A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'/Chapter 12/91

by Moulavi Gerágh Ali

[Sidenote 91. Jihad when positive.]

The Mohammadan Common Law makes the fighting only a positive injunction "where there is a general summons, (that is, where the infidels invade a "Mussulman" territory, and the Imâm for the time being issues a general proclamation, requiring all persons to stand forth to fight,) for in this case war becomes a positive injunction with respect to the whole of the inhabitants,"^[1]—this is sanctioned by the Law of Nations and the Law of Nature.

Footnotes

1. The Hedaya or Guide; or, A Commentary on the Mussulman Laws, translated by Charles Hamilton; Vol. II, Book IX, Ch. I, page 141.