The Ruling on One Who Fights in the Ranks of the Christians Against the Muslims
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is the one who fights in the ranks of the Christians against the Muslims declared a disbeliever, and is it permissible to kill him?
Answer:
If he was forced, if he was forced, then he is excused; they took him by force and they went out with him. But if he went out with them of his own free will, then the severe warning applies to him, as came regarding the Muslims who remained in Makkah and did not emigrate. When the polytheists went out for the Battle of Badr, they took them along. When the Muslims and the disbelievers met, these were killed.
The Muslims were in the ranks of the disbelievers, so Allah the Exalted revealed:[An-Nisa 4:97]? They did not say, "Your faith and your religion." They said, "Regarding what you were with, you were with them." They said, "We were the weak ones on the earth, and..." What did they say? This is the argument of weakness. Was not the earth of Allah spacious? Were you prevented from emigrating? Was not [An-Nisa 4:97] This is a warning from Allah. We do not say that they became disbelievers, but we say that these people committed a major sin among the major sins. Allah warns them of Hellfire, may Allah protect us from it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is the one who fights in the ranks of the Christians against the Muslims declared a disbeliever, and is it permissible to kill him?
Answer:
If he was forced, if he was forced, then he is excused; they took him by force and they went out with him. But if he went out with them of his own free will, then the severe warning applies to him, as came regarding the Muslims who remained in Makkah and did not emigrate. When the polytheists went out for the Battle of Badr, they took them along. When the Muslims and the disbelievers met, these were killed.
The Muslims were in the ranks of the disbelievers, so Allah the Exalted revealed:
Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?"
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْthe earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.
أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يكفر من قاتل مع النصار ضد المسلمين؟ وهل يجوز قتله؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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