What is the ruling on making a truce with the Jews?
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The questioner : Regarding the issue of peace with the Jews.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Peace in the sense of a truce.
The Shaykh : A truce? I seek refuge in Allah. Do you have a problem? It is clear that you do.
The questioner : Now, regarding the fatwas, I do not know whether they are authentic or not. I have heard them attributed, but I have not heard them myself. People have attributed to Ibn Baz the permission of making a truce with the Jews, but I do not know. I have not heard it or read it; rather, individuals conveyed it to me and said, "The Shaykh so-and-so permits making a truce with the Jews." I said to them:
The Shaykh : By Allah, I know Shaykh Ibn Baz. He was my companion for three years at the Islamic University.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, I did not imagine that such fatwas would come from him, supporting the invitation of the disbelievers—the greatest oppressive disbelieving state on the face of the earth—to be used to fight a Muslim people. It was only when the event occurred that we no longer ruled out the possibility of such a thing, or something worse, happening. It appears that the Shaykh is either under severe pressure from these rulers, or, may Allah forbid, he has become weak and is accommodating the rulers. Both options are bitter. Making a truce with the Jews—what can we say? What action do we see from an Islamic state that is in accordance with the Islamic Shari'ah? Making a truce with the Jews is a justification for abandoning what Allah has commanded in the Book and the Sunnah, which is to prepare for jihad in the path of Allah. The Gulf problem is due to this cause, from this side. The Saudi state was supposed to respond to Saddam's aggression against Kuwait, either by truce or by war. But since it was capable of fighting Iraq, it handled the matter not according to any Islamic school of thought on the face of the earth, but according to dire necessity. And they know that dire necessity is measured by its extent and is not absolute. We told them, "Fine, it appears you did not seek help from the Jews, but the Jews sought help from you."
The questioner : The Jews requested the Saudis to rebuild Khaybar, at Israel's expense.
The Shaykh : It might be Iraqi goods. We do not know. Welcome.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Peace in the sense of a truce.
The Shaykh : A truce? I seek refuge in Allah. Do you have a problem? It is clear that you do.
The questioner : Now, regarding the fatwas, I do not know whether they are authentic or not. I have heard them attributed, but I have not heard them myself. People have attributed to Ibn Baz the permission of making a truce with the Jews, but I do not know. I have not heard it or read it; rather, individuals conveyed it to me and said, "The Shaykh so-and-so permits making a truce with the Jews." I said to them:
The Shaykh : By Allah, I know Shaykh Ibn Baz. He was my companion for three years at the Islamic University.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, I did not imagine that such fatwas would come from him, supporting the invitation of the disbelievers—the greatest oppressive disbelieving state on the face of the earth—to be used to fight a Muslim people. It was only when the event occurred that we no longer ruled out the possibility of such a thing, or something worse, happening. It appears that the Shaykh is either under severe pressure from these rulers, or, may Allah forbid, he has become weak and is accommodating the rulers. Both options are bitter. Making a truce with the Jews—what can we say? What action do we see from an Islamic state that is in accordance with the Islamic Shari'ah? Making a truce with the Jews is a justification for abandoning what Allah has commanded in the Book and the Sunnah, which is to prepare for jihad in the path of Allah. The Gulf problem is due to this cause, from this side. The Saudi state was supposed to respond to Saddam's aggression against Kuwait, either by truce or by war. But since it was capable of fighting Iraq, it handled the matter not according to any Islamic school of thought on the face of the earth, but according to dire necessity. And they know that dire necessity is measured by its extent and is not absolute. We told them, "Fine, it appears you did not seek help from the Jews, but the Jews sought help from you."
The questioner : The Jews requested the Saudis to rebuild Khaybar, at Israel's expense.
The Shaykh : It might be Iraqi goods. We do not know. Welcome.
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