Returning to the first doubt, which is the permissibility of killing by treachery and the suicide in which the innocent are sacrificed, based on the hadith of 'Aishah mentioned regarding the transformation into apes
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The questioner : It is said in the hadith of 'Aishah: Sahih Muslim 2884
The Shaykh : Now, how do they understand this hadith? And what is the connection between the hadith and the original question for which they cited this hadith as evidence? What is the original question for which this hadith is cited as evidence? It is killing by treachery, is it not? And that through this killing, innocent people who do not deserve this killing are lost. We say, with all regret, that this citation alone is sufficient to be a deterrent for these people to separate themselves from the scholars of the Muslims in interpreting the texts of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and giving them a false interpretation.
This hadith indicates, based on the collection of narrations that came in Sahih Muslim and others, that an army is directed to demolish the Ka'bah. Among them, as mentioned in this hadith, is the one who understands the matter. What does "the one who understands the matter" mean? It means he understands the purpose of his going with this army. And among them is the passerby who does not know what the purpose is, but as they say in some lands, "Give me your hand and walk". Where are they going? They are going to strive in the path of Allah, but they do not understand that they are going to demolish the House of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will cause the earth to swallow them and destroy them all. So the Lady 'Aishah found the matter difficult and said, "How is this, when among them are such and such and such?" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) answered that they will be resurrected according to their intentions.
The phrase "they will be resurrected according to their intentions" has no connection to treachery and killing those who do not deserve it. Rather, it has a connection to the one who joins an army without knowing the purpose, that this army has directed itself toward committing a major forbidden act. So he is resurrected according to his intention. The hadith is in one place, and the one cited as evidence is in another place. "They will be resurrected according to their intentions"—so what is the connection of committing treachery to this hadith?
This is first. And second, is it a way to establish the Muslim state by such means as many of those who claim to work for Islam and jihad in the path of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, have been afflicted with? Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) act this way when he began to establish the Muslim state? Every Muslim knows that such actions did not occur except in the Medinan period, that is, after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) actually established the Victorious Group, established them, taught them what Allah taught him, raised them under his eye, and began to prepare these people to meet the disbelievers. And we know that the first battle that took place between the Muslims and the disbelievers did not originate from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions, but was a defense of the land of the Muslims which was attacked by the disbelievers, as is known in the biography and in the story of the famous Battle of Badr. Therefore, jihad requires prerequisites, and many, many prerequisites.
Strange it is that some people of my Ummah would attack the House (Ka'ba) (for killing) a person who would belong to the tribe of the Quraish and he would try to seek protection in the House. And when they would reach the plain ground they would be sunk. We said: Allah's Messenger, all sorts of people throng the path. Thereupon he said: Yes, there would be amongst them people who would come with definite designs and those who would come under duress and there would be travellers also, but they would all be destroyed through one (stroke) of destruction. though they would be raised in different states (on the Day of Resurrection). Allah would, however, raise them according to their intention.
إن ناسا من أمتي يؤمون بالبيت برجل من قريش قد لجأ بالبيت حتى إذا كانوا بالبيداء خسف بهم فقلنا يا رسول الله إن الطريق قد يجمع الناس قال نعم فيهم المستبصر والمجبور وبن السبيل يهلكون مهلكا واحدا ويصدرون مصادر شتى يبعثهم الله على نياتهمThe Shaykh : Now, how do they understand this hadith? And what is the connection between the hadith and the original question for which they cited this hadith as evidence? What is the original question for which this hadith is cited as evidence? It is killing by treachery, is it not? And that through this killing, innocent people who do not deserve this killing are lost. We say, with all regret, that this citation alone is sufficient to be a deterrent for these people to separate themselves from the scholars of the Muslims in interpreting the texts of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and giving them a false interpretation.
This hadith indicates, based on the collection of narrations that came in Sahih Muslim and others, that an army is directed to demolish the Ka'bah. Among them, as mentioned in this hadith, is the one who understands the matter. What does "the one who understands the matter" mean? It means he understands the purpose of his going with this army. And among them is the passerby who does not know what the purpose is, but as they say in some lands, "Give me your hand and walk". Where are they going? They are going to strive in the path of Allah, but they do not understand that they are going to demolish the House of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will cause the earth to swallow them and destroy them all. So the Lady 'Aishah found the matter difficult and said, "How is this, when among them are such and such and such?" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) answered that they will be resurrected according to their intentions.
The phrase "they will be resurrected according to their intentions" has no connection to treachery and killing those who do not deserve it. Rather, it has a connection to the one who joins an army without knowing the purpose, that this army has directed itself toward committing a major forbidden act. So he is resurrected according to his intention. The hadith is in one place, and the one cited as evidence is in another place. "They will be resurrected according to their intentions"—so what is the connection of committing treachery to this hadith?
This is first. And second, is it a way to establish the Muslim state by such means as many of those who claim to work for Islam and jihad in the path of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, have been afflicted with? Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) act this way when he began to establish the Muslim state? Every Muslim knows that such actions did not occur except in the Medinan period, that is, after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) actually established the Victorious Group, established them, taught them what Allah taught him, raised them under his eye, and began to prepare these people to meet the disbelievers. And we know that the first battle that took place between the Muslims and the disbelievers did not originate from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions, but was a defense of the land of the Muslims which was attacked by the disbelievers, as is known in the biography and in the story of the famous Battle of Badr. Therefore, jihad requires prerequisites, and many, many prerequisites.