An Abrogated Verse
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Q: Allah the Exalted says: [al-Baqarah: 255]. Is this verse specific to the Jews and the Christians? Or is it general?
A. A. al-Hawtah
A: The scholars have two opinions regarding this noble verse:
The first is: That it and its like are abrogated by the Verse of the Sword, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [at-Tawbah: 5], and what came in its meaning, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Anfal: 39].
The second opinion: That it applies to the People of the Book and those in their legal status, such as the Zoroastrians, if they pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims); for they are not compelled to enter Islam. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [at-Tawbah: 29], and because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the jizyah from the Zoroastrians of al-Hajar. By this, it is known that there is no proof in it for whoever claims that jihad in the path of Allah is not obligatory.
Also indicating this meaning is the hadith of Buraydah ibn al-Husayb, recorded in Sahih Muslim, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he appointed a commander over an army or a detachment, would advise him to fear Allah and to treat the Muslims with him well. At the end of it, he said:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 16:1211.
This is understood to apply to the People of the Book and those in their legal status, such as the Zoroastrians, according to the majority of the scholars, in order to reconcile this hadith with the aforementioned verse from at-Tawbah and what is in its meaning.
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion
لا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِA. A. al-Hawtah
A: The scholars have two opinions regarding this noble verse:
The first is: That it and its like are abrogated by the Verse of the Sword, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush
فَإِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍAnd fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِThe second opinion: That it applies to the People of the Book and those in their legal status, such as the Zoroastrians, if they pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims); for they are not compelled to enter Islam. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) :
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حَتَّى يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَنْ يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَAlso indicating this meaning is the hadith of Buraydah ibn al-Husayb, recorded in Sahih Muslim, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he appointed a commander over an army or a detachment, would advise him to fear Allah and to treat the Muslims with him well. At the end of it, he said:
If they refuse [i.e., the disbelievers] to enter Islam, then ask them for the jizyah. If they agree to it, then accept it from them and hold your hand from them. If they refuse, then seek help from Allah and fight them
فإن أبوا -أي الكفار- الدخول في الإسلام فاسألهم الجزية، فإن أجابوك فاقبل منهم وكف عنهم، فإن أبوا فاستعن بالله وقاتلهمThis is understood to apply to the People of the Book and those in their legal status, such as the Zoroastrians, according to the majority of the scholars, in order to reconcile this hadith with the aforementioned verse from at-Tawbah and what is in its meaning.
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