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[Kafir] Should be killed! is any sentence in Holy Quran - MMS clarifies the misconception about word

Updated: Jun 11, 2021

Before you read the solution to the content of this current question, I might, such as you to grasp the widely misunderstood term ‘Kafir'. you'll be able to undergo the subsequent link for the same:


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Now, let's come to the subject. Yes, there are ayahs within the Quran that speak about killing. These ayahs instruct the soldiers within the battle field to kill the enemies in war. These instructions came at the time when the enemies [i.e. The deniers of Allah’s law in MAKKAH (Kaafir)] had broken the treaty signed between the Muslims and themselves.


Allah (S.W.T) has instructed the people at the battlefield to kill the enemies if they fight and leave them if they need peace and don't wish to fight.


Quran Chapter 9 verse 5 says:
Kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties˺ wherever you discover them,1 capture them, besiege them, and dwell look ahead to them on every way.

Then, Quran Chapter 9 verse 6 says:
And if anyone from the polytheists asks for your protection ˹O Prophet˺, grant it to them in order that they may hear the Word of Allah, then escort them to an area of safety, for they're land who haven't any knowledge.

It is clear from above that Allah (S.W.T) has asked the Muslims to refrain from killing those those that seek peace and protection. Not only does Allah asks Muslims to refrain from killing such people but also asks to escort them to a secure place and provides them protection.


In fact, Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had also given code of conduct to be followed within the same battle field that instructs the Muslims to not kill anyone who isn't directly involved the war.


During his life, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) gave various injunctions to his forces and adopted practices toward the conduct of war. the foremost important of those were summarized by Caliph, Abu Bakr, within the style of ten rules for the Muslim army:


O people! I charge you with ten rules; learn them well!

Stop, O people, that I'll offer you ten rules for your guidance within the battlefield. don't commit treachery or deviate from the proper path. you need to not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a baby, nor a girl, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those who are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy's flock, although your food. you're likely to travel by people that have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone.

(Aboul-Enein, H. Yousuf and Zuhur, Sherifa, Islamic Rulings on Warfare, Strategic Studies Institute, ground forces War College, 22.)


Therefore, it's clear from above that Quran has not instructed to kill every Kafir, but the instruction had come for those people that were directly involved within the war and failed to wish for peacefully resolve their differences.


You can further undergo the the subsequent link to know about the conditions of war prescribed in Islam:



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