Jihad and Qital
God has gifted Human beings with reason
And
It is the duty of each to seek guidance from open knowledge & Muslims to seek guidance from Quran &hadith.
The Quran and hadith provide guidance to everyone & Muslims, only if they are willing to take it. Jihad is calculated as one of the most compound and
gets the wrong end of the stick sense
in today’s world.
Misinterpretation
represents an image that has led to our defamation & mistreatment.
The word ‘jihad’ has a root word juhd, which means ‘effort’.
‘qital’ is armed struggle or argumentative version of jihad, denote ‘fighting’.
Teaching Muslims fight to oppressors.
Jihad refers to efforts exerted in the way of God in general.
1. Quran says that:
“The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then do not doubt , and jahadu (do jihad) with their properties and selves in the way of Allah; those are the truthful” (49.15).
The word jahadu is referring to jihad or effort
2. Quran says that:
“And qatilu (fight) [O you who believe!] in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearing, Knowing”
(2.244).
The word qatilu is
Informing the Muslims
to fight.
Suggesting that
Allah &
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
knows better
and
is providing the reason to fight.
The last Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
while returning from a battle
referring to jihad said:
“We are now returning from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad, the jihad against the self.”
The last Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
is Reported to have said during
The farewell pilgrimage, in last sermon
The fighter in the way of Allah is
he who makes jihad against himself
( jahada nafsah)
for the sake of obeying Allah.”
In a verse,
the conditionality of qital is provided to the Muslims, i.e.
“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress limits..
.And slay them wherever ye catch them.
And turn them out from where they have turned you out;
for persecution is worse than slaughter;
but fight them not at the sacred Mosque unless they first fight you there;
but if they fight you, slay them.
Such is the reward of those who reject faith.
But if they cease,
Allah is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
And fight them on until there is no more persecution.
And the religion becomes Allah’s.
But if they cease, let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression”
(Surah 2:190-193).
Verse is clearly disposing
the restrictions of fighting or qital.
It is only allowed when the enemy tries to prosecute Muslims.
It is strictly being controlled
that Muslims must at once stop fighting, when the enemy withdraws or the oppression ceases.
Approval of Imam
OR
A senior Muslim leader
For qital
It is very important to know
that
qital can only be approved by
A senior Muslim leader
such as an Imam Or Leader of Muslim state.
An individual
cannot in any condition wage qital
or war on his own.
Ibn Qudama,
a noted Islamic scholar,
in his book Al-Mughni argues that
“declaring jihad is the responsibility of the imam
And
is his independent legal judgement”.
Al-Dardir,
another Islamic scholar at Al-Azhar University
“proclaiming jihad comes through the imam’s assignment of a leader”.
Abu Bakr Al-Jazaa’iri
described
“A pure intention and that
it is performed behind a Muslim imam
and beneath his flag
and with his permission.
it is not permissible for them to fight without an imam.”
A grave
Mistaken belief
Of
Jihadists
A grave misconception
in the minds of jihadists
that
an individual can wage jihad and
that too against the will of his parents.
Following Hadith
is an explanation of
the whole mistaken belief:-
a person once approached
the last Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
and
said: “I have an old father and mother,
who due to their attachment towards me,
are not keen for me to go to jihad.”
[Hearing this],
The Noble Prophet (PBUH) said:
“(If such is the case then)
Stay with your parents for, by the One in whose control lies my soul, their attachment of one day and one night to you is better than one year of jihad” (Biharul Anwar, Volume 74, Page 82).
Suicide bombings
Suicide bombings present one of the biggest threats
to the security of
a common man.
the jihadists
believe that committing suicide is
a way to liberation
and a sacred duty for
the cause of Islam.
Clear instructions are available in
the Quran and hadith
that suicide under any pretext
is not permitted in Islam.
This act is prohibited
in other religions as well.
the Quran is against self-killing.
Allah says: the Quran,
“And do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is Most Merciful to you”
(Surah An-Nisa, Verse 29).
Allah says: the Quran,
“And do not throw yourselves in destruction”
(Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 195).
The last Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
also assigns
suicide to the lower levels of hell
Once a man killed himself,
The last Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said:
“He is the dweller of fire”.
Converting people to Islam by force
by strength or compulsion is not jihad
but a crime in Islam.
The Quran clearly states
“There is no compulsion in religion,
the path of guidance stands out clear from error” (2:256) and (60:8).
Islam symbolizes peace
And this is the message that
We Muslim must send out to everyone.
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