Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 615

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

أَمَّا مَنْ مُجَاهَدَتُهُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْبَيَانِ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَسَمَّى بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ؛ مِثْلُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَأَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ الْمُكَفِّرَةِ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُجَاهِدَهُمْ بِالسِّلَاحِ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَتَظَاهَرُونَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَأَنَّهُمْ مَعَنَا، وَلَكِنَّنَا نُجَاهِدُهُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْبَيَانِ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ﴾ (التَّوْبَةُ: ٧٣)، فَجِهَادُ الْكُفَّارِ يَكُونُ بِالسِّلَاحِ، وَجِهَادُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَكُونُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْبَيَانِ.

As for those whose struggle is through knowledge and clarification, they are those who call themselves Muslims but are not among the Muslims; such as the hypocrites, the people of apostate innovations, and the like, for it is not possible to struggle against them with weapons because they pretend to be Muslim and that they are with us, but we struggle against them with knowledge and clarification. Allah the Almighty said: 'O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination' (At-Tawbah: 73), so the struggle against the disbelievers is with weapons, and the struggle against the hypocrites is with knowledge and clarification.

وَلِهَذَا كَانَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ يَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ مُنَافِقِينَ، وَيَعْلَمُهُمْ بِأَعْيَانِهِمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَقْتُلُهُمْ، وَاسْتُؤْذِنَ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ فَقَالَ: «لَا يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابَهُ»، فَكَذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ يَنْضَوُونَ تَحْتَ لِوَاءِ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ لَا تُقَاتِلُهُمْ بِالسِّلَاحِ، لَكِنَّنَا نُجَاهِدُهُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْبَيَانِ.

For this reason, the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, knew that there were hypocrites among his companions and knew them by their very names, but he did not kill them. He was asked for permission to kill them, and he said: 'People will not say that Muhammad kills his companions.' Likewise, those who fall under the banner of Islam from the people of innovation, you do not fight them with weapons, but we struggle against them with knowledge and clarification.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 45 nouns)

• جَاهَدَ — to struggle
• تَسَمَّى — to be named
• أَشْبَهَ — to resemble
• مُجَاهَدَة — struggle
• عِلْم — knowledge
• بَيَان — clarification