Did Ibn Qayyim deny jihad al-talab? Asking because I have been referred to the following source
> Ibn Qayyim on Jihad: The Prophet never fought peaceful people
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> Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The Prophet never
> forced the religion upon anyone, but rather he only fought those who
> waged war against him and fought him first. As for those who made
> peace with him or conducted a truce, then he never fought them and he
> never compelled them to enter his religion, as his Lord the Almighty
> had commanded him: There is no compulsion in religion, for right
> guidance is distinct from error (2:256). The negation in the verse
> carries the meaning of prohibition, namely, you may not force your
> religion upon anyone.”
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> Source: Hidāyat al-Ḥayārá 1/237
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> And Ibn al-Qayyim said, “Fighting is only necessary to confront war
> and not to confront unbelief. For this reason, women and children are
> not killed, neither are the elderly, the blind, or monks who do not
> participate in fighting. Rather, we only fight those who wage war
> against us. This was the way of the Messenger of Allah, peace and
> blessings be upon him, with the people of the earth. He would fight
> those who declared war on him until they accepted his religion, or
> they proposed a peace treaty, or they came under his control by paying
> tribute.”
>
> Source: Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimmah 1/110
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> قال ابن القيم رحمه الله وَلَمْ يُكْرِهْ أَحَدًا قَطُّ عَلَى الدِّينِ
> وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ يُقَاتِلُ مَنْ يُحَارِبُهُ وَيُقَاتِلُهُ وَأَمَّا
> مَنْ سَالَمَهُ وَهَادَنَهُ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلْهُ وَلَمْ يُكْرِهْهُ عَلَى
> الدُّخُولِ فِي دِينِهِ امْتِثَالًا لِأَمْرِ رَبِّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ
> وَتَعَالَى حَيْثُ يَقُولُ لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ
> الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ وَهَذَا نَفْيٌ فِي مَعْنَى النَّهْيِ أَيْ لَا
> تُكْرِهُوا أَحَدًا عَلَى الدِّينِ
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> 1/237 هداية الحيارى في أجوبة اليهود والنصارى
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> وقال ابن القيم رحمه الله وَلِأَنَّ الْقَتْلَ إِنَّمَا وَجَبَ فِي
> مُقَابَلَةِ الْحِرَابِ لَا فِي مُقَابَلَةِ الْكُفْرِ وَلِذَلِكَ لَا
> يُقْتَلُ النِّسَاءُ وَلَا الصِّبْيَانُ وَلَا الزَّمْنَى وَالْعُمْيَانُ
> وَلَا الرُّهْبَانُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُقَاتِلُونَ بَلْ نُقَاتِلُ مَنْ
> حَارَبَنَا وَهَذِهِ كَانَتْ سِيرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ
> عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ كَانَ يُقَاتِلُ مَنْ حَارَبَهُ
> إِلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِي دِينِهِ أَوْ يُهَادِنَهُ أَوْ يَدْخُلَ تَحْتَ
> قَهْرِهِ بِالْجِزْيَةِ
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> 1/110 كتاب أحكام أهل الذمة
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Apr 22, 2026, 04:04 AM