What is the meaning of the verse: "And those who believed but did not emigrate, you have no responsibility for them until they emigrate"?
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May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the saying of Allah[Al-Anfal 8:72] What is the meaning of this verse? And is it valid to cite it as evidence for this situation, the situation today?
Answer:
I am telling you: do not get involved in these matters. What has obligated you to get involved in these matters and bring up verses and these things? You are presenting them, but they are not your concern. Focus on seeking the knowledge that benefits you. As for the meaning of the verse, it refers to those in the desert who enter Islam. They enter Islam while they are in their desert and do not migrate to the cities, to the heartland of Islam, to understand the religion, to learn, and to fight alongside the Muslims. They remain in their desert. Their Islam is valid, but you have no share of their guardianship, meaning their support. The guardianship referred to here is support, not love. Muslims must love one another, whether they are from the heartland or the desert. But the guardianship intended here is support. It is not[Al-Anfal 8:72] And they also have no share of the spoils of war; they have no share of the booty, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: they are not given a share of the spoils as is given to the people of the heartland who are under the obligation of jihad. And if they seek your support in the religion, meaning if one of them...
...aggresses against them, then you must support them because they are your brothers among the Muslims. Unless the issue that arose between them and their enemy is that this enemy has a covenant with the Muslims,[Al-Anfal 8:72] a treaty. Then we do not support these people against the treaty-holders, because all of them are under our protection. These are our brothers and these are treaty-holders. The treaty-holders have what the Muslims have, and they are bound by what the Muslims are bound by. Yes. May Allah reward you. There is a covenant between us and them, so it is not permissible for us to fight them. Those disbelievers with whom we have a covenant, it is not permissible for us to fight them until they betray the covenant or the covenant between us and them ends. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the saying of Allah
But those who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no guardianship of them until they emigrate. And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help, except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty.
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يُهَاجِرُوا مَا لَكُم مِّن وَلَايَتِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا وَإِنِ اسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَاقٌAnswer:
I am telling you: do not get involved in these matters. What has obligated you to get involved in these matters and bring up verses and these things? You are presenting them, but they are not your concern. Focus on seeking the knowledge that benefits you. As for the meaning of the verse, it refers to those in the desert who enter Islam. They enter Islam while they are in their desert and do not migrate to the cities, to the heartland of Islam, to understand the religion, to learn, and to fight alongside the Muslims. They remain in their desert. Their Islam is valid, but you have no share of their guardianship, meaning their support. The guardianship referred to here is support, not love. Muslims must love one another, whether they are from the heartland or the desert. But the guardianship intended here is support. It is not
for you there is no guardianship of them until they emigrate
لَكُم مِّن وَلَايَتِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا...aggresses against them, then you must support them because they are your brothers among the Muslims. Unless the issue that arose between them and their enemy is that this enemy has a covenant with the Muslims,
except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَاقٌ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى الآية والذين آمنوا ولم يهاجروا ما لكم من ولايتهم من شيء لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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