A Response to Those Who Claim That Islam Is a Religion of Peace
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Question:
Sometimes this tone that you mentioned, may Allah reward you, comes from some Muslims who are counted among the Islamic front. They say that claiming Islam spread by the sword and is a religion of fighting is an insult to us Muslims, and that Islam is a religion of love that spread through love.
Answer:
No, Islam spread by the sword against those who defied and refused to accept Islam. The sword is for them, the sword is for them, because they have become slaves to other than Allah, slaves to Satan, and because their evil and disbelief spread, and perhaps they turn people away from the path of Allah the Exalted and prevent people from entering the religion of Allah, especially if they have authority.[At-Tawbah 9:12] So Islam is a religion of the sword.
For those who defied and denied after the proof reached them and turned away from the path of Allah the Exalted.[Al-Anfal 8:36] The disbeliever is not satisfied with merely being a disbeliever; rather, he wishes to make the people of the earth all disbelievers, and he tries and spends his wealth, yes?
He strives. What about the Christian and missionary missions now, as they call them, and the spread of atheism by the atheists on earth? These are left alone, and it is said that Islam is not a religion of strength or a religion of the sword, meaning Islam is a religion of humiliation and submission. Islam is false, to the point that it is kept secret. Islam is a religion of truth, indeed it is the only religion on earth. Is there any religion, what? other than Islam? The religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. He, the Exalted, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:85] And the poet says: "He called upon the Prophet for a long time in Makkah, but he did not respond, and his side had softened to him and his address. But when he called and the sword was sheathed in his hand, they submitted, surrendered, and turned back." Yes, so Islam is a religion of strength, a religion of honor, and a religion of jihad, and praise be to Allah. It is jihad for the truth and for the sake of the truth, not jihad for tyranny, domination, and humiliating people. Rather, it is jihad for honor, to honor people and elevate them, and to bring them out of darkness into light. Yes.
Sometimes this tone that you mentioned, may Allah reward you, comes from some Muslims who are counted among the Islamic front. They say that claiming Islam spread by the sword and is a religion of fighting is an insult to us Muslims, and that Islam is a religion of love that spread through love.
Answer:
No, Islam spread by the sword against those who defied and refused to accept Islam. The sword is for them, the sword is for them, because they have become slaves to other than Allah, slaves to Satan, and because their evil and disbelief spread, and perhaps they turn people away from the path of Allah the Exalted and prevent people from entering the religion of Allah, especially if they have authority.
then fight the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.
فَقَاتِلُوا أَئِمَّةَ الْكُفْرِ إِنَّهُمْ لَا أَيْمَانَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَFor those who defied and denied after the proof reached them and turned away from the path of Allah the Exalted.
Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allah.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِHe strives. What about the Christian and missionary missions now, as they call them, and the spread of atheism by the atheists on earth? These are left alone, and it is said that Islam is not a religion of strength or a religion of the sword, meaning Islam is a religion of humiliation and submission. Islam is false, to the point that it is kept secret. Islam is a religion of truth, indeed it is the only religion on earth. Is there any religion, what? other than Islam? The religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. He, the Exalted, said:
And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح زاد المستقنع (حلقات إذاعية)|76 من 194|كتاب الجهاد|مدخل الكتاب|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (14:03)
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