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Ali 'Imran, verse 118

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

You who believe, do not take for your intimates such outsiders as spare no effort to ruin you and want to see you suffer: their hatred is evident from their mouths, but what their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made Our revelations clear for you; will you not use your reason?

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Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very best to confuse, oppose, and harm the believers any way they can by using any wicked, evil means at their disposal. They wish the very worst and most difficult conditions for the believers. Allah said, لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ (Take not as (your) Bitanah those other than your own)…

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