The Meaning of the Hadith: “I Have Been Commanded to Fight the People”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some of those who claim to be scholars have stated that the meaning of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan an-Nasa'i 3983Sahih (Darussalam) is that the “people” referred to in the hadith are only the polytheists of Makkah, and not all people.
Answer:
So does that mean the entire religion is only for the polytheist in Makkah? What is this talk? Is this a compounded ignoramus, or is he an oppressor and the oppressed, refuge in Allah? The hadith is general, and no one is to restrict the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by his own knowledge or his own ignorance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some of those who claim to be scholars have stated that the meaning of the saying of the Messenger (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 اللهAnswer:
So does that mean the entire religion is only for the polytheist in Makkah? What is this talk? Is this a compounded ignoramus, or is he an oppressor and the oppressed, refuge in Allah? The hadith is general, and no one is to restrict the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by his own knowledge or his own ignorance. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:09:49)
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