Comments on: Can I Initiate the Greetings of Peace to People of Other Faiths? https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/ Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Adam https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/#comment-8413 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:08:01 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/?p=2600#comment-8413 Salaam brothers and sisters

I have read how some scholars have interpreted that we should not make friends with the Jews and Christians based on the Quran 5:51.

What does that mean exactly? If someone can clarify for me that’d be great.

Jaza K’Allah khair

]]> By: Claudia https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/#comment-8412 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/?p=2600#comment-8412 Shukran jazeelan ya akhi, I found the fatwa you mentioned.

]]> By: J https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/#comment-8411 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:00:31 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/?p=2600#comment-8411 Wa alaykum as-salam, Sister Claudia.

There is a fatwa on IslamToday.com which also supports this fatwa. Try searching for it there. It’s entitled “Salams is not only a greeting for muslims”, or something along those lines. That fatwa was approved by Shaykh Salman Al-Oudah, a very prominent Saudi Salafi scholar.

Fi Aman Allah.

]]> By: Claudia https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/#comment-8410 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:30:49 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/?p=2600#comment-8410 As-salam,

I’m doing a research on fatwas related to greetings between muslims and non-muslims, and if it’s possible, I would like to have the full reference of this fatwa. I tried to search on the web, but did not found…

I fully agree with you realist, it might be very hard for someone to always put the Quran verses and the Hadiths in the context that would enable us to fully understand it… Through studying Islam and doing this homework, I came to realize how exegesis are important and how, without it, someone might misinterpret what is written…

Thank you!

]]> By: realist https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/can-i-initiate-the-greetings-of-peace-to-people-of-other-faiths-answered-by-the-egyptian-house-of-fatwa/#comment-8409 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:55:32 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/?p=2600#comment-8409 Salam

Jazak Allah. I think one problem we have is that there are lot of tafsirs out there available to the common man, where we can see the exact context of any Quranic ayat. But it’s very hard for the common man to find the exact context of hadith like this. We all know the huge importance of finding the context for Quranic ayats, but many of us will find a single hadith like this, ignore the context, and then think its the be all and end all.

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