Tawba 28-29
28- YOU WHO BELIEVE, THE IDOLATERS ARE IMPURITY, THEREFORE THEY SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE SACRED MOSQUE AFTER THIS YEAR, AND IF YOU FEAR POVERTY, ALLAH WILL MAKE YOU NOT NEED, OUT OF HIS BOUNTY, IF HE WILLS, FOR ALLAH IS ALL KNOWING AND MOST WISE.
29- FIGHT THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY AND WHO DO NOT FORBID WHAT ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER HAS FORBIDDEN AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE RIGHT RELIGION OR THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE BOOK BEFOREHAND, UNTIL THEY PAY THE GEZIAH COMPELLED AND HUMILIATED.
Impurity is not physical, but a reflection of a state of disbelief and sinning, therefore, the idolaters represent impurity and they are impure in themselves, for they live in such a state.
This is not to be compared to the state of impurity of the believers such as following sexual intercourse, or during menstruation or the discharges following childbirth, for this is a state of physical and temporary impurity. It is not an impurity of their souls. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “The Muslim (or believer) does not become impure”. (B: Gosl; 23, 24 & M: Heed, 115,116)
Therefore, the Idolaters are forbidden to enter the sacred mosque, which many scholars consider to be the whole of Makah. Indeed, the Saudi authorities forbid the disbelievers from entering the whole of Makah or Medina, for what applies to Makah applies also to Medina.
Preventing the idolaters from entering Makah would have been a cause of concern for the Makans, (many of them were new Muslims at the time), for they thought that they would have lost trade and business, therefore Allah the Highest reassured them. Allah the Highest is telling them not to fear poverty, because He will provide for them by other means. We see that Allah the
Highest provided those people in abundance, and they are among the wealthiest in the world from petrol. This is answering the Dawa of Ibrahim, peace upon him, who said: “AND AS IBRAHIM SAID: “MY LORD, PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY TO THIS TOWN AND PROVIDE ITS PEOPLE OF ALL FOOD AND HARVEST, THOSE OF THEM WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY”. HE(ALLAH) SAID: “AS FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE, I WILL LET THEM ENJOY THIS LIFE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN DRIVE THEM INTO THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE, AN EVIL DESTINATION IT IS”. (S: 2 A: 126)
Allah the Highest is commanding His messenger and the Muslims to fight the people of the book who do not embrace Islam, so that their land will be open for Islam and the Muslims, if they choose still not to believe. At the time, the people you conquered, and opened their lands, had to pay GEZIAH, which was a form of tax paid to the conqueror. A sign of their submission to the will of the Muslims was to pay that tax. The Muslims should do their level best to always have the upper hand in their relationship with the disbelievers, which is not what is happening at present. This must reflect a serious defect in us and our faith.
To believe in Allah the Highest and the last day is not enough, but one also should forbid what Allah the Highest and his messenger has forbidden, which is a proof of the sincerity of belief in the true religion. This is a reminder for some of the Muslims, who say that they believe in Allah the Highest and His messenger, but they do not forbid what has been forbidden, like intoxicants, adultery, etc. Some believe that they are forbidden, yet they commit such sins, which do not mean that they are disbelievers, but that they are sinful. However, to deny such prohibitions, is a serious defect in one’s faith.
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