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sa ± _________________________________________________________________ government's task. All sort of disagreements would be brought to the Holy Prophet for decision and each decision would be sa made in accordance with the respective people's own religious law. As the Holy Prophet was the sa Commander-in-Chief at the time, all cases were to be presented to him anyhow. Objections are now raised by Christians and other opponents that the decisions given for some Jews, which were in accordance with their own , were too harsh. Although they were Sharia carried out according to the stipulated conditions. Another condition was that no one would go to war • without the permission of the Holy Prophet. It was, sa therefore, important to abide by this condition while living under the government. The Jihad organisations ™¿ of today could take guidance from this clause. Any kind of Jihad is not allowed without the permission of the government of the country except in the situation that one joins the armed forces of the government and in the event the country goes to war, they also get to participate. Another condition was that if any nation fought against • the Jews or the Muslims, they would help each other, and in the case of a truce with the enemy if the Muslims or the non-Muslims attained any war booty or any other benefit from the truce then this would be proportionally shared by all. Similarly, if Med na was ™¿ attacked all will join forces to contend with it. 140