And it is well known that the Sharee'ah of Islaam came to protect the five necessary things and prohibit transgression against them, and they are: (1) the Religion, (2) lives, (3) money, (4) honor, and (5) intellect.
And the Muslims do not differ over the prohibition of transgression against persons who have a right to be protected. The people who have a right to be protected, according to the Religion of Islaam, are:
1) Muslims - It is never permissible to transgress against any Muslim person or to kill one without right. Whoever does this has commited a major sin, one of the huge kabaa'ir! And Allaah the Most High has said, "And whoever kills a Muslim intentionally, then his recompense is Jahannam, he will reside there for an extensive amount of time, and Allaah's Anger and Curses are upon him, and He has prepared a great torment for him."
And He subhaanahu has said, "And due to that we prescribed for the Children of Israa'eel that whoever kills a person, not as a recompense for his killing of another, or to spread corruption on earth, then it is as if he has killed all of mankind..." the verse
Mujaahid said, may Allaah have Mercy on him, "by his sin (meaning: "His sin is as heavy as the one who has actually killed all of mankind), this shows the severity of killing a person with no right."
And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, "The blood of a Muslim that bears witness to laa ilaaha ill Allaah and that I am the Messenger of Allaah is not permissible (to be spilled), except in three cases: (1) recompense for killing someone else, (2) stoning the adulteror, (3) the one who leaves his Deen, abandoning the jamaa'ah." [Agreed upon (Bukhaaree and Muslim)] This is the version of Al-Bukhaaree.
And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, "I have been ordered to fight the people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, establish the prayer, and pay zakaat, and if they do this, then their blood and money shall be protected from me, except by an Islaamic right, and their account will be with Allaah." [Agreed upon, from the hadeeth of Ibn 'Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him]
And in the Sunan of An-Nasaa'ee, on the authority of 'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr, may Allaah be pleased with him, the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said, "The demise of the dunyaa would be easier on Allaah than the killing of a single Muslim man."
And one day, Ibn 'Umar looked to the House, or the Ka'bah, and said, "How great you are, and how great is your sanctuary, and the believer is even more of a santuary with Allaah than you." (Meaning that the haram is safe and protected from fighting and bloodshed, and the believer has even more right to be safe and protected from bloodshed)
All of these texts and others show the serious reality of the sanctuary of a Muslim's blood, and the prohibition of killing a Muslim for any reason other than what has been mentioned in the Sharee'ah's texts, so it is not permissible to transgress against any Muslim without right...
[ more to be translated soon, in shaa' Allaah, so stay tuned to:
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