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o..p,cr J: fih.iJ (Figll!ing in ,I>< C:m« of AI!.h)in th£ir {i.e. Ih£ belie"" ... '} h""rls. And AI/"h tUTns in /()rgive1lU&to wh()m He wills; "nd AII/lh is Kn()wing /lnd Wiu,"(Qur'an: At -Tawbah: 14- (5)Fighting the enemies mUSI be pm:eded by calling Ihem 10 Islam. TheProphel (PBVH) used to call the enemi es to Islam, if th ey did not know aboutit, before fighting them' . He (PBVH) also sent messages to kings calling themto Islam' and used to advise the commanders of th e Muslim army to call thedisbelievers to Islam before fighting them, and not to fight whomever wouldaccept 1,lam. This is because Ihe main objeclive of fighling in Islam is to elimi·nale disbelief and polytheism, and 10 help people enter the Rd igion of Allah(Islam). Thus, if Ihis noble objeclive is fulfilled without fighting. Muslims arenot anowed to fight others; • and Allah knows besl.Jihdd has so many rulings mentioned in detail in volumes on Shari'ah(Islamic Law) among which are the following:o If a Muslim's parents (or one of them) are free Muslims. a Muslim is notpermitted to volunteer to fight in the Cause of Allah unless they permithim to. To illustrate, when a man, whose parents were alive, wa nted tojoin the Muslim army injiMd, Ihe Prophet (PBUH) said to him:"... Then go and exert yourself i,. Iheir 5ervice (i.e, hi' parents)."'This is because filial piety is an individual duty in Islam wh ereasjihddis n collective duty, and an individual duty is considered worthier offulfillment than a collective one.o The ruler (or the one in authority) must appoint the commanders oflhearmy and he is permitted to give anyone he selects from the spoils ifthis ..,rves the CauSe of jihtld. Then, he is to divide the rest of th e bootyamong all the soldiers.o It is impermissible to kill a child, a woman" monk, an old man, a maninfected with a chronic disca.." or a blind man, as long as they do notfight against Muslims nor incite others 10 do so. When captured, thosepeople b,;come slaves to Muslims; the Prophet (PBUH) used to havesuch people as slaves when he captured them ".o Muslims are permitted to take th e spoils of battles including all themoney and property taken forcefuHy through fighling the non·Muslim enemies, as well as any ransom (taken from them). Spoils areto be divided among wh""vcr witnessed the battle, whether they have