Defining the Arabian Peninsula and Clarifying the Meaning of Expelling the Jews from It
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This person asks: What is the correct view regarding the definition of the Arabian Peninsula? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
The Arabian Peninsula is the well-known Arabian Peninsula, defined by the custom that was known in ancient times. This is the Arabian Peninsula. Some scholars say its boundaries are the Hijaz, but the correct view is that the Arabian Peninsula refers to its name in the Arabic language and the custom of the people. This is the peninsula, of course.
It is a clear, tangible reality. So why do we differ on it when it is a reality? The peninsula is known, its boundaries from the north, the south, the east, and the west. The Arabian Peninsula is called a peninsula because it is isolated by the sea, meaning the sea surrounds it.
From the east, the west, and the south, so it became a peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula is called so because those who inhabit it are the Arabs. What is the purpose of this question? We find it strange, unless its asker intends to refer to the hadith regarding the expulsion of the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula. Who expels them from the Arabian Peninsula?
It is the one in authority. The address is to the rulers. Amidst chaos and the people. The address is to the rulers. They are the ones who expel the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula. Because the one who expelled them was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Rightly Guided Caliph.
When the Muslims said so, it does not mean that we do not make treaties with them, that we do not contract with them, or that we do not employ them for work and interests.
It does not mean that we do not accept the envoys they send to negotiate with the Muslims. The Christians came and entered, and the Muslims came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah to negotiate with him. They entered his mosque, may peace and blessings be upon him.
It does not mean that expelling them from the Arabian Peninsula means letting them settle there. Rather, matters of mutual benefit, treaties, and correspondence with them, if they are in the interest of the Muslims, there is no objection to them. And the one who expels them from the Arabian Peninsula is the one in authority.
Because it was 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) who expelled them, and 'Umar was the one in authority. When did he expel them? When the Muslims had the strength to expel them. In the time of Abu Bakr, they were not expelled from the Arabian Peninsula because Islam, in the time of Abu Bakr after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), was threatened by the polytheists and the people of apostasy. And Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was occupied with consolidating Islam after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So when the era of 'Umar came, and Islam flourished and expanded in the east and the west, at that time he carried out the will of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and expelled the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you. This person asks: What is the correct view regarding the definition of the Arabian Peninsula? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
The Arabian Peninsula is the well-known Arabian Peninsula, defined by the custom that was known in ancient times. This is the Arabian Peninsula. Some scholars say its boundaries are the Hijaz, but the correct view is that the Arabian Peninsula refers to its name in the Arabic language and the custom of the people. This is the peninsula, of course.
It is a clear, tangible reality. So why do we differ on it when it is a reality? The peninsula is known, its boundaries from the north, the south, the east, and the west. The Arabian Peninsula is called a peninsula because it is isolated by the sea, meaning the sea surrounds it.
From the east, the west, and the south, so it became a peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula is called so because those who inhabit it are the Arabs. What is the purpose of this question? We find it strange, unless its asker intends to refer to the hadith regarding the expulsion of the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula. Who expels them from the Arabian Peninsula?
It is the one in authority. The address is to the rulers. Amidst chaos and the people. The address is to the rulers. They are the ones who expel the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula. Because the one who expelled them was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Rightly Guided Caliph.
When the Muslims said so, it does not mean that we do not make treaties with them, that we do not contract with them, or that we do not employ them for work and interests.
It does not mean that we do not accept the envoys they send to negotiate with the Muslims. The Christians came and entered, and the Muslims came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah to negotiate with him. They entered his mosque, may peace and blessings be upon him.
It does not mean that expelling them from the Arabian Peninsula means letting them settle there. Rather, matters of mutual benefit, treaties, and correspondence with them, if they are in the interest of the Muslims, there is no objection to them. And the one who expels them from the Arabian Peninsula is the one in authority.
Because it was 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) who expelled them, and 'Umar was the one in authority. When did he expel them? When the Muslims had the strength to expel them. In the time of Abu Bakr, they were not expelled from the Arabian Peninsula because Islam, in the time of Abu Bakr after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), was threatened by the polytheists and the people of apostasy. And Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was occupied with consolidating Islam after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So when the era of 'Umar came, and Islam flourished and expanded in the east and the west, at that time he carried out the will of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and expelled the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
الفوزان - لقاء مفتوح - الجديد في الإرهاب — archive.org (28:38)
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