The Ruling on Reconciliation with the Jews and Clarification of the Fatwa Thereon

Question:
Amen. The questions are numerous, and we cannot present more than a few. I am Hamas. Complete. Yes. There are questions that share a common thread, which I will phrase in my own words to save time. A group of questions asks about a fatwa issued by Your Eminence regarding reconciliation with Israel. Many have delved into this fatwa, some following their desires, some weak in religion, some pretentious, and some foolish who raise their tongues against the honor of scholars. We hope, O our father, that you will clarify the summary of this fatwa so that doubt and suspicion are removed. May Allah reward you.

Answer:
The fatwa states that the organization of Fatah, headed by Yasser Arafat, agreed with the Jews on a specific reconciliation. Many inquirers from the sons of Palestine and others asked about this matter, so we told them: There is no harm in reconciliation if the officials of the organization of Fatah see that this is better for them and safer than the killing and harming of their children, whether for a limited number of years or absolutely, without a time limit, until Allah grants them strength and they are able to liberate the rest of their land.
We explained the evidence for this, and that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made a temporary reconciliation with some of the polytheists, and an absolute, non-temporary reconciliation with others. He made a reconciliation with the people of Makkah when their harm intensified and they prevented him from visiting the House after the migration, and prevented him from performing 'Umrah in the year of migration. He reconciled with them from fighting and harm, and there was a grievance for the Muslims in this reconciliation, but the Prophet accepted it for the public interest, so that people would feel safe, so that people would migrate to al-Madinah, and so that they would learn the religion and understand it. Among the conditions they imposed was that if a Muslim came to al-Madinah as a migrant, he would be returned to them. He agreed to this condition and said, "We will return whoever comes to us from them, and Allah will provide a way out for him." They also reconciled with him on the condition that he would not say "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," but would say "Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah." He agreed to that, "Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah." This is what Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah reconciled with the people of Makkah on. And on the condition that he would say "In the name of You, O Allah," and not "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate," because they said, "We do not know the Most Merciful," falsely and deceitfully. They know the Most Merciful, so he reconciled with them on saying "In the name of You, O Allah" for the public interest. He also made an absolute reconciliation with Arab tribes so that they would cease their harm to people. And he made an absolute reconciliation with the Jews in al-Madinah when he arrived there, so that the Muslims would be safe from their harm. When Allah opened Makkah for him, he threw away the covenants of the Arab tribes and gave them four months: whoever embraced Islam, otherwise they would be killed. And when the people of Makkah broke their reconciliation, he fought them on the Day of the Conquest.
And Allah revealed in this regard His saying, the Exalted: "And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and put your trust in Allah." The peace, meaning the reconciliation, , because reconciliation may lead to many benefits. The disbelievers may be delivered to safety, or Allah may guide them. Some people in Egypt and elsewhere criticized this out of ignorance and lack of insight. They thought that it was better for the French to remain, killing in Palestine, and for the people to cling to the Jews with stones and other things, so that the Jews would kill them and imprison them. This is pure ignorance, for reconciliation enables them to perform their religion and the virtues of their religion, and it removes the harm of the Jews, the killing of the Jews, and their imprisonment. This is better for them than the state they have been in for about five years, where they have been in this condition with the Jews, in fighting and long imprisonments, caused by a boy who exposes himself to the Jews with a stone or a bomb that he throws at their car or otherwise.
We have written, because the questions request clarification, from a group of brothers, questions that request clarification, so we wrote the clarification and further explanation, which will be published in the magazine al-Muslimun. We sent it to the magazine al-Muslimun and others, and it will likely be published today, tomorrow, tonight, or tomorrow, or on Friday, as is the custom of the newspaper al-Muslimun, which will publish it today, tomorrow, or on Friday. It contains further explanation of this matter. Yes.