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Mâ’ida, Sayyid Qutb, too, explained these two kinds of countrycorrectly, thus concealing his own point of view.Imâm Muhammad ash-Shaibânî wrote: “The commandmentof jihâd descended gradually. At the beginning of Islam, it wascommanded not to meet the polytheists, to keep away fromthem and to treat them softly. Afterwards, the second commanddescended, saying, ‘Communicate Islam to the unbelievers insoft, beautiful words! Respond to all Ahl al-kitâb (Jews andChristian) mildly and beautifully.’ In the third command, it wasonly ‘permitted’ to fight with the unbelievers. In the fourthcommand, which said, ‘When the disbelievers torment you, fightagainst them,’ it became fard to oppose them. Fifthly, when theIslamic State was established in Medina, the command, ‘Fightagainst them all the time except in the four months,’ wasrevealed. In the âyat which descended sixthly it wascommanded for the State, the army, to fight with the unbelieversall the time. Thus, jihâd became fard kifâya; if the State doesnot make preparations for it and does not perform it, all Muslimswill be punished in Hell. It should always make preparations forjihâd, thus, the whole nation will escape punishment. At peaceand when there is agreement, Muslims should not attacksuddenly. First the unbelievers should be informed that theagreement has been broken. When they attack dâr al-Islâm, it isfard ’ain, fard for every Muslim, woman or man, to fight underthe army’s command, against those cruel people.” [1]Sayyid Qutb wrote correctly about jihâd in his bookMilestones, similarly to what we wrote about it above. Yet, hecould not help repeating his above quoted thoughts in this book,either. It is a sign of hypocrisy of him to explain Islam in thismanner in one of his books and in that manner in his anotherbook. Communists, too, represent themselves differently indifferent countries and conceal themselves.Again in World’s Peace and Islam, he wrote:“Peace and order in Islam means the practice of Allah’sWord (Will), which means the establishment of justice andsafety among the entire humanity.”Islam provides for peace and order in dâr al-Islâm. For this,[1] Translation of Imâm Muhammad ash-Shaibânî’s As-siyar al-kabîr,p. 82.- 201 -