jeudi 17 juillet 2008

Protection

Shaykh Abul Hassan, in his commentary of the Rissalah of Ibn Abi Zaid, in red, in the chapter of Jihad, wrote:

"(And the protection [to a non-Muslim] from the lowest of the Muslims is permissible) [and the lowest of the Muslims] is the miserable man, who, if he is absent, is not awaited for; and if he is present, is not consulted, ([and have to be respected] by the rest of the Muslims), even more so the protection of the noble person; and this [protection] is for a definite number of people, and as to the people of a whole region or a country, protection cannot be granted except by the ruler (sultan); if it is granted by another person than him, he can cancel it if he wishes so.

Note: It is said in “The Jawahir”: The condition for the [granting of] protection is that it does not harm the Muslims, so if a spy or one who is harming the Muslims is granted protection, it cannot be observed.

Protection is made effective with a clear enunciation or [even] by an indirect declaration, or an understandable indication. (And so it is for that of a woman) her protection is permissible (and a boy) like her, it is permissible (if he understand [what is] the protection), namely, if he knows that to violate the protection is forbidden and entails punishment, and its fulfilment is rewarded […]

2 commentaires:

Y.S. a dit…

hey salaam alaykum. the title of the book is: "the power of positive confrontation- the skills you need to know to handle conflits at home, at work and in life" by Barbara Pachter. It's quite good and it's very sunnah oriented w/ advice like speak good and be quiet, take into consideration othes people's feelings, think good of people, etc. Hope that's helpful.

Unknown a dit…

Hope you're well in sha Allah.

Do you happen to have any information on maqamat of awliya in North africa and when there respective urs might be? I mean I am coming a across information on awliya buried in Marrakesh etc, however, am finding it difficult finding dates for their urs celebrations.

Reason for asking being that a non Muslim friend is hoping to visit this region, with the intention of visiting the maqamat.

Salaam.