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Why can’t the Jews and Muslims live together in peace?
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I am speaking under correction. Please do correct me if I don't have my facts right:
According to The Bible there is no country such as Israel, only Palestine. The Jew and the Arab, both stemming from Abraham is in fact half brothers. So why can they not live in harmony in a new country called Palestine?
Praise be to Allaah.
Your question may be answered by the following points:
- There is no doubt that the Prophet of Allaah Ibraaheem (Abraham) was a pure monotheist, and he was not among the polytheists and disbelievers. Although the Jews are among the offspring of Ibraaheem (peace be upon him), they went against his way by associating partners in worship with Allaah and claiming that ‘Uzayr (Ezra) was a “son of God.” They said that God is miserly and that His hand is “tied up”, and they said, “He is poor and we are rich.” They also said that when God created the heavens and the earth in six days, He got tired, so He rested on the Sabbath day – exalted be Allaah far above all that they say about Him. They also likened the attributes of God to human attributes (anthropomorphism) and killed the Prophets, etc., etc.
- Once this distinction and contrast
is made clear, there can be no brotherhood between a monotheistic believer
and a polytheistic disbeliever, as Allaah says in the Qur’aan (interpretation
of the meaning): “Indeed there has been an excellent example
for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people,
‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides
Allaah. We have rejected you, and there has started between us and you,
hostility and hatred forever, - until you believe in Allaah Alone,’
– except the saying of Ibraaheem to his father: ‘Verily, I
will ask for forgiveness (from Allaah) for you, but I have no power
to do anything for you before Allaah.’ Our Lord! In You (Alone)
we put our trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You
(Alone) is (our) final Return, - … Certinaly, there has been in
them an excellent example for you to follow, - for those who look forward
to (the Meeting with) Allaah – (for the reward from Him) and the
Last Day. And whosoever turn away, then verily, Allaah is Rich (Free
of all wants), Worthy of all Praise.” [al-Mumtahinah 60:4,6]
Once this separation and enmity is clear, it is unavoidable that there will be hostility and disavowal and the resulting struggle against the enemies of Allaah. So long as the laws and wisdom of Allaah dictate that there should the distinction between believers and disbelievers, there has to be this clearly-stated enmity. There can be no change to the laws of Allaah.
- There cannot be harmony between Jews
– who are usurpers and aggressors, who have oppressed and persecuted
others, and who are known for their treachery and corruption throughout
the world, historically and in the present age – and the purely
monotheistic Muslim owners of the land, whose menfolk the Jews have
killed, and imprisoned their sons, and destroyed their homes, and taken
possession of their lands by force, and prevented them from earning
a proper living, and carried out chemical and radiational experiments
on their prisoners, and taken organs from them for transplant into Jewish
patients… and all other kinds of persecutions and atrocities.
- In addition to this, the Jews are people
of treachery and betrayal; it is not possible to trust them at all.
Their current conduct bears this out: is there any treaty or agreement
signed by them that they have actually fulfilled? This is no big surprise
for the Muslims, who know what Allaah has said in His Book about the
Jews (interpretation of the meaning): “Is it not (the case)
that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throws it
aside? Nay! The truth is most of them believe not.” [al-Baqarah
2:100].
- Moreover, if the Muslims agreed to
live in peace with the Jews, who would be in charge? One of the basic
principles of Islam is that Islam should prevail, not be prevailed over.
One of the conditions for People of the Book (Jews and Christians) living
with Muslims in a Muslim country is that they should live under certain
conditions (shuroot ahl al-dhimmah) in return for the security
and protection afforded them by the Muslims. One of the most important
of these conditions is that they should not openly display their shirk
and kufr (polytheistic disbelief) in the Muslim lands, whether
by word or deed.
- As the Muslims and Jews are enemies
residing in opposing religious and doctrinal camps, it is not possible
for them to be brought together unless one is made to submit to the
other by force. Indeed, the Jews now are not allowing the Muslims to
remain in their homes, even if there was no provocative action on the
part of the Muslims; they are seizing the Muslims’ property by
force, building their settlements on the Muslims’ lands and expelling
the Muslims by any means. They have expelled millions to the neighbouring
countries, which have accommodated them in the so-called Palestinian
refugee camps.
- Finally, although the Muslims nowadays
are in a position of weakness and humiliation – because they have
turned away from their religion – and are unable to fight the Jews,
take back their stolen lands and impose the rule of Islamic sharee’ah
in Palestine, this does not mean that this will always be the case until
the end of the world. Things have to change, and one of the indications
of this is the hadeeth of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who informed us of some
things that are to happen in the future. He was supported by Revelation
from his Lord; he did not speak of his own whims and desires, but of
that which was revealed to him. He said:
“You will fight the Jews and will prevail over them, so that a rock will say, ‘O Muslim! There is Jew behind me, kill him!’” (Reported by Muslim, 2921; al-Bukhaari, 2926).
According to a report narrated by Muslim from Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Hour [the
Day of Judgement] will not begin until the Muslims fight the Jews and
kill them. A Jew will hide behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or
tree will say, ‘O Muslim, O slave of Allaah! There is a Jew behind
me, come and kill him!’ – except for the gharqad (box thorn),
for it is one of the trees of the Jews.” (Reported
by Muslim, 2922).
We would like to express our appreciation for your question, your desire to find out the truth, and the polite and eloquent manner in which your inquiry was phrased. We invite you to believe in Allaah as your Lord, in Islam as your religion, and in Muhammad as your Prophet, for this – by Allaah – will save you and benefit you and protect you in this world, in the grave after death, and in the Hereafter on the Day of Reckoning. May Allaah help us and you to do all that is good.
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