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aid. As for the one who is present there hoping for their demise and their annihilation till
the last one of them and waiting for a calamity to strike them, then he is not increasing
their numbers, but rather he is from those who are fighting against them secretly.
And similarly, there is also no harm in inciting them against each other, because bringing
about the killing of a Harbi (a disbeliever without a covenant or treaty) is permissible,
rather it is something beloved, by whichever way it is brought about. All of this may be
done only if he is sure that his safety or his getting killed happens after causing them
damage.
But if he thinks that his mere presence there will lead to his killing and such without him
causing any damage to the enemy, then his presence at that time is very much condemned
and a mistake. So let him refrain from that. And if he helped a Muslim or increased the
number of any of the two groups and he gets killed by one of the disbelievers during the
battle, then he is a martyr and is not washed nor prayed upon and he will have a reward.
That is, a reward if he has fought for the word of Allah to rise. And there is no difference
in all of that between the one who went out himself and the one who went out due to the
request of his king without being compelled”.
And he was also asked (4/222): "Is it permissible for the Muslims to be present in wars
that are fought between the disbelievers for the sake of watching and viewing or not
permissible? As it increases their numbers and helps them in their oppression and makes
one group look good and another look bad, with the presence of danger as sometimes
their arrows might hit the ones who are watching, and our Sheikhs from the people of
Malabar used to prevent the Muslims from attending their battles? And is it permissible
for the Muslims to fight alongside one of the two groups of disbelievers so he kills or gets
killed without there being any need for that? And will he be rewarded because he either
kills a disbeliever or gets killed by a disbeliever, and is he to be treated like a martyr?
So he replied by his statement, may Allah glory be to Him Most High have mercy on
him: "If there occurred a battle between two groups of disbelievers of Daarul Harb, it is
not forbidden to be in that battle because both the groups' blood have no value. So their
mutual killing is an appropriate thing. And the one who views the mutual killing between
them has not undertaken any sin by him being present in the battle. Yes, if he fears that
harm may come to him by being present, then it is prohibited for him.
Perhaps the reason for which those scholars have prohibited going to the battle, is due to
that. And the Muslims may fight both the groups, and if they fight one of them, it is not
with the intention of making the other group victorious, rather with the intention of
raising the word of Islam high and to cause damage to the enemies of Allah. And
whoever does that with this intention, then he attains the reward of a Mujahid based on
his statement, , in the narration of Bukhari and others, "Whoever fights so that the