If today there is a jew or a christian who believes in Alaah and that he has no partner. He believes in the prophethood of the Messenger of Allaah . But he does not rule by the Qur'aan even though he accepts it as being from Allaah, but he deems it permissible to rule by the original torah. Is he a muslim. This needs a quick response if you can , for dawah purposes. Jazak Allaahu Khair.
Praise be to Allah.We sent this question to our
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Barraak, who replied as follows:
Among
the basic principles of faith are Belief in all the Books that have been
revealed from Allaah, and belief in all the Messengers. These two
principles include belief in the noblest of Books, which is the Qur’aan,
and the best of the Messengers, namely Muhammad
(peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him), the Seal of the Messengers and the Messenger of
Allaah to all of mankind from the time when Allaah sent him until the time
when the Hour will begin. Every person from every nation must believe in
him and follow him and rule by his sharee’ah (laws). Whoever claims to
believe in him and in the Qur’aan, but does not rule according to it or
follow him in everything that he brought and believe everything he told
us, is not a Muslim or a believer. If he dies like this then he will be
one of the people of Hell. If he claims to believe in Allaah Alone, with
no partner or associate, and in all the Messengers, belief in the
Messenger and in the Qur’aan does not only mean believing that they are
true, without following them and ruling according to what they say. Many
of the Mushrikeen believed in the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) in their hearts, and there were those who
believed in him in their hearts and in the words they spoke, but this did
not benefit them at all, like his uncle Abu Taalib. This belief did not
help them at all when they insisted on not following. Similarly, the Jews
and Christians who knew himas
they knew their sons, and who admitted that they believed in the Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but this knowledge and
belief did not benefit them at all when they refused to follow him. They
were kaafirs and Allaah decreed their blood and their wealth to be
permissible for His Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him), so he fought them, and Allaah caused him to prevail over them, and
His religion to prevail over all other religions. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
“It is He Who has sent His
Messenger (Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) with
guidance and the religion of truth (islam), to make it superior over all
religions, even though the Mushrikoon (polytheists, pagans, idolaters,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah) hate (it).” [al-Tawbah 9:33]
So
every Jew and Christian has to enter the religion of Islam which Allaah
revealed to His Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), because the Message of Muhammad is the final Message, which
abrogates the previous religions. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
“And whoever seeks a
religion other than islam, it will never be accepted of him” [Aal
‘Imraan 3:85]
According
to a saheeh hadeeth: “By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad,
there is no one among this ummah, Jew or Christian, who hears of me than
dies without believing in that with which I have been sent, but he will be
one of the people of Hellfire.” (Reported by Muslim, 218).
On
this basis, the religion of any Jew or Christian will not be correct
unless he believes in the sharee’ah of Islam and adheres to the rulings
of the Holy Qur’aan. The Qur’aan is Muhaymin (i.e., it
testifies to the truth that is in the previous scriptures and exposes the
falsehood that has been added to them), and it abrogates the previous
Books. The Tawraat (Torah) and Injeel (Gospel) have been abrogated and
have been changed and altered. And Allaah knows best.