Commentary on the Eighth Hadith: Protecting the Blood and Wealth of Muslims
An explanation of the eighth hadith of the Forty Hadith collection, where the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ outlines the sanctity of Muslim life and wealth. The speaker discusses how a Muslim's blood and honor are protected by default in Islam. He also addresses the specific legal exceptions, such as apostasy and the rulings concerning rebels (al-bughat).
He (RH) said: The Eighth Hadith.
On the authority of Abdullah bin Umar (RA),
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"I have been commanded to fight people until they testify there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah,
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,
and they establish prayer, and pay zakat.
If they do that, they protect their lives and wealth from me, except by the right of Islam,
and their reckoning will be with Allah ﷻ."
Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Yes, this hadith is a fundamental principle in protecting the blood and honor of a Muslim.
For the default state of a Muslim is that his blood and honor are protected,
and it is not permissible to transgress against him, neither by taking his life, nor any of his limbs, or any of his faculties,
nor by anything less than that, such as harming his skin by beating or wounding,
or harming his honor with words and the like.
Therefore, it is not permissible to kill or fight a Muslim,
except for what permits that, which is leaving the religion,
or if it is one of the causes for fighting, even if not warranting killing.
And this is what the scholars (RH) explained regarding the rulings on al-bughat,
and they mentioned that among the forms of al-bughat are those who refuse to perform an apparent ritual of Islam.
Yes. I ask Allah ﷻ for well-being.