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[quote]Quote: But if they repent & perform "As-Salat" (Iqamat-as-Salat), & give Zakat, then leave there way free. (9:5)

This should not be used to enforce the establishment of salat by the state, as that would be a gross mis-interpretation.

The above directive is not a complete verse and you need to know that this verse refers to the mushrikeen of a certain time - not to contemporary Muslims. If you read the first part of the sura, it will make sense.

During and/or around 9AH when almost 1/3rd Arabia was under Islamic influence, and was spreading rapidly after the peace treaty of Sulah-Hudaibiya, the enemies of the prophet were getting more and more frustrated and jealous. After conquest of Mecca, there were still many angry mushriks in Mecca who kept on plotting against Muslims. Some of them used a masjid as a meeting place to scheme and make strategies on how to prevent Muslims from going on Ghuzwa-e-Tabuk against Romans. The prophet sent Ali and Abu-Bakr (rta) to Mecca (from Medina) with this order (that after the 4 month of respite, no mushrik will be spared). The prophet later burned down the house of one of the mushriks in Mecca and destroyed their masjid where they used to plot. The four sacred months was a time given to mushriks to either accept Islam or get out of the Arabian peninsula. The tactics of the hypocrites had become well known after the mission of Tabuk, and they had been identified as those who were not willing to do jihaad against the Roman threat despite being able to do so, or those who stopped other Muslims from going on the expedition. After Mecca's conquest there was no room for 'shirk' or those who practised it or did any kind of idol worship in and around the Kaaba. This order gave them four months to either accept Islam completely or get out of the country. They were not welcome any more. They had opposed the prophet on many fronts for so long, and now they had been defeated. This was their chance to either reform or leave.

The reference to the 'four sacred months' should make it clear that these verses refer to a specific time period and people.[/quote]

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