What is the ruling on the statement that jihad is not needed if Islam spreads peacefully?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people say this statement: if the call to Allah spreads through peaceful means, then there is no need for jihad. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
And if the people accept it, do the disbelievers accept it? They object in the path of the call. You see now what has happened from the disbelievers in the path of the call. They do not accept it. The disbelievers do not accept it. If they had responded and left the call alone and did not oppose it, yes, but it is impossible that they would leave it. It is impossible that they would leave it. They must oppose it, and they must stand in its way. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people say this statement: if the call to Allah spreads through peaceful means, then there is no need for jihad. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
And if the people accept it, do the disbelievers accept it? They object in the path of the call. You see now what has happened from the disbelievers in the path of the call. They do not accept it. The disbelievers do not accept it. If they had responded and left the call alone and did not oppose it, yes, but it is impossible that they would leave it. It is impossible that they would leave it. They must oppose it, and they must stand in its way. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [604 -1024] ما حكم القول بعدم الحاجة للجهاد إن انتشر الإسلام سلميًا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.