What is the ruling on one who kills the Christians in the Arabian Peninsula on the pretext that they are at war and fighting the Muslims?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: One who kills the Christians in the Arabian Peninsula on the pretext that they are at war and fighting the Muslims, whereas they are merely occupying the Peninsula, and he justifies this by saying they have not left since the Second Gulf War. Is his statement correct? And how do we answer him?
Answer:
My brothers, when fatwa becomes chaos and everyone issues fatwas, the Muslim community is lost. Fatwa has its men and its scholars, so one should refer to the people of knowledge and the established men of fatwa who are attested to for their knowledge and piety. As for everyone issuing fatwas, killing people, and making lawful what Allah has forbidden, this is chaos and corruption on earth. This must be stopped at its limit. This mufti must be stopped at his limit, and what is required of him must be carried out to deter him and deter others from being bold in issuing fatwas and making lawful blood and treaties. The one under a treaty has a sanctity like the sanctity of the Muslim in his blood and wealth; it is not permissible to encroach upon him in the Arabian Peninsula or elsewhere. The one under a treaty has what the Muslims have, and upon him is what is upon the Muslims; it is not permissible to encroach upon him or shed his blood.
And the issue of disbelievers entering the Arabian Peninsula is subject to the authority of the one in authority. If the public benefit requires that the Christians enter, they entered upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque. The Christians of Najran entered upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque, and the polytheists used to enter upon him in his mosque, then negotiate with him. Some of them would accept Islam, and some would return while still disbelievers.
[At-Tawbah 9:6] So whoever takes a treaty from the Muslims and safety, it is not permissible to encroach upon him, neither in the Arabian Peninsula nor elsewhere. And whoever encroaches upon them has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger and exposed himself to the warning in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever kills one under a treaty will not smell the fragrance of Paradise." And the one who issues the fatwa for this falls under this warning; he will not see the fragrance of Paradise because he caused this crime and emboldened people to commit it.
Fatwa is not chaos; rather, one refers to the sources of fatwa that are considered valid and the reliable men of knowledge in this matter. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: One who kills the Christians in the Arabian Peninsula on the pretext that they are at war and fighting the Muslims, whereas they are merely occupying the Peninsula, and he justifies this by saying they have not left since the Second Gulf War. Is his statement correct? And how do we answer him?
Answer:
My brothers, when fatwa becomes chaos and everyone issues fatwas, the Muslim community is lost. Fatwa has its men and its scholars, so one should refer to the people of knowledge and the established men of fatwa who are attested to for their knowledge and piety. As for everyone issuing fatwas, killing people, and making lawful what Allah has forbidden, this is chaos and corruption on earth. This must be stopped at its limit. This mufti must be stopped at his limit, and what is required of him must be carried out to deter him and deter others from being bold in issuing fatwas and making lawful blood and treaties. The one under a treaty has a sanctity like the sanctity of the Muslim in his blood and wealth; it is not permissible to encroach upon him in the Arabian Peninsula or elsewhere. The one under a treaty has what the Muslims have, and upon him is what is upon the Muslims; it is not permissible to encroach upon him or shed his blood.
And the issue of disbelievers entering the Arabian Peninsula is subject to the authority of the one in authority. If the public benefit requires that the Christians enter, they entered upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque. The Christians of Najran entered upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque, and the polytheists used to enter upon him in his mosque, then negotiate with him. Some of them would accept Islam, and some would return while still disbelievers.
And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety
وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُFatwa is not chaos; rather, one refers to the sources of fatwa that are considered valid and the reliable men of knowledge in this matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [558 -954] ما حكم من يقتل النصارى في الجزيرة بحجة أنهم حربيون، ويقاتلون المسلمين؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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