Timeline for Did ulama actively oppose the caliphate's expansionism?
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| Apr 9, 2023 at 16:26 | comment | added | An_Elephant | "I'm not aware of any Muslim scholar who opposed the expansionism that was pursued by the caliphate, neither that of the Rashidun, the Umayyads, or later caliphs." Well , that's not very true. I know many muslims (majority of them being shiite) who does not view the expansionism of Caliphs (except Ali) as just and righteous. For example, during Ummayads , the policy was adopted to ban non-muslims to convert to Islam in the region they occupied to enjoy collecting Jizya taxes and revenues. | |
| Aug 14, 2017 at 6:56 | history | edited | Rebecca J. Stones |
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| May 16, 2017 at 20:38 | comment | added | Medi1Saif♦ | Those who speak about defensive wars are trying to show a rather utopial view of Islam. I'd assume that none of the scholars of that time would oppose any of the so called faths because of the justness of the cause. Which is one of the reasons or conditions that allows calling for jihad. Some like Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak and al-A'raj are even known for their participation in jihad. Even if i don't think that anybody was fighting with the intention of expansionism. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | G. Bach | @Uma I'm surprised I would have to define it if no one saying jihad is purely defensive had to define it so far, but why not. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 18:45 | comment | added | UmH♦ | It'll probably be useful to define expansionism and defensive war, and whether preemptive defense is included. Was war against Byzantine and Persian empires defensive or offensive? Would they have left the Islamic state alone and settled on amicable terms? | |
| May 16, 2017 at 18:31 | comment | added | G. Bach | @goldPseudo I can do that, I think that'll limit the options of answering the question though. It would also limit the use of the question, kinda like restricting "did any scholars declare smoking marijuana haram" to "did any scholars in afghanistan in the 10th century declare hashish haram". I can work it over the coming days if no one got anything on this version of the question. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 18:23 | comment | added | goldPseudo | This might be too broad: "the Rashidun, the Umayyads, or later caliphs" covers a lot of time and a lot of individual conquests over a lot of political situations. You might be better off finding particular conquests (or particular caliphs) that don't appear to fall under the umbrella of "defense" and asking about them instead. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 16:48 | history | edited | G. Bach | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 16, 2017 at 15:35 | history | asked | G. Bach | CC BY-SA 3.0 |