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Meaning

Which āyah first gave permission to fight?

Answer

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

  1. "Permission is given to those who are being fought because they have been wronged" (22:39). [Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, Ibn ʿAbbās, Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, al-Zuhrī]
  2. It is this ayah, "Fight in the way of Allah" (2:190) [Abū al-ʿĀliyah, Ibn Zayd]
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