Jihad in Islam
An Extract from ‘The Religion of Islam’
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Summary
This book discusses the topic of Jihad in Islam; shows Islam’s peaceful nature; and, responds to allegations of Islam being a religion of terror.
Publication Information
This book is an extract from The Religion of Islam (1990 Edition), pp. 405–443.
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Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore, Inc. (USA), P.O. Box 3370, Dublin, Ohio, 43016, USA
Date of Publication: December 2003
Typesetter: U&I Type Services Inc.
Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore, Inc. (USA), P.O. Box 3370, Dublin, Ohio, 43016, USA
Date of Publication: December 2003
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Table of Contents:
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Authorities and Key to References
- Significance of Jihad
- Use of the Word Jihad in Makkah Revelations
- Jihad in Madinah Revelations
- Jihad in Hadith
- Use of the Word Jihad by Jurists
- The Spread of Islam by Force
- Circumstances under which War was Permitted
- So-called “Verse of the Sword”
- When shall War Cease
- Peace Recommended
- Hadith on the Object of War
- Jurists’ Wrong Notion of Jihad
- Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam
- Jizyah
- Jizyah was not a Religious Tax
- Incidence of the Jizyah
- Islam, Jizyah or the Sword
- Directions relating to War
- Prisoners of War
- Slavery Abolished
- War as a Struggle to be carried on Honestly
- Apostasy
- Apostasy in the Holy Quran
- Hadith on Apostasy
- Apostasy and Fiqh