Surat Tawbah (28-29)

{يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلاَ يَقْرَبُواْ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَـذَا وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةً فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ اللّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ إِن شَاء إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ} [التوبة : 28]

28- O believers, Polytheists are impure because they do not wash up and do not avoid filth in addition to their corrupt creed, so do not allow them to come near Al Masjid Al Haram after this year [9^th AH].

It was reported in Sahih Al Bukhari and others with the wordings of Al Bukhari from the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abu Bakr As-Siddiq sent him in the time of Hajj which the Prophet (peace be upon him) appointed Abu Bakr as an emir before the Farewell Hajj to announce in people that polytheists are not allowed to perform Hajj after this year and no naked people would circumambulate the Ka`bah.

If you fear poverty because of preventing the polytheists from entering the Ka`bah where they used to bring with them to Makkah good and foods for trade which merchants used to exchange goods for foods, Allah will suffice you and grant you sustenance from somewhere else by sending rains, opening countries for Islam, from booties, and from the tribute if He wills. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing of your conditions and interests and wise in His Commands, giving, and preventing, so He gives whomever He wills. Indeed, Allah granted them what they wished from His favors.

{قَاتِلُواْ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَلاَ بِالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَلاَ يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلاَ يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ حَتَّى يُعْطُواْ الْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ} [التوبة : 29]

29- O believers, fight the people of the Scriptures who deviated from the religion of Allah as a preparation to the invasion of the Romans and their Arab-Christian allies who do not believe in Allah or in the Day of Recompense as shall be shown later. The Jews said: `Uzayr is the son of god and Christians said: The Christ is the son of god which is not a belief in Allah, but these are corrupt opinions and distorted whims.

Moreover, they do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger forbid, so they made usury lawful, usurped people's money falsely, and made pork and wine lawful.

They did not follow the firm religion of Allah [i.e., Islam] and did not abide by the Shari`ah but they receive their ordinances from their bishops and priests.

So, fight them because they fight the correct religion of Allah. They are true aggressors against the godship of the Great Creator as well as the servants of Allah by making them worship other than Allah; therefore an aggressor must be resisted and fought.

So, fight them until they declare their surrender and pay the due tribute willingly while they are humiliated. However, whoever among them embraced Islam, do not take the tribute from them because they have become Muslims and have the same rights and duties as Muslims.

Opening non-Muslim countries to Islam gives a room for presenting the religion of Allah properly not taking it from the deviant media which cast doubts about it. No one should be forced to embrace Islam, so whoever wants to embrace it may do so and whoever wants to keep his religion and pay the tribute for their protection may do so.

Islam must be explained for them and they must be called to embrace it before the beginning of war.

The matter of Jihad is left to the Muslim ruler and his Ijtihad because he is the most knowledgeable of people's conditions and the conditions of the enemies.