Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam (the Abodes of War and Peace): Difference between revisions

[[w:Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam#Dar_al-Harb_.28House_of_war.29|Wikipedia's article]] on the divisions of the world in [[Islam]] contains very little information about the '''dar al-harb'''.  This article seeks to expand upon Wikipedia's information and tie it to the modern world.

==Definition==

So what matters in determining whether the land is Dar al-Islam or Dar al-Kufr is neither the land itself nor its inhabitants, rather it is the laws and the security. So if its laws are Islamic and its security is maintained by Muslims then it is Dar al-Islam. When its laws are the laws of Kufr (disbelief) and its security is not maintained by Muslims then it is Dar al-Kufr. The term Dar al-Harb (land of war) is synonymous with Dar al-Kufr as in origin the aim of Islam is to spread to all lands until the Islamic state encompasses the whole globe. However there is a difference between those nations which are considered as Dar al-Harb Fi’lan (actual land of war) like the state of Israel which occupies Islamic land and Dar al-Harb Hukman (potential land of war) which include other states which are not occupying Islamic land or engaged with a direct war against our lands. These definitions have been derived from the Islamic evidences and discussed by the Ulema (scholars) in history.<ref>[http://www.khilafah.com/index.php/the-khilafah/foreign-policy/225-clarifying-the-meaning-of-dar-al-kufr-a-dar-al-islam Clarifying the meaning of Dar al-Kufr & Dar al-Islam] - Khilafah, March 28, 2007</ref>}}

{{Quote|2=The Ummah has no Imam (Khalifah) who rules by what is contained in the Quran and Sunnah, who acts as a shield to protect us and whose duty it would be to protect the Muslims of Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Chechnya and countless other places where the Muslim blood flows.  Therefore it is paramount for us to work to re-establish Dar al-Islam, the Islamic Khilafah state through emulating the non-violent methodology of the Prophet (saw) in how he transferred Dar al-Kufr to Dar al-Islam and in the pursuit of this it is inevitable that we will be tried and tested.}}

The ''harbi'' is a non-Muslim living in an area which is not subject to Islam and consequently considered a land of war.  According to the [[Madh'hab|Muslim jurists]], the ''harbi'' has no rights: his blood and his property being licit prey to any Muslim.<ref> Ye'or, Bat (Author). Kochan, Mariam & Littman, David (Translators). (2002). [http://books.google.com/books?id=n4kTdYgwQPkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide'']. (p. 55). Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses.</ref>

{{Quote|1=Al-Qa'ida spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith, 2002|2=If by religious law it is permitted to punish a Muslim [for the crime he committed] - it is all the more permitted to punish a ''Harbi'' infidel [i.e. he who belongs to ''Dar Al-Harb'' 'the domain of disbelief'] in the same way he treated the Muslim.<ref>[http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP38802 'Why We Fight America': Al-Qa'ida Spokesman Explains September 11 and Declares Intentions to Kill 4 Million Americans with Weapons of Mass Destruction] - MEMRI: Special Dispatch, No. 388, June 12, 2002</ref>}}

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