Question What are the types of shaheeds or should I say kinds of shaheeds? There are ones who die in holy wars and then there are some who are innocent and are killed in some accidents or are murdered. I am really confused about their grades or positions (‘darjaas’). Please enlighten me on Shahadat and […]
The Special Position of the Early Muslims
Question I understand what you mean by the concept of Allah granting sovereignty to the early Muslims as a “promise” of sorts to them. I wish to follow up on my question with the following queries: What was the mechanism by which this sovereignty was allowed to manifest? Did Allah give the armies super-human strength? […]
Syed Qutb’s Explanation and God’s Law Relating to Messengers
Question Sayyid Qutb writes in his book “Milestones” that according to Ibn Qayyim (rh)’s Sa’ad-al-Ma’adh, the people of Arabia were divided into three categories after the revelation of the initial verses of Surah At-Taubah. They are: The polytheist who breached the treaty with the prophet (pbuh); The polytheists who were true to the treaty with […]
Further Clarification on the Divine Law Relating to Messengers
Question Thank you for your response. I would like you to clarify my following doubts. Was the divine law relating to messengers applicable to Magians, Sabians etc and other creeds which ascribed to polytheistic beliefs in Arabia? What was their fate after the revelation of Surah At-Taubah? Could you provide evidences that the Divine law […]
A Further Exchange Regarding the Divine Law Relating to Nations
Question Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I remain confused about a few points: You write that the verse does not say that “when a people become undeserving of God’s favors, God would then take away the favor from those people.” It instead says that “God only turns away His favors from a nation, when […]
The Companions (ra) and the Divine Law Pertaining to a Messenger
Question In your response you write: It was on the basis of this divine grant, that the companions of the Prophet proceeded to conquer those areas and relieve them of non-Muslim leaderships, to which the Prophet (pbuh) had himself sent his message during his life. From this, I gather that the Divine Law ended once […]
An Exchange on God’s Law Relating to Messengers
Question I read your explanation of the God’s Law relating to the messengers. You wrote that once the Messengers make the Truth (of Islam) entirely clear to their addressee, the God’s law takes into effect. According to your explanation of the God’s law relating to messengers, all the polytheists addressee are punished to death by […]
Fate of the Jews
Question Why were the Jews not subjected to punishment of death after rejecting Jesus (pbuh) as the prophet of Allah? Answer While explaining the law relating to the messengers of God, I had mentioned in one of my earlier responses: An important point to remember here is that, according to the Qur’an, it is the […]
Further Clarification Regarding Jizya…
Question From what I gather of your opinion regarding “Itmaam al-Hujjah”, this was granted to either a Prophet who was also a Rasool, or, in the case of the Prophet Muhammad’s (p) Companions (ra), to others whom God bestowed this favor upon. For this reason you cite that the killing of apostates is limited to […]
Some More Verses & Comments on Jihad
Question Ibn Warraq cites the definition of Jihad, as given by T.Hughes in his Dictionary of Islam, and goes on to say: The world is divided into two spheres, Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb. The latter, the Land of Warfare, is a country belonging to infidels which has not been subdued by Islam. The Dar […]