{"id":6654,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/the-people-of-the-book\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:20:53","slug":"the-people-of-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/the-people-of-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Of The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I have a question about Jews and Christians. Are Jews and Christians really the Qur\u2019anic &#8220;<em>ahl al-kitab<\/em>  (the People of the book)&#8221;? The reason I am asking this question is that  I have a friend who says that the Jews are different from &#8220;the People  of the book&#8221;. He even says that Roman Catholics cannot be amongst the  People of the Book. There are many Christians who worship Jesus\u2019 Statue  which is even against the teachings of the Bible. He even claims that we  cannot eat meal with Christians. I believe that is true but how does it  put them outside: &#8220;the People of the Book&#8221; (<em>Ahl al<\/em>-k<em>itab<\/em>)? Please throw some light on this?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>What  makes the Jews and the Christians the People of the Book is the fact  that they claim to be the followers of the Israelite Prophets (sws) who  were basically the true Prophets of God. The Qur\u2019an makes it clear that  the Jews and the Christians do not follow the true teachings of God as  taught by the Divine Messengers yet it accepts their status as the  People of the Book. It is thus the claim from these groups that they are  the followers of God that makes them the People of the Book and not the  fact that they are truly following those books. The Qur\u2019an itself says  that if they followed books they would have recognized the last  Messenger and the Last Book and would have followed it. The Qur\u2019an  frequently referred to the Jews and the Christians by this appellation. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-02-20<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6654\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question about Jews and Christians. Are Jews and Christians really the Qur\u2019anic &#8220;<em>ahl al-kitab<\/em>  (the People of the book)&#8221;? The reason I am asking this question is that  I have a friend who says that the Jews are different from &#8220;the People  of the book&#8221;. He even says that Roman Catholics cannot be amongst the  People of the Book. There are many Christians who worship Jesus\u2019 Statue  which is even against the teachings of the Bible. He even claims that we  cannot eat meal with Christians. I believe that is true but how does it  put them outside: &#8220;the People of the Book&#8221; (<em>Ahl al<\/em>-k<em>itab<\/em>)? 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I ask this question in light of two verses of the Qur'an that in my limited knowledge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Dietary Directives&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Dietary Directives","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/category\/dietary-directives\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6582,"url":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/are-non-muslims-kaafir\/","url_meta":{"origin":6654,"position":4},"title":"Are Non-Muslims Kaafir","author":"admin","date":"July 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This question is regarding a Youtube link (http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1ioqkDE3PRk) addressed by Mr. Shezad Saleem about friendship with Christians. I want you to please explain to me that what does he mean by determining Jews and Christians as 'kafirs'?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Political Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Political Issues","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/category\/political-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RELIGIONS.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RELIGIONS.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RELIGIONS.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RELIGIONS.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6066,"url":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/christians-in-the-quran\/","url_meta":{"origin":6654,"position":5},"title":"Christians In The Qur&#8217;an","author":"admin","date":"July 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"You seem to believe that in its condemnation of the Christians the Qur\u2019an only refers to the Christians of Arabia of the time of the Holy Prophet. These verses have no relevance to the Christians that had preceded them or to the ones that came afterwards. I want to ask:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Qur'an&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Qur'an","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/category\/quran\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Queries.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgh6ci-1Jk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}