Is there a difference between the pledge not to flee and the pledge to die at al-Hudaybiyyah?
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The questioner : Is there a difference between the pledge not to flee and the pledge to die?
The Shaykh : There is a narration in which they pledged to him to die, and the reconciliation between them is: if they pledged to die, they pledged to death itself. The correct view is that they pledged not to flee until death. So there is a difference between the pledge being made to death itself or to not fleeing until death. The narrations, if they are preserved, are to be understood as meaning: we will not flee until we die.
The questioner : What is the first concern?
The Shaykh : The first concern is that one does not pledge to death, because it is obligatory for the mujahid to defend and to attack, unlike not fleeing.
The Shaykh : There is a narration in which they pledged to him to die, and the reconciliation between them is: if they pledged to die, they pledged to death itself. The correct view is that they pledged not to flee until death. So there is a difference between the pledge being made to death itself or to not fleeing until death. The narrations
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على الموتThe questioner : What is the first concern?
The Shaykh : The first concern is that one does not pledge to death, because it is obligatory for the mujahid to defend and to attack, unlike not fleeing.