Combining the Command to Fight and the Taking of Jizyah
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan an-Nasa'i 3983Sahih (Darussalam), with his command (peace and blessings be upon him) to take jizyah (the tax on protected non-Muslims) from the disbelievers?
The Shaykh:
What? How do you reconcile it?
The questioner:
Between the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan an-Nasa'i 3983Sahih (Darussalam), and what was reported of his command (peace and blessings be upon him) to take jizyah from the disbelievers,
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is specific, not general, until they testify that this is general. The taking of jizyah from those from whom it was taken from the disbelievers was taken from the Jews and the Christians.[At-Tawbah 9:29] from those who were given the Book, and they are only the Jews and the Christians. Yes. As for others, they are fought until they say, "There is no god but Allah." The Jews and the Christians say, "There is no god but Allah," but they refused to follow Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness to La ilaha illallah
أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا اللهThe Shaykh:
What? How do you reconcile it?
The questioner:
Between the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness to La ilaha illallah
أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا اللهThe Shaykh:
Yes, this is specific, not general, until they testify that this is general. The taking of jizyah from those from whom it was taken from the disbelievers was taken from the Jews and the Christians.
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الجمع بين قول النبي «أُمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله» الحديث، وبين أمره... — youtube.com
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