{"id":181,"date":"2011-08-07T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/let-there-be-no-compulsion-in-religion\/"},"modified":"2011-08-07T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T09:38:09","slug":"let-there-be-no-compulsion-in-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/let-there-be-no-compulsion-in-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Let There Be No Compulsion in Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the fundamental truths established by the sacred texts is that no one can be compelled to accept Islam.\u00a0 It is the duty of Muslims to establish the proof of Islam to the people so that truth can be made clear from falsehood.\u00a0 After that, whoever wishes to accept Islam may do so and whoever wishes to continue upon unbelief may do so.\u00a0 No one should be threatened or harmed in any way if he does not wish to accept Islam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Among the many decisive pieces of evidence in this regard are the following.\u00a0 God says:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet there be no compulsion in religion.\u00a0 Truth has been made clear from error.\u00a0 Whoever rejects false worship and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks.\u00a0 And God hears and knows all things.\u201d (Quran 2:256)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God says:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf it had been your Lord\u2019s will, all of the people on Earth would have believed.\u00a0 Would you then compel the people so to have them believe?\u201d (Quran 10:99)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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God says:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSo if they dispute with you, say \u2018I have submitted my whole self to God, and so have those who follow me.\u2019\u00a0 And say to the People of the Scripture and to the unlearned: \u2018Do you also submit yourselves?\u2019\u00a0 If they do, then they are on right guidance.\u00a0 But if they turn away, your duty is only to convey the Message.\u00a0 And in God\u2019s sight are all of His servants.\u201d (Quran 3:20)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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God says:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Messenger\u2019s duty is but to proclaim the Message.\u201d (Quran 5:99)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is important to note that these last two verses were revealed in Medina.\u00a0 This is significant, since it shows that the ruling they gave was not just contingent on the Muslims being in Mecca in a state of weakness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some people might be wondering that if Islam indeed advocates such an approach, then what is all this we hear about jihad?\u00a0 How can we explain the warfare that the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and his Companions waged against the pagans?\u00a0 The answer to this is that jihad in Islamic Law can be waged for a number of reasons, but compelling people to accept Islam is simply not one of them.\u00a0 As for conversion, this is to be done peacefully by disseminating the Message with the written and spoken word.\u00a0 There is no place for the use of weapons to compel people to accept Islam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Prophet, said in his letter to the Roman governor Heraclius:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI invite you to accept Islam.\u00a0 If you accept Islam, you will find safety.\u00a0 If you accept Islam, God will give you a double reward.\u00a0 However, if you turn away, upon you will be the sin of your subjects.\u201d (Saheeh Al-Bukhari, Saheeh Muslim)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Once people have heard the Message without obstruction or hindrance and the proof has been established upon them, then the duty of the Muslims is done.\u00a0 Those who wish to believe are free to do so and those who prefer to disbelieve are likewise free to do so.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even when the Muslims are compelled to fight and then, as a consequence, subdue the land, their duty thereafter is to establish God\u2019s law in the land and uphold justice for all people, Muslim and non-Muslim.\u00a0 It is not their right to coerce their subjects to accept Islam against their will.\u00a0 Non-Muslims under Muslim rule must be allowed to remain on their own faith and must be allowed to practice the rights of their faith, though they will be expected to respect the laws of the land.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Had the purpose of jihad been to force the unbelievers to accept Islam, the Prophet would never have commanded the Muslims to refrain from hostilities if the enemy relented.\u00a0 He would not have prohibited the killing of women and children.\u00a0 However, this is exactly what he did.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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During a battle, the Prophet saw people gathered together.\u00a0 He dispatched a man to find out why they were gathered.\u00a0 The man returned and said: \u201cThey are gathered around a slain woman.\u201d\u00a0 So God\u2019s Messenger said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cShe should not have been attacked!\u201d\u00a0 Khalid b. al-Walid was leading the forces, so he dispatched a man to him saying: \u201cTell Khalid not to kill women or laborers\u201d. (Sunan Abi Dawud)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Therefore, even in the heat of battle against a hostile enemy, the only people who may be attacked are those who are actually participating in the fighting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Had the purpose of jihad been to force the unbelievers to accept Islam, the rightly guided Caliphs would not have prohibited the killing of priests and monks who refrained from fighting.\u00a0 However, this is exactly what they did.\u00a0 When the first Caliph, Abu Bakr, sent an army to Syria to fight the aggressive Roman legions, he went out to give them words of encouragement.\u00a0 He said: \u201cYou are going to find a group of people who have devoted themselves to the worship of God (i.e. monks), so leave them to what they are doing.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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