Faith IQ – Can I Be Loyal To My Country And Be A Good Muslim

			Is it possible to be loyal to one's country and the good Muslim?
		

			Absolutely, as long as that loyalty to your country does not blind you to the higher ideal, the fact
of the matter is our unconditional loyalty must be to our Creator. But after that we can be loyal to
our mothers, our fathers, our, our societies, our countries, as long as that loyalty does not
conflict with loyalty to Allah subhana wa Tada. Now, Allah says in the Quran, if your mother forces
you to worship an idol, Allah says, Don't listen to her. Don't listen to her. Now your loyalties are
conflicted. You're not allowed to listen to your mother, but Allah still says, treat her with
goodness and kindness. So if your country is doing something wrong, don't participate in that wrong,
		

			speak out against it, try your best to change it. But it doesn't mean you have to change your
citizenship because of one crime or one sin. Otherwise there will be no country in the world that
you can go live in. So speak out if you're able to, if you can't hate it in your heart, do not
participate in any evil, but your ultimate loyalty must always be to Allah. Every other loyalty is
conditional. As long as the loyalty to Allah is not challenged. You may be loyal to any other
person, as long as that loyalty does not challenge your loyalty to Allah subhana wa Tada.