Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Does Islam forbid friendship with non-Muslims?

“Maulana, there is a verse in the Quran that says: 'O you who believe, take not as friends the people who incur the wrath of Allah.' Most Muslims use this Quranic reference against non-Muslims. Does Islam really order Muslims not to take Jews and Christians as their friends?”Asked by انوار خان, جموں رجوری

He answers at 59:19 in Pillars of Western Thought · 1 min 23 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:19
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai jammu rajouri se anwar khan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, der is a verse in the quran which says: o you who believe, take not as friends the people who incur the wrath of allah." maulana sahab, my question is that mostly muslims use this quranic reference against the non muslims. my question is: does islam really order muslims to not take jews and christians as their friends? nahin, yeh bilkul galat istemal karte hain. yeh contemporary logon ke bare mein hai. rasool allah se jo log ladai kar rahe the, un ke bare mein hai. yeh koi community wise hukm nahin hai ke jo community hai, uska hukm hamesha ke liye ho gaya.
1:00:08
hamesha ke liye aap aisa samjhein un ko. yeh sirf woh log jo rasool allah ke zamane mein, madni daur mein aap ke contemporary the, un ke bare mein yeh aayatein hain. bas ya isi tarah ke halaat agar dobara paida hon. aaj to woh halaat hain hi nahin. aaj to musalmani sab se zyada ladai chide hue hain. aaj ki jo community hai, woh is ke hukm mein nahin aati. yeh bohat hi zyada, yaani, jisarat ki baat hai. agla sawal dilli se hai. jami ul qatra sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "hadith qudsi ki wazahat kari
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