Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1154) | The United Nations Charter prohibits legitimate jihad
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The United Nations Charter prohibits legitimate jihad.
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Jihad in Islam has rulings and categories detailed in the chapters on jihad within Islamic fiqh.
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The inability of Muslims today to engage in offensive jihad due to their weakness and humiliation does not negate the validity of this jihad or its obligation when the capacity for it exists.
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However, the United Nations Charter prohibits it, permitting fighting only for the sake of defense, and the explanation for this is as follows:
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First, Article Two mandates that states settle disputes between them peacefully, while observing the provisions of international law.
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This is an obligation that Allah did not impose; rather, when the Muslim state has the capacity, it offers the disbelieving state a choice between three options:
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Islam, or the jizya with submission, or fighting.
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In the event that the Islamic state is weak, it is permissible for it to enter into a temporary truce with the states of disbelief, as was the case in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
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Second, Article Five mandates that states not recognize any territorial expansion acquired through war.
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Whereas in Islam, what the Muslims have conquered through jihad is considered their own property.
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Third, Article Nine mandates that states submit to all international treaties and everything pertaining to public international law.
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It is not permissible for a Muslim to submit to anything other than the rulings of the Book and the Sunnah, and treaties have rulings in the Shari'ah that contradict what is found in international law.
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Thus, it is not permissible for the Muslims to exchange what is better for what is inferior.