Tag: Compulsion إكراه
Did the Prophet kill apostates who convert to another religion?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet said, “Whoever changes his religion, kill him.” This means there is no freedom of religion in Islam. Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful There is an important context to the statement you have cited. Apostasy is divided into two types: major [...]
Does Islam allow Muslims to rape female sex-slaves or keep unmarried concubines?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your book says, “Those who guard their private parts, except from their wives or those whom their right hands possess…” (70:29-30). Does this mean Muslims can keep unmarried concubines and female sex-slaves they can rape whenever they want? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the [...]
Did Prophet Muhammad Initiate Wars Against Peaceful Neighbors?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Did Muhammad declare war against people because they did not embrace Islam? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not initiate war against anyone who offered to make peace with him. War is a last [...]
Do Muslims Wage Jihad to Punish Unbelief or Repel Aggression?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Why do Muslims fight Jihad? Is it to repel aggression? Or is it to fight the world until they become Muslims or submit to Islamic law? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The correct opinion – by the will of Allah – is [...]
Ibn Taymiyyah on Compulsion: The jurist and the cleric cannot compel people to follow their school of thought
“It is not for the scholar to compel the people to adopt his school of thought.”
[Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu' Al-Fatawa 30/79-80]
Imam Malik Rejects Caliph Al-Mansur’s Request to Force Muslims to Follow the Maliki School
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Sa‘d reports on the authority of Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi that Imam Malik said: When Abu Ja’far (Caliph Al-Mansur, d. 158H/775CE) performed Hajj, he called me. I went to see him and we talked. He asked questions and I replied. Then he said, “I have resolved to [...]
Ibn Kathir on Compulsion: Do Not Force Anyone to Become a Muslim, No Compulsion in Religion
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-Baqarah: Allah Almighty said: لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّينِ There is no compulsion in religion, (2:,256) Meaning, “Do not force anyone to become Muslim, for Islam is plain and clear, and its proofs and evidence are plain and clear. Therefore, there [...]
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