The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 71
II - Commencement of Jihād by the Sword & Fundamental Discussion on Jihād 71 ِ اَبَوْا فَسَلْھُم ُ الْجِزْیَة َ فَاِن ْ ھُم ْ اَجَابُوْك َ فَاقْبَل ْ مِنْھُم ْ وَكُف َّ عَنْھُم ْ فَاِن َ اَبَوْا فَاسْتَعِن ْ بِاللّٰه ْ وَقَاتِلْھُم “Barīrah ra narrates that whenever the Holy Prophet sa would dispatch a company he would advise its commander that, ‘When you are confronted by your enemy, i. e. , you encounter a nation against whom a war has broken out, invite them to three options before the commencement of fighting. If they accept even one of the three, then do not fight them. First and foremost, invite them to Islām. If they believe, then accept their proclamation of Islām and withhold your hand from them. Then encourage them to migrate to Madīnah and tell them that if they migrate, they shall be endowed the rights of the Muhājirīn and upon them shall be the responsibilities of the Muhājirīn as well. If they do not agree to migrate then inform them that they would be deemed as having entered Islām, but they shall not receive the rights of the Muhājirīn, because these rights can only be attained through Jihād in the cause of Allāh. If they reject your invitation to Islām altogether then tell them to pay a tax and accept the rule of the Islāmic government. If they accept this option, then do not fight them. However, if they refuse, then fight them in the name of God. ’” 1 Then, it is narrated that: ُ حَدَّثَنِی ْ مُسْلِم ُ بْن ُ الْحَارِث ِ بْن ِ مُسْلِم ٍ التَّمِیْمِی ُّ عَن ْ اَبِیْه ِ قَال َ بَعَثْنَا رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ فِی ْ سَرِیَّة ٍ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْنَا الْمَغَار َ اسْتَحْثَثْت ُ فَرَسِی ْ فَسَبَقْت ُ اَصْحَابِی ْ فَتَلَقَّانِی ْ اَھْل آ اِلٰه َ اِلّا اللّٰه ُ فَقَالُوْھَا فَلَامَنِی ْ اَصْحَابِی ْ فَقَالُوْا اَحَرَمْتَنَا ا َ الْحَی ِّ بِالرَّنِیْن ِ فَقُلْت ُ لَھُم ْ قُوْلُوْا ل ُ الْغَنِیْمَة َ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلی ٰ رَسُوْل ِ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ اَخْبَرُوْه ُ بِالَّذِی ْ صَنَعْت ِ فَدَعَانِی ْ فَحَسَّن َ لِی ْ مَا صَنَعْت ُ ثُم َّ قَال َ لِی ْ اَمَا اِن َّ اللّٰه َ تَعَالی ٰ قَد ْ كَتَب َ لَك َ مِن ْ اَجْر َ كُل ِّ اِنْسَان ٍ مِنْھُم ْ كَذَا كَذَا مِن َ الْاَجْر ِ وَقَال َ اَمَا اِنِّی ْ سَاَكْتُب ُ لَك َ بِالْوَصَاة ِ بَعْدِی ْ فَفَعَل 1 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Ta’mīril-Imāmil-Umarā’a ‘Alal-Bu‘ūth, Ḥadīth No. 4522 * Sunanu Abī Dāwūd, Kitābul-Jihād, Bābu Fī Du‘ā’il-Mushrikīn, Ḥadīth No. 2612 * Sunanut-Tirmidhī, Kitābus-Siyar, Bābu Mā Jā’a Fī (Waṣiyyatihī sa ) Fil-Qitāl, Ḥadīth No. 1617