Fiqh al Jihad Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradhawi

given you a way against them.] (An-Nisaa' 4:90)
Conversely, the scholars of the second party, that is, the "hard-line scholars," claim
that all these verses are abrogated by a verse, or a part of a verse, mentioned in
Surat At-Tawbah, called the "verse of the sword." (Fiqh of Jihad, vol. 1, pp.243-245)
According to Sheikh Al-Qaradawi, there are many consequences to this hard-line
ideology, including
1. Rejecting the Charter of the United Nations.
2. Criminalizing the act of joining the United Nations.
3. Opposing the Convention on the Abolition of Slavery.
4. Opposing the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.
He also discusses another issue, which is that their immoderate thought strengthens
the error of the spread of Islam at the point of a sword, which some non-Muslims
claim against Islam through injustice and aggression.
Sheikh Al-Qaradawi states, "However, the most shocking thing I saw and read was
that one of my compatriots — a Muslim who has studied the religious sciences and
who obtained his PhD in the 'importance of jihad' — adopts and defends the claim of
the spread of Islam by the sword! Moreover, he accuses those who disprove or
refute this claim of being the students of colonialism! He calls it the spread of Islam
by jihad, and there is no difference between the word jihad and the word sword in
this regard." (Fiqh of Jihad, vol. 1, p. 252)
In addition, this man wreaked his wrath and severely attacked Thomas Arnold, the
Orientalist, researcher, and historian — who is universally considered impartial — for his
convincing response, which was supported by historical evidence, to the malicious
missionaries and Orientalists who claimed that Islam did not spread except by the sword.
Thomas Arnold's book, The Spread of Islam in the World, was translated into Arabic
by three Muslims who wrote in the introduction, "The author of this book is the
researcher and great scholar Sir Thomas Arnold, to whom we cannot give his due
appreciation." (See: The Arabic translation of Thomas Arnold's The Preaching of
Islam, translated and introduced by Ibrahim Husayn and others, p. 5.)
Al-`Alyani, author of Ahamiyyat Al-Jihad (The Importance of Jihad), states, "His due
appreciation — if those people know — is to be struck by the sword many a time
until it blunts, if he did not embrace Islam or pay jizyah (tribute)." (`Ali Al-`Alyani,
Ahamiyyat Al-Jihad [Importance of Jihad], p. 262.)
What a shame! What stupidity! There is no greater stupidity than adopting the
accusations and lies of the enemy, trying to attest and prove them, and attacking
and opening fire on those who deny such claims. The peak of ignorance and