{"id":5984,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/waging-war-against-the-disbelievers\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:27:06","slug":"waging-war-against-the-disbelievers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/waging-war-against-the-disbelievers\/","title":{"rendered":"Waging War Against The Disbelievers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>The following Hadith states that we should fight people (which I presume refers to disbelievers): <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>I  have been directed to fight against these people until they testify to  the oneness of God and to the prophethood of Muhammad, establish the  prayer and pay <em>zak\u0101h<\/em>. (<em>Muslim<\/em>,No:22)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>So are we required to kill all disbelievers? <\/div>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>This  inference is not correct. As explained by Ghamidi, people who  deliberately reject the Messengers of God are punished in this world for  this denial. While the polytheists among them are put to death the  monotheists among them are subjugated into a life of submission.<\/p>\n<div>This  Hadith actually refers to the punishment that would be meted out to the  polytheists of Arabia if they refuse to accept faith. In the usage of  the Qur\u2019an these are called the <em>mushrik\u016bn<\/em>. 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If they testify to  the oneness of God and to the fact that Muhammad is his servant and  prophet, establish our prayer and face our <em>qiblah<\/em> [while  praying], and eat our slaughtered animals, their life and wealth we  shall hold sacred except if they commit some violation.\u201d (<em>Nas\u0101\u2019\u012b<\/em>: No: 3966)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Dr. Shehzad Saleem<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-18<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5984\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following Hadith states that we should fight people (which I presume refers to disbelievers): <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>I  have been directed to fight against these people until they testify to  the oneness of God and to the prophethood of Muhammad, establish the  prayer and pay <em>zak\u0101h<\/em>. 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