Is it permissible for a Kuwaiti to kill an Iraqi soldier in these events?

The questioner : Is it permissible to kill a soldier in the recent events in Kuwait?

The Shaykh : Kill what?

The questioner : Kill the Iraqi, meaning

The Shaykh : Kill the Iraqi?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a Kuwaiti to kill an Iraqi as long as both are Muslims, just as it is not permissible for an Iraqi to kill a Muslim for the same reason, which is their shared faith in Islam. And as we mentioned earlier, this is a time of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and it is not permissible for a Muslim to intervene in the fitnah or to take sides with one of the two fighting parties on other than the basis of Islam. They may be Muslims, but they are fighting not in the way of raising the banner of jihad in the path of Allah, but in the way of wealth. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim, for the general Muslim public, or for individual Muslims to participate with the fighting governments and states in the pursuit of worldly matters. As for the Muslim who stays in his home and remains in his house, if a Muslim man enters to take his money or to aggress against him, then he has the right to defend himself, even if it leads to fighting. If the defender is killed, he is a martyr, and if he kills the aggressor, the one killed is in the Fire. There are many hadiths regarding this. As for a Muslim leaving his home and his country to fight his Muslim brother, this is not permissible in Islam. Here applies his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: . This is the answer to what you asked. Yes.