There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion.

There is no need for coercion in religion, because coercion is only based on a matter whose effects are vague. As for this religion, it is clear and good, so the wise shall willingly choose it.

Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :

{ There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt1 and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. }

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It is impermissible to take allies from those who ridicule of our religion.

Allah has commanded us not to take those who used to mock the religion as allies, the believers should be vigilant and beware of them. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { O you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the d...

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Treating them kindly

Do not blame them for the harm, but rather pardon and forgive, for that is a kind of charity. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hardened. They distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were remi...

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Do they seek with them honor?

It is prohibited to seek the honor with a non-Muslim. He is a human being like you so it is illogic to abandon Allah the source of honor and seek it from a disbeliever. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment - Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of...

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The wise treatment

If the believer wants to face the anger of a non-Muslim, he must increase in kindness, so the non-Muslim grows more angry. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it.1 And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alo...

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Be cautious

If the wise Muslim is to mix with the non Muslim, then he may not let the non-Muslim be aware of his secrets. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves [i.e., believers], for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has a...

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Dealing justly with the people

Allah told us that there is a difference in the treatment of those who want to fight us and those who do not, so there is nothing wrong with righteousness and good treatment with those who did not fight us. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expe...

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اللغة

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion.