If the disbelievers are more than twice the number of the Muslims on the battlefield, is it permissible to flee from the charge?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the disbelievers are more than twice the number of the Muslims on the battlefield, is it permissible to flee from the charge? And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Anfal:[Al-Anfal 8:66]?
Answer:
Yes, at first, one Muslim was not to flee from ten. Then this was abrogated, and it became such that one is not to flee from two only,[Al-Anfal 8:66]. So it is not permissible for him to flee from two. So at the beginning, in the first instance, one was not to flee from ten. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the disbelievers are more than twice the number of the Muslims on the battlefield, is it permissible to flee from the charge? And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Anfal:
Now, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness.
الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًاAnswer:
Yes, at first, one Muslim was not to flee from ten. Then this was abrogated, and it became such that one is not to flee from two only,
if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand
يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ أَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُوا أَلْفَيْنِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1082 -2802] إذا كان الكفار أكثر من ضعفي المسلمين في أرض المعركة فهل يجوز الفرار من الزحف؟ — youtube.com
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