The following is from the draft translation of the Fiqh masterpiece 'The Islamic Personality, Volume 2' by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. The believer's befriending the disbelievers The Supreme (swt) said: لا يتخذ المؤمنون الكافرين أولياء من دون المؤمنين ومن يفعل ذلك فليس من الله في شيء إلاّ أن تَتّقوا منهم تُقاة ويحذّركم الله نفسه وإلى الله المصير “ Let not the believers take the disbelievers as friends instead of believers, and whoever does that is not of Allah in anything except if you fear from them something to be feared. And Allah warns you against Himself and to Allah is the return ” [Translation of the meaning of the Qur'an 3:28]. Ya’qub and Sahl recite it as ( taqiyyah ) which is the recitation of Al-Hasan and Mujahid, while the rest (recite it) as ( tuqat ). It is said in Al-Qamus Al-Muheet : ‘( At-tawqiyya ) is ( al-kalau ) and protection. I do ( taqa ) something and I did ( taqa ) it and do ( taqi ) it ( taqa ) and he ( taqi ) it ( tiqa ) like
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