Removing Misconceptions About jihad in Islam (Part 1): Ibn al-Qayyim on the Prophet Muhammad's Call, jihad and Compulsion in the Religion And when Allāh sent His Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), the majority of the people of the [various] religions responded to him and to his successors (caliphs) after him, willingly, out of choice. He did not compel a single person to [accept] the religion, ever. Rather, he would fight whoever waged war against him and fought against him. But as for the one who was peaceful with him or made a truce with him, he did not fight him and did not compel him to enter into his religion
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