Is it necessary to conclude a truce with a disbeliever state, or is it based on what is in the public interest?

Eid Abbasi : It was mentioned in your speech that disbeliever states are not called to conclude a treaty; I think this is not obligatory, but rather...

The Shaykh : How?

Eid Abbasi : I recall that it was mentioned in the speech that other disbeliever states are called by the Muslim state to either pay the jizyah or conclude a treaty; this is not obligatory, but rather according to what the state's public interest requires.

The Shaykh : What is obligatory, of course, according to the Muslim state's public interest, is that the important thing is that they are either dhimmis, under a treaty, or at war; so there is no...

Eid Abbasi : They are called to Islam, or the jizyah, or fighting.

The Shaykh : Yes, but they may not be called; the state's situation is a separate matter.

Eid Abbasi : Politics.

The Shaykh : Yes, politics. In any case, this has no relation to our main topic, and I do not want it to be said that the Muslim state must conclude a treaty with any disbeliever state; rather, this depends on its public interest.