The ruling on repelling an aggressor against one’s self, wealth, or honor, and the degrees of repelling him from gentleness to striking and killing according to necessity

Question:
Who is this aggressor? The aggressor.

Answer:
He fights if his evil cannot be stopped except by fighting, whether it is against people, their neighbors, or their women. If it can be managed, it is managed; if it cannot be managed except by beating, he beats; if it cannot be managed except by killing, he kills. And in Sahih Muslim, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "O Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me wanting to take my wealth, and I do not give him my wealth. If he fights me, he said: Fight him. He said: If he kills me, he said: Then you are a martyr. He said: If I kill him, he said: Then he is in the Fire, because he attacked him and harmed him, seeking his wealth." Yes.