...........Tax (Jizyah) Slander...............

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Reply to Tax Slander (Jizyah)





They said :

The Messenger of Islam came with a verse (aya) calls for killing all the People of the Scripture then make us to pay poll tax, and we are belittled and humbled……are these Prophet ‘s ethics ? and they mentioned Allah Almighty’s verse : “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled” .Altawba 29



Refuting this slander





First :

The objectors’ understanding for the holy verse that they depend on is obscure; that the Allah Almighty says : “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled” .Altawba 29.

The holy verse did not order killing all the People of the Scripture , but it has is a particular conception that will be clear by understanding the meaning of one word , and it is (min , from), and it is obvious in Allah’s speech “from those who were given the Scripture” , ie : not all the People of the Scripture; cause the word (from) means some….. and consequently the meaning becomes : kill a particular group from People of the Scripture and that is clear from the biography of the Prophet (peace be upon him)that he did not fight all the People of the Scripture; he did not kill the delegation visitors from Najran when they came to him yet he received them graceful nice reception, in spite of what they said he allowed them to pray and did not kill them ……

Another thing the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came with Holy Quran that Allah Almighty says in “Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly”. Al-Mumtahina 8.

It is written in Tafseer Maysar : Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fight not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal (speak and behave) with equity.



So, what mentioned before is refuting the objectors first allegation which is : The Messenger of Islam came with a verse (aya) calls for killing all the People of the Scripture ….