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How can one respond to a post by someone who claims to be a "liberal Muslim" and contains several questions and criticisms of the Prophet of Islam, such as not congratulating Christians on their holidays, visiting a sick Jew and his conversion to Islam, the phrase "our Christian brothers," the impermissibility of a Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim, the expulsion of Jews from Medina, the prohibition of wearing a gold ring, the hadith "Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it," Surat Al-Kafirun, and Abu Bakr's fighting of the apostates, all while citing prophetic hadiths?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The author is not a liberal; rather, he intended to criticize liberalism in a manner that highlights its contradiction with Islam, by presenting the words of extremist liberals as if they were addressing the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He discussed issues such as love for the sake of Allah and hatred for His sake, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the fact that Islam is the true religion, aiming to underscore the differences between them. However, criticizing liberalism in this way is impermissible because it might suggest to the reader that the author adopts these ideas, and because he presents misconceptions without refuting them, which could mislead others.

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