Suhaib Webb – Engaging Religious Communities- Insights from Early Muslims – SEO

So I wanted to share some information with

you about how the early Muslims, particularly in

Egypt, where I lived,

for 7 years,

engaged,

other religious communities. We know the Quran

specifically

grants people the right to believe in whatever

they want to believe in. Allah says

whoever wants to believe, let them believe. What

else did disbelieve, let them disbelieve.

Allah says, There's no compulsion in religion. You're

not allowed to force somebody into religion. And

even

even though the message is harsh

and it is a prophetic reminder to those

people to turn to Allah and

I'm not going to worship what you worship.

And you, you're not going to worship what

I worship. That's what it is. That's just

how it is.

And we find in our books of theology,

the predominant opinion is that no one can

be forced to become Muslim but people become

Muslim the first obligation

is the to think

freely.

That's why we have a great axiom

that freedom comes before Sharia.

That freedom is before tawhid. The mind has

to accept

and the heart has to digest and the

limbs have to submit.