Explanation of the Book of the Beginning of Revelation, Faith, and Knowledge-03a
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Mas'udi narrated to us, saying: Abu Ruh al-Harimi ibn 'Ammar narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us from Waqid ibn Muhammad, saying: I heard my father narrating from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 25.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:5] This is a conditional sentence indicating that if they perform these acts, it is obligatory for us to let them go, because they have entered Islam. The implication is that if they do not do so, we do not let them go. This is clarified in the hadith: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3983Sahih (Darussalam) The one who commanded this is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The word "people" is general; it refers to all people Sunan an-Nasa'i 3983Sahih (Darussalam), and so on, but...
I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah.
أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدًا رسول الله ويقيموا الصلاة ويؤتوا الزكاة فإذا فعلوا ذلك عصموا مني دماءهم وأموالهم إلا بحق الإسلام وحسابهم على اللهThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Allah the Exalted said: