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Mu’mins and Kafirs Are Equal Under Three Circumstances

Mu’mins and Kafirs Are Equal Under Three Circumstances
 

Hazrat Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) said;

“Allah has not given superiority to a Mu’min in three circumstances.

First, to return what has been entrusted to you for safe keeping whether it belongs to a Mu’min or a Kafir.

Second, fulfilling an oath, whether given to a Mu’min or a Kafir. Third, doing good to the parents, whether they be Mu’min or Kafir.”

(al-Kāfi)

A letter on various aspects of Islamic Shari’a, written by Hazrat Imam Riďa (a.s.) to Mamun, include the following:

“Benevolence to parents is Wajib even if both of them are ‘Mushrik’. However obedience to parents is not Wajib if their order is against the orders of the Creator.”

(Uyūn al-Akhbar ar-Riďa)

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