Concern: Some ulema are seen going to and backing interfaith events. Is an interfaith conference legitimate, right and halaal in our dien? Please discuss this as well-known South African maulanas participate in, provide talks, and so on at such conferences.

Response: Interfaith is condemned by Allah Ta’ala in the Qur’ an Majeed. The Ulama-e-Haq echo this displeasure of Allah Ta’ala. Scholars going to and often visiting interfaith conferences are incorrect. Their going to such wicked conferences in which KUFR is dinned into their ears and the audience’ ears is Haraam.

Excuses made by such scholars to validate their going to interfaith conferences are incredibly lightweight and delicate– weaker than a spider web! The points utilized by scholars who authorize and participate in interfaith conferences are more politically associated. To provide their approval an Islamic flavour, some ‘Islamic’ points are utilized/ misused as their evidence. Nevertheless, such evidence of theirs are extremely weak, turned down and are quickly destroyed by the Ulama-e-Haq.

Their typical motto of ‘ co-existing’ and ‘ Islamophobia’ is mindboggling. In the time of Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), the Kuffaar concerned use Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) a kind of a contract which for understanding functions, we will call it ‘interfaith’. Their dream was that Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) stops speaking ill of their religious beliefs, gods, and so on. This is precisely what takes place in an interfaith– no member of any religious beliefs can slam or is permitted to slam another member’s religious beliefs! Surah Kaafiroon was exposed in order to ditch such ridiculous arrangements (‘ interfaith’).

Relating to the motto of ‘Islamophobia’, the life of Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) right away after Nubuwwat in Makkah Mukarramah is the counterclaim for this motto. Absolutely nothing of Islam was allowed honestly in Makkah Mukarramah. Not even Salaah in the Haram Shareef! The honourable Sahaabah (Radhiyallahu anhum) who had actually simply accepted Islam, would privately participate in lessons gaining from Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) by disappearing silently into a house called ‘Darul-Arqam’. There, Islam was gained from Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

Neither did Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), nor any senior Sahaabi state that because there’s much ‘Islamophobia’ let’s set up an interfaith for the Kuffar to see that our Deen preaches peace, and so on. And neither existed any such idea of setting up a kind of an interfaith conference hallucinated by anybody in Madinah Munawwarah, regardless of numerous Jihaad exhibits occurred because Golden age!

Interfaith is a bait of Shaitaan to take one’s Imaan! Do not be caught by this bait where one will run the risk of losing one’s Imaan!

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