Zakir Naik – Why does the Quran Command Us to Strike the Necks of the Non-Believers

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My name is Wazum Tumishak.

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One thing. Wazum Tum. Wazum. Meshak.

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So my questions go like this. It has

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been preached severally that Islam is a religion

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of peace.

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Then in the Quran, I found out in

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Surah 47

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verse 4, and I quote.

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47 verse 4, what does it say?

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When you encounter those who disbelieve, strike at

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their neck, then when you have rooted them,

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bind them faith family then either release them

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by grace or by ramson until all lay

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down in burdens

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had god will he could have defeated them

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himself but he tossed test some of you

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by means of others as for those who

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are killed in the way of God. You

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will not let

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their deed go to waste.

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So if Islam is a religion of peace,

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then why will

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God now ask you to kill a fellow

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person that because he doesn't believe you're in

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a religion? Very good question. Brother is quoting

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the verse of Muhammad chapter 47 verse number

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4, but out of context. You know, out

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of context? Out of context.

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He is quoting, therefore, when he meet the

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unbeliever in fight, he forgot the word in

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fight.

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Smite at the neck at length. If you

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read the earlier verses, it's talking about

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a war.

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A war with the unbelievers.

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And verse number 4 says,

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in the war, when you meet the unbelievers,

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you smite at their neck. I'm asking you

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a question. If a robber enters your house,

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what will you do?

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Will you give him a cup of tea?

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No. But he's not talking about it. I'm

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ask I'm asking you, will you have a

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cup of tea? Suppose the robber comes, tries

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and rapes your mother, what will you do?

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I'll fight him. Why?

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What? Yes. And you're a man of peace.

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Talking about that. If a robber come and

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wants to * your mother, what will you

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do?

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I'll fight him. Then my other question is

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No. No. Because

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actually,

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My, this is not a Robert. This is

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talking at read 1 number 1. Go from

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verse number 1. Those who reject Allah and

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hinder in their part. Those who believe and

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do righteous deed, just because of them reject

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them, then they come to war. The enemies

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of Allah, when they come to war, don't

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get scared.

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So what? I'm asking question. Where? If if

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Nigeria has a war with another country

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another country, the army general of Nigeria, what

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will he say? Oh, don't get scared. Fight

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them. He'll not say, okay, go. When they

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come, you give your neck at them. What

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nonsense are you talking? Sir, why ask these

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questions? Let me complete the answer.

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You're asking the question, now you know you're

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trapped. Let me complete the answer.

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So this is talking in the battlefield.

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In the battlefield,

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when you kill the enemies who come to

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kill you, this is peace.

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Okay. What does the police do?

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The police of Nigeria supposed to keep peace.

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Correct?

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How do they carry a gun?

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Those who want to disrupt the peace, so

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the rule is, you can use violence as

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a last resort

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to maintain peace those who want to disrupt

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peace. Do you understand?

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That means you can use violence

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against those people,

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against those criminal who want to disrupt peace.

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This is the golden rule. That's the reason

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every country

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has a police,

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has a army.

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Just because Nigeria has a police force, doesn't

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Nigeria want peace?

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It won't be the fort as police. The

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same way God is telling in the Quran,

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when the enemies come to attack you in

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the battlefield,

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don't get scared. You strike at the neck.

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So what is wrong with it?

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It doesn't mean because you have to follow

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the Quran as a whole. Verse number surahmaida

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chapter 5 verse 32 says, if anyone kills

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any other human being,

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whether Muslim or non Muslim, Unless it before

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murder or for spreading corruption in the land,

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he has killed all of humanity. That's a

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part of the Quran.

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2 verses cannot contradict.

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That means these

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people are spreading corruption in the land. Do

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you understand?

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So if you're spreading corruption in the land,

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that time you can kill them. Do you

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understand?

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But killing any any innocent human being is

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like killing the whole of humanity. Is there

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any verse in the Bible

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which says, if you kill 1 innocent human

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being, you have killed the whole of humanity?

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Is there any verse in the Bible?

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So which is better for peace? Quran or

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the Bible?

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Peace.

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Which is better? Peace.

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Quran.

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The Quran says, if you save any human

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being,

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innocent human being, whether Muslim or non Muslim,

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it is as though you have saved the

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whole of humanity.

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Is there any such verse in the Bible?

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So which is better?

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Peace. At the same time, in the battlefield,

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when the enemies come and disrupt peace, fight

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them, kill them. No problem.

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What's Do you understand? Let me say something.

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Why I ask this question Have you understood

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the answer? Yes. I've understood. Now do you

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understand that Quran is talking about peace?

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Okay, sir. Why I ask these questions because

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last year No. Why you asked? I don't

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want to know. You asked a question. I

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don't want to know why you asked. You

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got the answer

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I want to give you a reference to

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the question. Sorry? I want to give you

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a reference.

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You already give the reference. I already give

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the answer.

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Something happened last year in a university in

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Sokoto or a polytechnic where

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me. Yeah. So? You get? So and I

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observed that when a Christian and a Muslim

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are interacting religious discussion

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and the Muslim get

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You're cured by your blasphemies. The brother asked

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the question, there was a Christian then you

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did blasphemy.

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So the rule of the Quran is for

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a maida Chapter number 5 verse number 33.

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Anyone who mentions of war against Allah or

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is Rasool, you either execute them

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or you chop off the opposite hand or

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live or crucify them or exile them. There

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are 4 options.

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Anyone who wages a war against Allah and

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his Rasool, anyone does blasphemy,

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either execute

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either execute, either chop opposite hands

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and legs

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or crucify

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or exile. Four option.

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Now why they took the option of that,

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you have to ask them. So this is

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the rule of Allah in the Quran.

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You cannot blaspheme God.

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It's a big sin.

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Okay. So this is the rule. This is

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for peace because if you don't do that,

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that lady will do more corruption. The full

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world will be unpeaceful. Hope that answers the

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question.