Reconciling the Hadiths on Seeking Help from Disbelievers
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The questioner:
How do you reconcile the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought help from polytheists, and then also prohibited seeking help from them? What is the criterion, and how do you reconcile the two hadiths?
The Shaykh:
It is up to the one in authority; one refers to the one in authority. If he sees the need for them, he seeks their help, and if he sees no need for them, he does not seek their help. Look carefully at the texts. The hadith you mentioned, may Allah forgive you, concerns Christian soldiers against an enemy, against an enemy. It is authentic, a hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The questioner:
It was narrated by Mani'at.
The Shaykh:
And others, and he is a Muslim, and others. This is in our book; we wrote in this previous book about the war in Iraq and what happened in Iraq, until Bin al-'Iyar, who is a disbeliever. May Allah protect us from Bin al-'Iyar, a disbeliever, a secular communist. Therefore, the state rose up against the disbelievers, and Allah defeated them, and Allah repelled their evil. The people are a source of relief for the people. No, the state is a disbeliever state, a state of knowledge is a disbeliever state, yes. The ruling on the state that fights Muslims while it is a disbeliever state. Yes.
The presenter:
Does a Muslim sin by fighting under the banner of a disbeliever state?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
How do you reconcile the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought help from polytheists, and then also prohibited seeking help from them? What is the criterion, and how do you reconcile the two hadiths?
The Shaykh:
It is up to the one in authority; one refers to the one in authority. If he sees the need for them, he seeks their help, and if he sees no need for them, he does not seek their help. Look carefully at the texts. The hadith you mentioned, may Allah forgive you, concerns Christian soldiers against an enemy, against an enemy. It is authentic, a hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The questioner:
It was narrated by Mani'at.
The Shaykh:
And others, and he is a Muslim, and others. This is in our book; we wrote in this previous book about the war in Iraq and what happened in Iraq, until Bin al-'Iyar, who is a disbeliever. May Allah protect us from Bin al-'Iyar, a disbeliever, a secular communist. Therefore, the state rose up against the disbelievers, and Allah defeated them, and Allah repelled their evil. The people are a source of relief for the people. No, the state is a disbeliever state, a state of knowledge is a disbeliever state, yes. The ruling on the state that fights Muslims while it is a disbeliever state. Yes.
The presenter:
Does a Muslim sin by fighting under the banner of a disbeliever state?
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تابع أحاديث في الجهاد - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:10)
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