Tag: Jihad الجهاد
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Freeing Slaves
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Allah said: فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ But he has not broken through the difficult path, and what will make you know what is the difficult path? It [...]
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Martyrdom without Fighting in Battle
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: الشُّهَدَاءُ خَمْسَةٌ الْمَطْعُونُ وَالْمَبْطُونُ وَالْغَرِقُ وَصَاحِبُ الْهَدْمِ وَالشَّهِيدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ The martyrs are of five kinds: one [...]
What is the meaning of Jihad? Holy war or spiritual struggle?
“The one who strives in the way of Allah the Exalted is he who strives against his soul.”
Was Prophet Muhammad a terrorist who killed innocent people?
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet was a terrorist and your book says to “cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.” (8:12) Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Terrorism can be defined as: Any act of violence or threat perpetrated to carry out a criminal plan [...]
Did Prophet Muhammad Initiate Wars Against Peaceful Neighbors?
ShareTweet 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?
ShareTweet 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 Kathir on Peace: Allah Forbids Muslims From Fighting Peaceful People
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary of Surah An-Nisa: Allah excluded some people from fighting: إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ مِّيثَـقٌ Except those who join a group, between you and whom there is a treaty (4:90) Meaning, except those who join and take refuge with a [...]
Ibn Al-Qayyim on the Categories of Jihad, Struggle for the Sake of Allah
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Al-Qayyim wrote in his book, Provisions for the Hereafter: Struggle for the sake of Allah (al-jihad) has four categories: Jihad against the Self. Jihad against Satan. Jihad against the disbelievers. Jihad against the hypocrites. Jihad against the Self has four categories: Struggle to learn the Guidance and [...]
Al-Tabari on the Unanimous Consensus of Muslim Jurists on Honoring Peace Treaties and Pledges of Security
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Jareer At-Tabari writes in his Book of Jihad: Muslim Jurists agreed unanimously that the Messenger of Allah made peace with the polytheists of the Quraysh… Al-Awza’i said: If Muslims conclude a peace treaty with the enemy people in which they agree to pay Muslims a designated amount [of [...]
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Spreading Peace to the World
ShareTweet By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org An-Nawawi wrote in his commentary on Sahih Muslim: As for the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ Spread peace between yourselves. Source: Sahih Muslim 54, Grade: Sahih In it is a tremendous encouragement to spread peace and to offer it to all [...]
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