The Difference Between the Mu'ahid, the Dhimmi, the Musta'min, and the Muwadi'
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the mu'ahid, the dhimmi, the musta'min, and the muwadi'? What is the difference between these people?
The Shaykh:
And what?
The questioner:
The mu'ahid, the dhimmi, the musta'min, and the muwadi'.
The Shaykh:
The muwadi'.
The questioner:
Yes, that is how it was written.
The Shaykh:
I do not know it, but the dhimmi is the one who pays the jizyah, and the mu'ahid is the one with whom there is a truce and who does not pay jizyah, just as there is now between us and the countries, except for Israel, for there are treaties and truces between us and the countries, whereas Israel is a land of war, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between the mu'ahid, the dhimmi, the musta'min, and the muwadi'? What is the difference between these people?
The Shaykh:
And what?
The questioner:
The mu'ahid, the dhimmi, the musta'min, and the muwadi'.
The Shaykh:
The muwadi'.
The questioner:
Yes, that is how it was written.
The Shaykh:
I do not know it, but the dhimmi is the one who pays the jizyah, and the mu'ahid is the one with whom there is a truce and who does not pay jizyah, just as there is now between us and the countries, except for Israel, for there are treaties and truces between us and the countries, whereas Israel is a land of war, yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب الجهاد — islamhouse.com (39:23)
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