Peace, for orthodox Muslims, is just an interlude in the war which will
make
all the world Dar al-Islam: it is only under Dar al-Islam that there can
be
permanent peace. The peace that the word "Islam" is said to stand for is
the
peace that will ensue when the world has submitted (submission being the
meaning of "Islam") to be Dar al-Islam.
The making of a tem****ary (maximum ten years) peace with the infidel is
just
another move in the war:
"Peace, moreover, is war in effect where the interest of the Mussulmans
requires it, since the design of war is the removal of evil and this is
obtained by means of peace." ("The Hedaya" Vol 2, book 9, ch 3, p.150).
When I have, on this forum, said that Muslims are not bound by their
treaties I have been contradicted, it being pointed out that the Koran is
strict about keeping to the agreed terms: "... break not your oaths after
you have confirmed them": (16:91). But a hadith, which records Muhammad's
instruction to army commanders, gives another impression, there being
different levels of promise:
"When you lay siege to a fort and the besieged appeal to you for
protection
in the name of Allah and his Prophet, do not accord to them the guarantee
of
Allah and his Prophet, but accord to them your own guarantee and the
guarantee of your companions, for it is a lesser sin that the security be
given by you or your companions be disregarded than that the security
granted in the name of Allah and his Prophet be violated ..." Sahih Muslim
Book 19, Number 4294.
According to Sheikh Abdul Rahman Abdul Khaliq, peace treaties with Jews
are
made only to be broken. In regard to these he writes:
"The first duty is to firmly believe in their invalidity and that because
they contain invalid conditions they were born dead the very day they were
given birth to..."
"The second duty of the Muslim is to believe that these treaties do not
bind
him and that it is not lawful for him to give effect to any of their
contents except under compulsion and necessity.."
"The third duty is to work towards overthrowing these treaties..."
(Khaliq,
"Verdict on the Treaties of Compromise and Peace with the Jews"
islaam.com/articles/treaty/htm)
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