the Unity ofReligions is a False and Dangerous Call

The Noble Quran 3:67
Ibrâhim (Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true
Muslim Hanifa (Islâmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allâh Alone)
and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn.
Hadith - Saheeh Muslim, vol. 1, no. 284
"By Him (Allah) in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, there is none from
amongst the Jews and the Christians (of these present nations) who
hears about me and thendies without believing in the Message with
which Ihave been sent (i.e. tawheed), but he will be from the dwellers
of the (Hell) Fire."
The Noble Quran 4:89
They wish that you rejectFaith, as they have rejected (Faith), and
thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ'
(protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of
Allâh (to Muhammad SAW). But if they turn back (from Islâm), take
(hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither
Auliyâ' (protectors or friends) nor helpers fromthem.
Narration - Ibn Taymeeyah in Al-Jawaabus-Saheeh Liman Baddala
Deenal-Maseeh (The Correct Response for those who Altered the Religion
of 'Eessa) [Riyaadh, KSA: Daarul 'Aasimah, 1414/1993] vol. 2, pp.
212-213.
"As to whether Jews and Christians of our times are from the People of
the Book or not, one firstshould understand what the term "People of
the Book" means. It means that original Books were revealed to their
prophets, Musa and 'Eessa, respectively. When they held to the
beliefs of 'Eessa and Musa, they were not kuffaar . However, when
they continued to believein the altered and abrogated forms of
theseBooks and commit shirk , they because kuffaar, even though they
are stillreferred to as "People of the Book". Allah knew they would
alter the Books and warned them against that. He, saaws, still refers
to themin the Qur'an as "People of The Book," and clearly states that
they have committed kufr and deviated from the path of tawheed which
their prophets called them to adhere to."
The Noble Qur'an 3:85
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm,it will never be
accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.
The People of The Book, who later accept the revelation of The Qur'an
as the final revelation and believe in Islamic monotheism(tawheed),
are promised a double reward.
Hadith - Bukhari and Muslim, vol. 4, no. 255, p. 158.
It has been confirmed that the Prophet said: "Three persons will get
their reward twice [i.e. a double reward]. [One is] a person who has
a slave girl and he educates her properly and teacher her good manners
properly [without violence] and then manumits and marries her. Such a
person will get a double reward. [Another is] a believer from the
People of the Scriptures who hasbeen a true believer [in his Prophet
], and then he believes in the Prophet [Muhammad ]. Such a person
will receive a double reward. [The third is] a slave man who observes
Allah's rights and is sincere to his master [and observes therights of
his master]. "
The Noble Qur'an 5:82
Verily, you will find the strongest among men in enmity to the
believers (Muslims) the Jews and those who are Al-Mushrikûn (see
V.2:105), and you will find the nearest in love to the believers
(Muslims)those who say: "We are Christians." That is because amongst
them are priests and monks, and they are not proud.