After these verses which talk about the human nature, women’s rights, rulings of inheritance, rights of orphans and the weakness of human beings, then come the verses that talk about the property and blood preserve.

(… يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ) (O you who have believed…): Whenever comes, it is followed by an order, as in:

 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ

(O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting) (Al-Baqara: 183)

 كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ

(Fighting has been enjoined upon you) (Al-Baqara: 216)

 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ

(O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people) (Al-Hujurat: 11)

These are orders to whom believe that Allah (swt) is The Wise, The All Knowing, The Able, The Creator of humans and very well knows what is suitable for him in this life and the hereafter as well.

(… يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ ) (O you who believe! Eat not (consume) up your property among yourselves unjustly…): The word (eat) is mentioned with the money, because it is the most thing human beings think of, and to liken the money with food, because when the property is acquired by lawful ways (halal), then the grown flesh grown is halal, but hell is more fitting for all flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful.

(… لَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم…) (…Eat not up (consume) your property …): Does anyone consume his property? It indicates that all humans are as one soul and the believers are, as indicated by the Muhammad (saws):

“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever”.[1]

To consume your property unjustly means to spend it in unlawful ways in what angers Allah (swt) and offends others, such as taking a bribe, stealing, or…, other than spending it in building, giving, benevolence and blessings… Just in the case:

(… إِلَّا أَن تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنكُمْ …) (…but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent.…): Trade is made through from halal (lawful) money, and it is what people agree upon in financial dealings. It is not permissible for a person to spoil his money or to consume the money of others, because the money of the individual is the money of all the nation, and because the man is the brother of the man, whether he likes it or not.

(… وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ …) (…And do not kill yourselves…): Who kills another as if he kills himself.  Allah (swt) says:

مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعً

(whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely.) (Al-Maida: 32)

(…And do not kill yourselves…): could refer to either forbidding suicide, or forbidding killing the others unjustly.

 (… إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا …) (…Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful…): It is Allah’s mercy and compassion towards us that He (swt) legislated these laws for us. These verses showes clearly that Islam has reserved the blood and properties. The Prophet (saws) said in the farewell sermon:

“O People! Lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year I shall ever be amongst you again. O People! Your blood and your property are inviolable to you all like the inviolability of this day of yours, and in this month of yours. You will soon meet your God and He will ask you about your deeds, I conveyed the message to you. [2]

The Blood is inviolable and the most inviolable ones is the aggression on human soul, as well as the assault on honor and money, hence, its preservation is one of the purposes of Islamic Sharia, which is measured by what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah. Therefore, it is absolutely unaccepted for anyone to kill or assault in the name of the religion, as some did by what is called (Jihad an-Nikah). How it comes to steal and destroy the money of the country and the people and destroy the infrastructure while saying Allah is the greatest? Saying “Allah is the greatest” and witnessing that “No God but Allah and that Mohammad is his messenger” require duties and obligations, they cannot be said while doing the opposite of what is mentioned in the religion of Islam. For example, with regard to this issue of preserving the human soul and not attacking others, whoever claims that we have to kill an infidel or a polytheist because he does not believe in Allah (swt) is mistaken; by referring to the interpretation of the Qur’an and the actions of the Prophet (saws), we fight the polytheists because they are aggressors and not because they are disbelievers:

 لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

(There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion….) (Al-Baqara: 256)

 وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ

(And say, “The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills – let him believe; and whoever wills – let him disbelieve….) (Al-Kahf: 29)

When the Prophet (saws) conquest Mecca, he said:

“Go your way, for you are free”[3]

Hence, he (saws) did not punish any of them although there were all polytheists. Muslims have never ever fought the people of other religions or even the disbelievers in Allah (swt) unless to defend against any transgression:

 أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ % الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِم بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّا أَن يَقُولُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا ۗ وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ

(Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory. % [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right – only because they say, “Our Lord is Allah.” And were it not that Allah checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.) (Al-Hajj: 40)

Thereof, it is not the disbelieving rather the oppression is the only excuse to fight, otherwise, we have to fight every non-Muslim human and this is not logical:

 وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَآمَنَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ

(And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed – all of them entirely. Then, [O Muhammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?) (Yunus: 99)

Allah (swt) as well addresses His Prophet (saws) by saying:

 فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ % لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ% إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ % فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

( So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. % You are not over them a controller. %  However, he who turns away and disbelieves – % Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.) (Al-Ghashiyah: 21-24)

Allah (swt) is the One Who punishes them, not us:

 إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ % ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

(Indeed, to Us is their return. % Then indeed, upon Us is their account.) (Al- Ghashiyah: 25-26)

All what have been mentioned about the women’s and orphans’ rights, the inheritance and marriage rulings, the repentance and the forbidding of consuming the property of others, as well as prohibition of assault on human life, these are all the most important basics in Islamic Sharia, consequently, whoever commits an act that violates these basic principles and these Sharia purposes, he has departed from the teachings of Islam and Islam has nothing to do with his crimes. The Prophet (saws) said:

“The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the people are safe, and the believer is the one from whom the people’s lives and wealth are safe and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from sins and mistakes and the mujahid is he who strives with himself regarding obedience to God”[4]

We know well the Muslim is the one who testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad (saws) is the Messenger of Allah; establish Salat (prayers), pay Zakat, observe fasting of Ramadan and perform Hajj (pilgrimage), these are the pillars of Islam , on the other hand, the pillars of Iman (faith in Allah) are: To believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day and that you believe in preordainment (destiny), its bad and good consequences.

According to this definition of Muslim and the previous Hadith, we realize the connection between the rituals and the sharia purposes, that is, any Muslim is not considered a true Muslim unless people are safe from his tongue and hand, and he is not fully believer in Allah (swt) unless people’s  lives and wealth are safe from him (regardless their religion, thought directions and nationality). The following hadith proves this point:

Abu Hurayra (May allah be pleased with him) has narrated:

“A man came to the Prophet (saws) and said: O, the messenger of Allah, a certain woman prays in the night, fasts in the day, acts and gives charity, but injures her neighbours with her tongue.”

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:

“She is one of the people of the Fire.”[5]

Notice the word (neighbours), which include Muslims and non-Muslims. This is the Islam religion.

[1] Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Good Manners, Chapter of Mercy on People and Animals, Hadith No. 5665.

[2] Sirat Ibn Hisham, Juz2, Page: 603-605

[3] Sunan Al-Baihaki , Book of Sirah, Chapter of Conquest of Mecca, Hadith No. 18055.

[4] Musnad Al-Bazzaz: Vol.2, Hadith No.3752.

[5] Musnad Imam Ahmad, Musnad the Companions, Musnad Abi Hurayra, Hadith No. 9673.