Oppression of the Fighting Disbelievers and Their Rights
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The questioner:
And by Allah, oppression extends even to the disbelievers, and we do not do so, even if they are fighting us.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not called injustice. You kill the one at war with you; you fight the one at war with you. It is not that you wrong them; you fight them. But as for one who has safe conduct, or anyone, you do not wrong them.
The questioner:
If they had trusts with us and war broke out, does this call for oppression and withholding their rights?
The Shaykh:
If it comes into the hands of the fighter, we deliver his wealth to the public treasury. We deliver from his spoils, we deliver from the public treasury, if there is nothing.
And by Allah, oppression extends even to the disbelievers, and we do not do so, even if they are fighting us.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not called injustice. You kill the one at war with you; you fight the one at war with you. It is not that you wrong them; you fight them. But as for one who has safe conduct, or anyone, you do not wrong them.
The questioner:
If they had trusts with us and war broke out, does this call for oppression and withholding their rights?
The Shaykh:
If it comes into the hands of the fighter, we deliver his wealth to the public treasury. We deliver from his spoils, we deliver from the public treasury, if there is nothing.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب الزهد والورع — islamhouse.com (15:58)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.