Robert Spencer: The Theological Aspects of Islam That Lead to Jihad
In this video, Robert Spencer proves, with evidence from Islamic sources, that ISIS is Islamic. I provide quotes from the cited texts plus relevant Sharia. Qur'an quotes are linked to 50 parallel translations at Islam Awakened. Links to Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Maududi's Tafheem are below each quote. There is also a link to Ishaq's Sira.Relevant quotes from The Reliance Of The Traveller are added with links to Hedaya and Risala for easy confirmation.
- Qur'an Verses & hadith cited in the video: click the Surah/Ayat # to read the verse below. Back Space to return.
- 5:46
- 5:65
- 10:94-95
- 5:17
- 5:72-5:73
- 4:157
- 5:14
- Delegation from Najran
- Sahih Bukhari 5.59.663
- Robert Spencer read the story about the delegation from Ishaq's Sira translated by Guillaume:
- 9:30
- 9:74
- 9:14
- 9:29
- This verse was revealed as an income replacement to make up for termination of polytheist pilgrimage to Mekkah. Ibn Kathir explains it in the first page of the fourth volume of his Sira.
- commanded to fight: ahadith confirming 8:39, 9:29 & 9:123 Note the highlighed clauses: you save your wealth & life from Moe by reciting shahada.
- 8:39 Dissent: Islamic law quoted below does not require permission when there is no caliph!
- Sahih Muslim 19.4294
- 47:4
- 4:3
- 4:24
- 23:6
- 33:50
- 3:28
- 60:4
- 33:21
5:46. And in their footsteps, We sent 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) , confirming the Taurât (Torah) that had come before him, and We gave him the Injeel (Gospel), in which was guidance and light and confirmation of the Taurât (Torah) that had come before it, a guidance and an admonition for Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2).
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
5:65. And if only the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) had believed (in Muhammad ) and warded off evil (sin, ascribing partners to Allâh) and had become AlMuttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2) We would indeed have blotted out their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
10:94. So if you (O Muhammad ) are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you, [i.e. that your name is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] then ask those who are reading the Book [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] before you. Verily, the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who doubt (it) .
10:95. And be not one of those who belie the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh, for then you shall be one of the losers.
TafsirIbn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
5:17. Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allâh is the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary) . Say (O Muhammad ): "Who then has the least power against Allâh, if He were to destroy the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), his mother, and all those who are on the earth together?" And to Allâh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He creates what He wills. And Allâh is Able to do all things.
Tafsir IIbn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
5:72. Surely, they have disbelieved who say: "Allâh is the Messiah ['Iesa (Jesus)], son of Maryam (Mary)." But the Messiah ['Iesa (Jesus)] said: "O Children of Israel! Worship Allâh, my Lord and your Lord." Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allâh, then Allâh has forbidden Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode . And for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrongdoers) there are no helpers.
5:73. Surely, disbelievers are those who said: "Allâh is the third of the three (in a Trinity)." But there is no ilâh (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilâh (God -Allâh). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the disbelievers among them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
4:157. And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allâh," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of 'Iesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) ]:.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
5:14. And from those who call themselves Christians, We took their covenant, but they have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. So We planted amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection (when they discarded Allâh's Book, disobeyed Allâh's Messengers and His Orders and transgressed beyond bounds in Allâh's disobedience), and Allâh will inform them of what they used to do.
Tafsir Ibn KathirMaududi's Tafheem
3:61. Then whoever disputes with you concerning him ['Iesa (Jesus)] after (all this) knowledge that has come to you, [i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus)] being a slave of Allâh, and having no share in Divinity) say: (O Muhammad ) "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves - then we pray and invoke (sincerely) the Curse of Allâh upon those who lie."
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 663:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
Al-'Aqib and Saiyid, the rulers of Najran, came to Allah's Apostle with the intention of doing Lian one of them said to the other, "Do not do (this Lian) for, by Allah, if he is a Prophet and we do this Lian, neither we, nor our offspring after us will be successful." Then both of them said (to the Prophet ), "We will give what you should ask but you should send a trustworthy man with us, and do not send any person with us but an honest one." The Prophet said, "I will send an honest man who Is really trustworthy." Then every one of the companions of Allah's Apostle wished to be that one. Then the Prophet said, "Get up, O Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah." When he got up, Allah's Apostle said, "This is the Trustworthy man of this (Muslim) nation."
9:30. And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allâh, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allâh. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allâh's Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
9:74. They swear by Allâh that they said nothing (bad), but really they said the word of disbelief, and they disbelieved after accepting Islâm, and they resolved that (plot to murder Prophet Muhammad ) which they were unable to carry out, and they could not find any cause to do so except that Allâh and His Messenger had enriched them of His Bounty. If then they repent, it will be better for them, but if they turn away, Allâh will punish them with a painful torment in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. And there is none for them on earth as a Walî (supporter, protector) or a helper.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
9:14. Fight against them so that Allâh will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people,
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
9:29. Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
This verse is codified in the fiqh of the Shafi'i school of Islamic law: Reliance Of The Traveller Book O9.8 I do not expect the pdf file linked below to survive for long. I have highlighted a crucial clause which proves that Jihad is offensive, not defensive. Click through, scroll up and read 9.0 & 9.1 With the exceptions of surprise attacks and enemy attack, Muslims are required to issue dawah for three days prior to attacking. To confirm this Islamic law, refer to the fiqh of the Hanafi & Maliki madhabs especialy Hedaya 2.140-145 & 212-216. In Risala, pay particular attention to Chapter 30.2b. The version of Imam Al-Shafi'i's infamous fatwa in Reliance O9.1 is not clear; verify it in page 18 of The Book Of Jihad.
