Al hashr12/10/2023 ![]() But the majority of the jurists hold the view that for the sake of important military operations it is permissible. Imam Auzai, Laith and Abu Thaur hold this same opinion. ![]() It does not make it generally permissible that whenever war necessitates, trees of the enemy be cut down and burnt. ![]() Some of the Muslim jurists have overlooked this aspect of the matter and expressed the opinion that the permissibility of cutting the trees of the Bani an-Nadir was confined only to that particular event. ![]() Thus, Abdullah bin Masud has given this explanation in the commentary of this verse: The Muslims had cut down only those trees of the Bani an- Nadir that stood on the battlefield. But the specific command in respect of the war exigencies is that if destruction is necessary for military operations against the enemy, it is lawful. This was precisely in accordance with the Quranic teaching, which condemns those who spread chaos: When they get power they direct all their efforts towards spreading corruption in the land, destroying harvests and killing people. In this matter, the general instruction is the same which Abu Bakr Siddiq gave while dispatching the Muslim army to Syria: Do not cut down fruit trees, do not destroy crops, do not ravage the settlements. But spreading disorder in the world is that an army under the fit of war hysteria should intrude into the enemy territory and start destroying the crops, cattle, gardens, houses and everything in its way without any reason. The legal injunction that is derived from this verse is that the destruction caused for the sake of military operations does not come under spreading disorder in the world. At this Allah sent down the command: Whatever trees you cut down, or whatever you left standing, your neither act was unlawful, but it had Allah’s permission. At this the hypocrites of Al-Madinah and the Bani Quraizah, and the Bani an-Nadir themselves raised a clamor, saying that, on the one hand, Muhammad (peace be upon him) prohibited spreading disorder in the world, but, on the other hand, fruit trees were being cut down by his command, which amounted to spreading disorder in the world. The reference is to the fact that the Muslims cut down or burnt many of the palm-trees that stood in the oases around the settlement of the Bani an-Nadir in order to facilitate the siege, However, they left those trees standing which did not obstruct the military operations. (Allah granted you this leave) in order that He might humiliate the evil-doers. The chapter continues with the distribution of the spoils of war which exposed the ingrain greed of some of the wealthy in Madina, and the faith of the emigrants and the awesomeness of the loving acceptance of the immigrants by the helpers of Madina.(59:5) The palm-trees that you cut down or those that you left standing on their roots, it was by Allah’s leave that you did so. Divine terror led them to leave but they destroyed their own homes. The Muslims surrounded them and cut some off their date palms to be able to enter the fort. They decided to lock themselves up in their fort hoping that the hypocrites in Madina would assist them. who were presented with the choice of leaving with all their possessions, but retaining the right to proceeds from their crops, or face war. The chapter begins with the declaration of the perfection of Allah followed by the incident of the expulsion of the Banu Nudhayr.
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