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However, when the existence of a nation is endangered or its sacred objectives are subject to fall, war is deemed as a merit, and is entitled to “Jihad in the path of God. Therefore, in contrary to what the enemies propagate, Islamic Jihad never implies the imposition of belief. Basically, an imposed belief is worthless in Islam.
Rather, Jihad is recommended when the enemy imposes a war on the Islamic nation or deprives it of its natural freedoms, disregards its rights or tyrant oppresses it unfairly. Then, it is obligatory for Muslims to support the oppressed even if it may result in conflict with the oppressor’s nation.
This is also remarkable that Islam has emphasized the peaceful coexistence of followers of other divine religions, and there are detailed discussions in the verses and Islamic narrations and Fiqh on this under the title of “Rulings for the Tributary”. If Islam advocated the imposition of belief and resort to force and sword for the achievement of its objectives, rulings for the tributary and peaceful coexistence would have been nonsense. Sometimes calamities too are merciful!
Do those object to the rulings of retaliation, Islamic punishments and Jihad, introducing them as the signs of violence, call heavenly and earthly calamities and divine punishments as violence and introduce God as violent? However, we believe that divine calamities and chastisements embracing sinners are a mercy although they may seem apparently violent.
Therefore, divine chastisements for awakening the sinners and resulting in their return and repentance to God are not violence. Rather they are the same divine clemency and benevolence. Author: Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi Source: https://www.al-islam.org NOTE: ____________________ 1. The Quran 7:94 Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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