Transliteration:( Innamaa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena qaatalookum fid deeni wa akhrajookum min diyaarikum wa zaaharoo 'alaa ikhraajikum an tawallawhum; wa many yatawallahum fa ulaaa'ika humuz zaalimoon )
30. It should be remembered that love is one. thing, but good treatment is something else. Love is not permissible with any non-believer, but good treatment is allowed with some infidels, like the infidels living under the protection of a Muslim state Truth of the matter is, that this verse is firm and not abrogated.
Even today too, such good treatment can he meted out to the infidels who are citizens of the Islamic State as well as to infidels who have a peace treaty with the Muslims, so that the heart of these people can incline towards Islam through the good conduct of the believers, especially when the infidels in their countries are extending good treatment to the Muslims (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani, Hidaaya, etc).
31. With the infidels the best treatment is either to kill them or imprison them. The best treatment extended to a serpent is to crush it.
32 Here, friendship denotes good treatment and not inner love. Says Allah Almighty: "You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day taking as their friends those who oppose Allah and His Messenger. "S58:V22). Thus, there is no inconsistency in the verses.
The tafsir of Surah As-Saff verse 9 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saff ayat 7 which provides the complete commentary from verse 7 through 9.
13. The instructions to sever relations with the disbelievers given in the preceding verses, could cause the people the misunderstanding that this was because of their being the disbelievers. Therefore, in these verses it has been made clear that its real cause is not their disbelief but their hostility to Islam and their tyrannical treatment of the followers of Islam. The Muslims, therefore, should distinguish between the hostile disbeliever and the nonhostile disbeliever, and should treat those disbelievers well who have never treated them with evil. Its best explanation is the incident that took place between Asma, daughter of Abu Bakr, and her disbelieving mother. A wife of Abu Bakr’s was Qutaylah bint Abdul Uzza, who was a disbeliever and had remained behind in Makkah after the migration. Asma had been born of her. After the peace treaty of Hudaibiyah when the traffic opened between Makkah and Madinah, she came to Al-Madinah to see her daughter and also brought some gifts. Asma herself has related that she went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked: Should I see my mother. And can I treat her as a daughter should treat her mother. The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: Yes, treat her as your mother. (Musnad Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim). Asma’s son, Abdullah bin Zubair, has given further details of this incident. He says that Asma in the beginning had refused to see her mother. Then, when she received Allah and His Messenger’s permission she met her. (Musnad Ahmad, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Hatim). This by itself leads to the conclusion that a Muslim’s serving his unbelieving parents and his helping his unbelieving brothers and sisters and relatives is permissible when they are not hostile to Islam. Likewise, one can also spend his charities on the indigent among the dhimmis. (Al-Jassas, Ahkam al-Quran; Ruh al-Maani).
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