Methodology - Hoor al-Ayn

As for the fact that verse22/39 was latter changed from one of
permissibility to an obligation this is not in dispute.
It can be proven in the previous way, but as there is no dispute, the
words of Imam Shafee should suffice us.
Imam Shafee states in Al-Umm4/161
“ Allah made jihad obligatory after it was made permissible by his
saying:
FIGHTING HAS BEEN PRESCIBED FOR YOU BUT YOU
DISLIKE IT….”
Imam Suyuti states in his book ىوﺎﺘﻔﻟا يوﺎﺤﻟا about the verse:
PERMISSION (TO FIGHT) IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE
FOUGHT AGAINST.
“This verse implies the permissibility and not an obligation, and Imam
Shafee has clearly said that fighting before the Hijrah was forbidden,
then made permissible after the Hijrah then made an obligation.”
Please note that these statements do not contradict the second pledge of
Aqabah and the treaty made after the building of the first mosque in
medina as narrated in Ibn Hisham. Because these treaties obliged the
Muslims to defend the prophet and medina, and not to initiate fighting.
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