04-20-2004, 09:29 AM
(Walikum) Ibn
ok but let me raise a point here, which I mentioned to u on a different thread. Ribat is one of the highest forms of jihad which is to protect Muslim land borders against non muslim attacks.
this is one, on a hadeeth it says what means that one who dies defending his land is a shaheed, defending his money is a shaheed or defending his a`rd which is honor is a shaheed. So we are talking about totally two different groups. Comes now to killing women and children. Yes this is a mistake, but even during the companions, they made mistakes during jihad. They were not thrown out of Allah ' s mercy or had their level of strive diminished.
we must never put Muslims and non Muslims in one category when talking about this issue specially. Palestine of all Muslim land is also different due to the Aqsa.
Hope I am making sense to u. I have more to say, but dont want to prolong the post.