The Holy War — Page 242
242 3 June 1893 Statement by DEPUTY Abdullah Atham The remaining from 1 June— Regarding compulsion in faith, review (1) It is written in S u rah al-Anf a l : 1 َو ْمُهْوُلِتاَق ىّٰتَح اَل َنْوُكَت ٌةَنْتِف َّو َنْوُكَي ُنْيِّدلا ٗهُّلُك ِهّٰلِل Meaning that fight them until there remains no mischief and reli- gion becomes wholly for Allah. (First Ruk u ‘ of S u rah at-Taubah ): ‘And when the forbidden months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, then leave their way free. And if any idolater asks for protection, grant him protec- tion till he hears the Word of Allah; then convey him to a place of security. ’ Then, it is written in the first Ruk u ‘ of S u rah at-Taubah: ‘Say to the desert Arabs who stayed behind that ahead you will have to fight a very contentious army; either you will kill them, or they will believe. ’ So apart from the verse we have been debating about, these are other verses that very clearly indicate compulsion in faith. And besides these, we have never denied those many statements in the Holy Quran regarding defensive, retributive, and administra- tive jihad. From among the various types of jihad, this is a unique type of jihad which we are emphasising and which indicates faith 1. S u rah al-Anf a l, 8:40 [Publisher]