asalamualikum - part 4 - visit the thread to read last 3 parts: http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=609
*Al-Islaam the Religion of Peace and Mercy by Shaikh Abdul Azeez As-Sa'eed Delivered on July 23rd, 2005* *Advice to those not in the Muslim lands in dealing with the People* And you, O brothers, live in a land, a land other than the Muslim land and what is hoped and expected from you is that you show mercy toward the people and present the correct face of Islaam, and I will clarify for you some affairs that you should follow so you will be guides to Islaam and cause for the honour of Islaam and the Muslimeen: *Your concern with the Disbeliever is in calling him to Islaam* First of all make your concern with the non-believers that you guide them to the religion of Allaah and that you present Islaam upon its correct face and call them to it night and day without tiring, because the Prophet, peace be upon, him said: *'If Allaah guides upon your hands one man it is worth more for you than the red camels.'*[12] And also Allaah said: وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ *{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allaah" and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allaah's (Islaamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."}* [Al-Fussilat 41:33] *Call to Islaam upon Knowledge* And second of all is that your calling should be upon insight, upon clear insight from the Book and the Prophetic tradition of the Prophet i.e. his Sunnah, peace be upon him, so do not attribute to Islaam anything that is not from it and do not bring into it that which was not in it, but make clear to the people, make clear to them Islaam in its correct and beautiful form, that has room for all people. *Do not kill the Disbelievers unjustly* And upon you is staying away, O brothers, from what some of the ignorant have fallen into of believing that the killing of the disbelievers, whether they are fighting against you or peaceful toward you, killing them, their believing that killing them is permissible. Even to the point that they believe Islaam orders that, and that Islaam makes permissible for them to break their contracts, truces and trusts that are between them and the Muslims. Or that they enter into their lands with visas in which they agreed when taking them, to abide by their laws and not harm them, and then they decide to break this contract with the people that gave them the contract and granted them security. This does not mean that the believer that hates the people of rejection and disbelief and hates their faith – that he does not stick to the implementation of what the Religion has come with from mercy and justice, even with the disbeliever. Nay it is upon him if he loves Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and His Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم and calls to Islaam upon clear insight that he holds fast to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and what he came with in his dealing with the disbeliever, even though it is upon the believer that he hates them because of what they hold in them of disgusting disbelief and rejection, and he hates their religion and that he believes it is false and incorrect. *Encourage them to accept Islaam* O brothers, the Prophet, peace be upon him, would become very happy if a disbeliever became Muslim. The Prophet, peace be upon him, visited a Jewish boy who was a neighbour of his and he advised him to enter into Islaam, and the boy pronounced the testification that there is no Lord except Allaah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah. The boy said it and the Prophet was happy, while he was leaving the house the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: *'All thanks is due to Allaah the One who saved him by me, from the Hell-fire.'*[13] So the Prophet was happy for him and his Islaam. Likewise the believer becomes happy for the Islaam of a disbeliever because he wants that all of the creation become Muslim and be guided. He wants good for them. *First Matter - Fulfil your contracts with the Disbelievers* Here we will note a point concerning a Muslim dealing with a disbeliever, so that the Muslim does not fall into anything that Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and His Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم hate: First it is upon the Muslim to complete and be true to the contract between the Muslims and the disbelievers, because Allaah سبحانه و تعالى said: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَوْفُواْ بِالْعُقُودِ *{O you who believe! Fulfil (your) obligations}* [Al-Maa'idah 5:1] And He سبحانه و تعالى said: وَأَوْفُواْ بِالْعَهْدِ إِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْؤُولاً *{…And fulfil (every) covenant. Verily, the covenant will be questioned about.}* [Al-Israa' 17:34] And He سبحانه و تعالى said: وَأَوْفُواْ بِعَهْدِ اللّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدتُّمْ *{And fulfil the Covenant of Allâh (Bai'ah: pledge for Islâm) when you have covenanted…}* [An-Nahl 16:91] And in the opposite of this, it is Haraam – that is *prohibited* – for the Muslim to break his trust and, or deceive the disbeliever, because the Prophet said; *'for every deceiver on the Day of Judgement a banner will be tied, and raised for him saying, 'this is the deception of so and so the son of so and so.'*[14] And Allaah said in the Hadeeth that is Qudsi; *'I am the opponent of three on the Day of Judgement…' and one of them is the one who broke his trust.*[15] And from what is known is that between the Muslim lands and the lands of the disbelievers are certain trusts, pacts and truces. So the person can't enter these lands, until he agrees and abides by their laws by going through their embassies and getting their visas. Then at this point it is not permissible for him to deceive them, to be disloyal to the agreement. This is a great sin with Allaah. For this the Prophet said; *'I do not lock up the messengers (meaning those messengers of war) and I do not break the contract.'*[16]" So the Shaikh continues: "Whoever breaks the contract is not upon the tradition or the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him. *Second Matter - Do not oppress the Disbelievers* The second affair is being just with them. Not oppressing them – not in their selves nor families nor money nor businesses nor estates. Not in anything because Allaah said: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّامِينَ لِلّهِ شُهَدَاء بِالْقِسْطِ وَلاَ يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَى أَلاَّ تَعْدِلُواْ اعْدِلُواْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى *{O you who believe! Stand out firmly for Allâh as just witnesses; and let not the enmity and hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety…}* [Al-Maa'idah 5:8] *Third Matter - Have Ihsaan (goodness) towards the Disbelievers* And the third affair is having *Ihsaan* – goodness toward the disbelievers, because our Islamic legislation has come with *Ihsaan* – goodness toward the disbeliever because Allaah سبحانه و تعالى said: لا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ *{Allâh does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes...}* [Al-Mumtahanah 60:8] And they also, that is the disbelievers, enter into Allaah's saying: إِنَّ اللّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالإِحْسَانِ *{Verily, Allâh enjoins Al-'Adl (i.e. justice and worshipping none but Allaah Alone) and Al-Ihsân [i.e. to be patient in performing your duties to Allâh, totally for Allâh's sake and in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways) of the Prophet in a perfect manner]...}* [An-Nahl 16:90] And the Prophet's صلى الله عليه و سلم saying; *'Allaah wrote goodness upon everything, Allaah wrote Ihsaan upon everything.'*[17] So the believer should be good towards the disbeliever, whether in calling him to Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and this is the most important, or giving him money if in need, or carrying his luggage, or giving him a ride, the important thing is that he is good towards him. *When the mother of 'Asmaa, the daughter of Abee Bakr رضى الله عنه, came to visit her in Al-Madeenah, and at the time her mother was a disbeliever she asked; 'O Messenger of Allaah should I keep ties with her?' He replied; 'Yes keep ties with your mother.'*[18] And she was one who associated partners with Allaah – that is she was a Mushrik - a disbeliever. Allaah said: وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ *{And We have enjoined on man (to be dutiful and good) to his parents…}*[Luqmaan 31:14] till He سبحانه و تعالى said: وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلى أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاً *{But if they (both) strive with you to make you join in worship with Me others that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not; but behave with them in the world kindly...}* [Luqmaan 31:15] So you are ordered to be good towards the parents. *Fourth Matter - It is permissible to do trade with them* The fourth affair is it is permissible in the Islamic legislation, to deal with the disbelievers in buying and selling and all the rest of the permissible thing. There is no harm in this. Whoever makes prohibited something which Allaah has made permissible this is a great sin, and the Prophet, peace be upon him, bought and sold with the Jews and disbelievers and *he died while his armour was with a Jewish man as collateral for barley he had bought from him.*[19] We noted these four affairs; that is the obligation of keeping the trust and being just, because some people see it permissible and part of the religion of Islaam to break the contracts with the disbelievers and to oppress them. And we noted the permissibility of having goodness toward the disbelievers and dealing with them, because some people feel it is not permissible to have goodness toward them, nor deal with them in any affair, and they have built upon these affairs many issues, some of which have led to the hurting of other Muslims and some of which have led to the disbelievers starting to have animosity towards Islaam and looking at it as something despicable. In ending this word I advise my brothers to look at these verses and ahadeeth – the Prophetic traditions, and ponder upon them because of what is in them of goodness and mercy towards all of the creation and the creatures. And it is what shows Islaam upon its correct face. They should make this apparent in those lands because the war against Islaam is great, and those who seek to hurt Islaam have taken advantage of certain tragedies, whether the disbelievers did it or the despicable one's from between the Muslims did it, they try to take advantage of this and blame it on Islaam, so that they may hurt the religion of Islaam and present an ugly picture of Islaam in trying to keep the people from it. Even though Islaam, and all thanks is due to Allaah سبحانه و تعالى, denounces these actions and makes it prohibited and it is in severe opposition to these acts." The Shaikh he said: "I apologise to you for taking too much time, but this is a subject that needed some clarification and attention, and also it is from what I have for my brothers of love. I ask Allaah that He makes me and you from those who are guided and guide. And He brings us upon the truth, and that He grants victory to His religion and raises His word. And forgives us and brings us together in the paradise of na'eem." *Questions and Answers* -- Masjid Ahlul-Quraan wa As-Sunnah of New york http://www.seekknowledge.org http://www.albaseerah.org -- Masjid Ahlul-Quraan wa As-Sunnah of New york http://www.seekknowledge.org http://www.albaseerah.org