What does Quran say about war?
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ear totaly different reactions from Moslems all other the world : What is the
real Coran way ? who should we listen to ?
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What does Quran say about war?
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Questions: What is the
real Coran way ? who should we listen to ?
We should always listen to what is said in the Quran and
Sunnah and make these alone our sources of guidance, if indeed we believe in Allah and the Last Day.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa
verse 135:O you who have believed! You
be the standard-bearers of justice and witnesses for the sake of Allah; even though your justice and your evidence
might be harmful to yourselves, or to
your parents, or to your
relatives. It does not matter whether
the party concerned is rich or poor:
Allah is their greater well-wisher than you. Therefore, do not follow
your own desire lest you should deviate from doing justice. If you distort your evidence or refrain
from the Truth, know it well that Allah
is fully aware of what you do.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 8:O you who have believed!
Be steadfast in righteousness and just in giving witnesses for the sake
of Allah. The enmity of any people
should not so provoke you as to turn you away from justice. Do justice;
for it is akin to piety. Fear
Allah (in all your affairs).
Indeed, He is fully aware of
what you do.
In light of the guidance of the Holy Quran, the believers must always be on the side of Truth
and Justice, regardless of whether the
victims are muslims or non-muslims.
The manner in which the Allies have waged war against a
poor country like Afghanistan and that too only because they ‘suspect’ one
individual or organization for committing the attacks on September 11 in the
USA, is indeed unjust aggression and
oppression. There is absolutely no
doubt that the people of Afghanistan are innocent and have done no crime. There is no law in any country or any
religion which says that for the sake of one person a whole country may be
attacked!
Therefore, the people all over the world, who are not
caught up in arrogance, ignorance, pride,
and prejudice, have raised their
concerns over this unjust war that was declared on the sovereign nation of
Afghanistan. This is a classic case of
the powerful oppressing the weak! No
nation has a right to define what another sovereign nation should do or not do! No nation has a right to choose who leads
or stays in another sovereign country!
No nation has a right to wage war against a whole country in the search
of one ‘suspect’!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 190-191:And fight in the way of
Allah with those who fight against you, but do not commit aggression; because Allah does not like the aggressors. Fight against them wherever they confront
you in combat, and drive them out from
where they drove you out. Though killing is bad; persecution is worse than killing!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 75-76:Why should you, then, not fight in the way of Allah for the
sake of those helpless men, women and
children, who, being weak, have been oppressed and are crying out, “O
our Lord, deliver us from this
habitation whose inhabitants are unjust oppressors, and raise a protector for us by Your Grace and a helper from
Thyself”. Those who follow the way of
Faith, fight in the Way of Allah. And those who follow the way of
disbelief, fight in the way of
Shaitaan. So fight against the helpers
of Shaitaan with this conviction that Shaitaan’s crafty schemes are in fact
very weak!
It is a duty of every person who loves Truth and Justice
and hates falsehood and oppression, to side with the people and nation who are
being oppressed.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan