Describing jihad as shedding blood
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Question:
The questioner says: Among the nullifiers of Islam is hating what Allah has revealed. Does the one who distorts the image of jihad by describing it as a bloodbath become a disbeliever, even if he is a student of knowledge?
Answer:
No. The fighting in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is described as shedding blood and as the worst kind of fighting. But the fighting in the path of Allah to exalt the word of Allah and spread His religion, or to repel aggression—the aggression of enemies—this is not shedding blood. This is fighting, jihad in the path of Allah. Yes.
The questioner says: Among the nullifiers of Islam is hating what Allah has revealed. Does the one who distorts the image of jihad by describing it as a bloodbath become a disbeliever, even if he is a student of knowledge?
Answer:
No. The fighting in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is described as shedding blood and as the worst kind of fighting. But the fighting in the path of Allah to exalt the word of Allah and spread His religion, or to repel aggression—the aggression of enemies—this is not shedding blood. This is fighting, jihad in the path of Allah. Yes.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 14-09-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (33:42)
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