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Peace be upon you.
Peace be on all.....It is thought by some that Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a.) --- the first Khalifah of Holy Prophet (sa) ---- killed the muslims who denied to pay the zakat, thus it permits certain groups in Arab lands to take similar action.
Was it reality?
The concept of coercion in Islam first took root in the Islamic world itself and that it is wrong to blame the orientalists for having initiated it. They picked it up from the Muslims: before the orientalists were even born, the idea seems to have been present in medieval Islamic thought. It originated in the late Umayyad dynasty.
Throughout the Abbaside period,the idea continued to flourish and was further strengthened because the Abbaside sovereigns wanted to use force not only against the enemies of Islam but also against their own people. A license for this was not infrequently sought from Muslim scholars under their influence.
The concept has therefore arisen from the conduct and policies of the post-Khalifat-i-Rashida Muslim governments of Baghdad.............The idea had its birth in an age when all over the world the use of force for the spread of influence and ideology was a common feature and no exception was taken to this.
Coercion in faith is against the teachings of the Holy Quran, the traditions and the conduct of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad (sa) , himself.
The tendency to judge teachings by the conduct of their followers has often misled people about the original teachings. It can be seen in other religions too.
The death of the Prophet (sa) in 11 AH/AD632 confronted the young Muslim administration with a major crisis. Disorder broke out in parts of the peninsula and many tribes detached themselves from Medina by refusing to pay zakat. This movement is known as Al-Riddah. The main task of the Prophet’ssa successor, Abu Bakr, was to put down this unrest.
A delegation of Arab tribes went to Medina to negotiate with Abu Bakr over the question of zakat, but Abu Bakr refused. Some early and prominent muhajirun disagreed with Abu Bakr’s decision to fight those who withheld the zakat. That these tribes were anxious to negotiate showed they had not recanted, and did not want to sever their relations with Medina, yet were not prepared to accept Medina’s control over them. The issue was not belief in Allah and His Prophet, but the zakat (tax).
After the departure of the delegation from Medina, Abu Bakr gathered the Muslims of Medina and addressed them as follows:
‘The delegation has observed just how few of you there are in Medina. You do not know whether they will attack you by day or night. Their vanguard is only a stone’s throw from Medina. They wanted us to accept their proposals and make an agreement with them, but we have rejected their request. So make ready for their attack.’ --------- Within three days they attacked Medina.
So the matter was deep, not only Zakaat.
Reference and More in depth.....
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/mna/chapter_6.html
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/mna/chapter_7.html
Was it reality?
The concept of coercion in Islam first took root in the Islamic world itself and that it is wrong to blame the orientalists for having initiated it. They picked it up from the Muslims: before the orientalists were even born, the idea seems to have been present in medieval Islamic thought. It originated in the late Umayyad dynasty.
Throughout the Abbaside period,the idea continued to flourish and was further strengthened because the Abbaside sovereigns wanted to use force not only against the enemies of Islam but also against their own people. A license for this was not infrequently sought from Muslim scholars under their influence.
The concept has therefore arisen from the conduct and policies of the post-Khalifat-i-Rashida Muslim governments of Baghdad.............The idea had its birth in an age when all over the world the use of force for the spread of influence and ideology was a common feature and no exception was taken to this.
Coercion in faith is against the teachings of the Holy Quran, the traditions and the conduct of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad (sa) , himself.
The tendency to judge teachings by the conduct of their followers has often misled people about the original teachings. It can be seen in other religions too.
The death of the Prophet (sa) in 11 AH/AD632 confronted the young Muslim administration with a major crisis. Disorder broke out in parts of the peninsula and many tribes detached themselves from Medina by refusing to pay zakat. This movement is known as Al-Riddah. The main task of the Prophet’ssa successor, Abu Bakr, was to put down this unrest.
A delegation of Arab tribes went to Medina to negotiate with Abu Bakr over the question of zakat, but Abu Bakr refused. Some early and prominent muhajirun disagreed with Abu Bakr’s decision to fight those who withheld the zakat. That these tribes were anxious to negotiate showed they had not recanted, and did not want to sever their relations with Medina, yet were not prepared to accept Medina’s control over them. The issue was not belief in Allah and His Prophet, but the zakat (tax).
After the departure of the delegation from Medina, Abu Bakr gathered the Muslims of Medina and addressed them as follows:
‘The delegation has observed just how few of you there are in Medina. You do not know whether they will attack you by day or night. Their vanguard is only a stone’s throw from Medina. They wanted us to accept their proposals and make an agreement with them, but we have rejected their request. So make ready for their attack.’ --------- Within three days they attacked Medina.
So the matter was deep, not only Zakaat.
Reference and More in depth.....
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/mna/chapter_6.html
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/mna/chapter_7.html
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