Is it permissible to love Christians while hating their distorted religion, and if not, then how is it permissible to marry their women given the existence of affection and love between spouses?
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Loving and befriending disbelievers is of degrees, three of which pertain to a specific disbeliever:
1. Befriending and loving a disbeliever for his disbelief: This is an act of disbelief (kufr). 2. Loving him, showing him affection, and honoring him solely for worldly reasons: This is forbidden and a reprehensible type of befriending. 3. Showing him affection and kindness due to kinship or for a favor he rendered, in the case of non-combatants: This is permissible, provided that the hatred for his state of disbelief remains.
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