The ruling on a residence inhabited by Muslims and Jews, and the land of war
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is considered a land of war.
The Shaykh:
There are children in it.
The questioner:
And women.
The Shaykh:
Jews.
The questioner:
So how is it?
The Shaykh:
How does one deal with it?
The questioner:
They work with you.
The Shaykh:
Palestine that has Muslims in it is not the same as Palestine that has only Jews in it. The one that has only Jews in it is a land of war. As for the one that has Muslims and Jews, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Al-Fath 48:25] So Allah prevented the Muslims from fighting the people of Makkah because there were Muslims among them. If there had been no Muslims in it, He would have permitted them to fight them. The land that has Muslims in it, and one fears that if the Muslims attack them, the Muslims in it will be killed—this is not [a land of war]. But the land that is exclusively for the people of war, that is a land of war.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is considered a land of war.
The Shaykh:
There are children in it.
The questioner:
And women.
The Shaykh:
Jews.
The questioner:
So how is it?
The Shaykh:
How does one deal with it?
The questioner:
They work with you.
The Shaykh:
Palestine that has Muslims in it is not the same as Palestine that has only Jews in it. The one that has only Jews in it is a land of war. As for the one that has Muslims and Jews, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And if not for believing men and believing women whom you did not know - that you might trample them and there would befall you because of them dishonor without [your] knowledge
وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَاءٌ مُّؤْمِنَاتٌ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَئُوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنْهُم مَّعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب الجهاد — islamhouse.com (42:08)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.