At-Tawbah 9:123 يا ايها الذين امنوا قاتلوا الذين يلونكم من الكفار وليجدوا فيكم غلظة واعلموا ان الله مع المتقين ١٢٣
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
قَٰتِلُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَلُونَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡكُفَّارِ
وَلۡيَجِدُواْ
فِيكُمۡ
غِلۡظَةٗۚ
وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
مَعَ
ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
١٢٣
O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Order for Jihad against the Disbelievers, the Closest, then the Farthest Areas
Allah commands the believers to fight the disbelievers, the closest in area to the Islamic state, then the farthest. This is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ started fighting the idolators in the Arabian Peninsula. When he
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Allah commands the believers to fight the disbelievers, the closest
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