- Hedaya Volume 2, pg. 140
- Risala Ch. 30
- The Book Of Jihad pg. 18
Warning: put away all fire, choke & spill hazards and place
women & children in a safe room before opening this
book, it will
piss you off!!
The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N: provided he has
first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited
them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4)
which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself while remaining in
their ancestral religions) (O: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay
the non-Muslim poll tax (O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,
"Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah
and His messenger have forbidden who do not practice the religion of truth, being of
those who have been given the Book until they pay the poll tax out of hand and are
humbled" (Koran 9.29),
the time and place for which is before the final descent of Jesus (upon whom be peace).
After his final coming, nothing but Isla m will be accepted from them, for taking the poll
tax is only effective until Jesus' descent (upon him and our Prophet be peace), which is
the divinely revealed law of Muhammad. The coming of Jesus does not entail a separate
divinely revealed law, for he will rule by the law of Muhammad. As for the Prophet's
saying (Allah bless him and give him peace), "I am the last, there will be no prophet after me,"
this does not contradict the final coming of Jesus (upon whom be peace), since he will not
rule according to the Evangel, but as a follower of our Prophet (Allah bless him and give
him peace)).
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 196:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah 's Apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' and whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' his life and property will be saved by me except for Islamic law, and his accounts will be with Allah, (either to punish him or to forgive him.)"
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 388:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When Allah's Apostle died and Abu Bakr was elected as a Caliph after
him, some of the Arabs reverted to disbelief, 'Umar said to Abu Bakr,
"How dare you fight the people while Allah's Apostle said, I have been ordered to fight the
people till they say 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'
And whoever
says: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' saves his wealth
and his life from me unless he deserves a legal punishment
lusty, and his account will be with Allah! Abu Bakr said,
"By Allah, I will fight him who discriminates between Zakat and
prayers, for Zakat is the Compulsory right to be taken from the wealth
By Allah, if they refuse to give me even a tying rope which they use to
give to Allah's Apostle, I would fight them for withholding it." 'Umar
said, 'By Allah, It was nothing, except I saw that Allah had opened the
chest of Abu Bakr to the fight, and I came to know for certain that was
the truth."
8:39. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allâh), then certainly, Allâh is All-Seer of what they do.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
This verse is codified in Reliance O9.9 below 9.8
The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi' (y21), 6.48-49) ).
Sahih Muslim Book 019, Number 4294:
It has been reported from Sulaiman b.
Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment he
would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims
who were with him. He would say: Fight in the name of Allah and in the
way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy
war, do not embezzle the spoils; do not break your pledge; and do not
mutilate (the dead) bodies; do not kill the children. When you meet
your enemies who are polytheists invite them to three courses of
action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and
withold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them
to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and
desist from fighting against them. Then invite them to migrate from
their lands to the land of Muhairs and inform them that, if they do so,
they shall have all the privileges and obligations of the Muhajirs. If
they refuse to migrate, tell them that they will have the status of
Bedouin Muilims and will be subjected to the Commands of Allah like
other Muslims, but they will not get any share from the spoils of war
or Fai' except when they actually fight with the Muslims (against the
disbelievers). If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the
Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your
hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight
them...
O9.6
It is offensive to conduct a military expedition against hostile non-Muslims without the caliph's permission (A: though if there is no caliph (def: o25), no permission is required).
Note however, that Islam considers disbelief to be waging war against Allah, so all Jihad can be considered defensive in their demon possessed minds.
47:4. So, when you meet (in fight Jihâd in Allâh's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives). Thereafter (is the time) either for generosity (i.e. free them without ransom), or ransom (according to what benefits Islâm), until the war lays down its burden. Thus [you are ordered by Allâh to continue in carrying out Jihâd against the disbelievers till they embrace Islâm (i.e. are saved from the punishment in the Hell-fire) or at least come under your protection], but if it had been Allâh's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allâh, He will never let their deeds be lost,
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
4:3. And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphangirls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.
Tafsir Ibn KathirMaududi's Tafheem
4:24. Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess. Thus has Allâh ordained for you. All others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse, so with those of whom you have enjoyed sexual relations, give them their Mahr as prescribed; but if after a Mahr is prescribed, you agree mutually (to give more), there is no sin on you. Surely, Allâh is Ever AllKnowing, AllWis
Tafsir Ibn KathirMaududi's Tafheem
23:6. Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
33:50. O Prophet (Muhammad )! Verily, We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), and those (captives or slaves) whom your right hand possesses - whom Allâh has given to you, and the daughters of your 'Amm (paternal uncles) and the daughters of your 'Ammah (paternal aunts) and the daughters of your Khâl (maternal uncles) and the daughters of your Khâlah (maternal aunts) who migrated (from Makkah) with you, and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, and the Prophet wishes to marry her; a privilege for you only, not for the (rest of) the believers. Indeed We know what We have enjoined upon them about their wives and those (captives or slaves) whom their right hands possess, - in order that there should be no difficulty on you. And Allâh is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
Tafsir
Ibn Kathir
Maududi's
Tafheem
60:4. Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrâhim (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allâh, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever, until you believe in Allâh Alone," except the saying of Ibrâhim (Abraham) to his father: "Verily, I will ask for forgiveness (from Allâh) for you, but I have no power to do anything for you before Allâh ." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our) final Return,
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
33:21. Indeed in the Messenger of Allâh (Muhammad ) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allâh and the Last Day and remembers Allâh much.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Maududi's Tafheem
