The truth about loving one's countrySalaf-us-Salih HomepageThe truth about the hadith :"Love of One's Country is Part of Faith (Iman)."Al-Sanani and others have called this hadith a fabrication.  Commenting onthis hadith, Al-Albani wrote, "Its meaning is not justifiable for love ofone's country is like love of oneself or wealth, and so on.  All of thisis something natural for humans and it is neither praiseworthy nor part offaith.  Do you not see all people have such a love without their being anydifference between believers and disbelievers?" [Silsilat al=Ahadithal-Dhaifaih, Beirut al-Maktab al-Islami, 1398 AH, 1/55, hadith #36]This hadith is sometimes quoted by people to defend their zeal for theircountry.  The fact is that a person's love for his country or peopleshould be based on the teachings of Islam and what Allah loves or hates.If a person's country or people is disobeying Allah and refusing to followthe teachings of Allah, then the person himself should dislike his peopleor country for their displeasing of Allah.  This is one of the fundamentalaspects of Islam and comes under the category of al-wala wal-bara.Al-Bashir, Sept-Oct, 1994

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