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“When the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
passed away and Abu Bakr became the Caliph some Arabs
reverted to disbelief.
Omar asked him, „How can you fight them after the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, 'I have been ordered to
fight people until they bear witness that there is no god except Allah.
Then whosoever bears witness to this, his life and property will be
secure from me except when his case is that of a right and his
accountability is to Allah?‟
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Abu Bakr told him, „Indeed I will fight those who make a distinction
between prayer and the obligatory charity. This charity is obligatory
in respect of wealth. Allah is my witness that if they withhold from
me even the nose-rope of a camel that they paid to the Messenger
of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I shall fight against them for
passed away and Abu Bakr became the Caliph some Arabs
reverted to disbelief.
Omar asked him, „How can you fight them after the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, 'I have been ordered to
fight people until they bear witness that there is no god except Allah.
Then whosoever bears witness to this, his life and property will be
secure from me except when his case is that of a right and his
accountability is to Allah?‟
5
Abu Bakr told him, „Indeed I will fight those who make a distinction
between prayer and the obligatory charity. This charity is obligatory
in respect of wealth. Allah is my witness that if they withhold from
me even the nose-rope of a camel that they paid to the Messenger
of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I shall fight against them for