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Peace Treaties and Strategic Considerations
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Their continuous fight against the Jews will harm their men, women, and children which is not legally acceptable. All the Islamic countries, rich Muslims, and officials should exert their utmost efforts to strive against the enemies of Allah; the Jews or to make peace between them in order to establish the Palestinian state on the Palestinian land and to save them from the harm of the enemies of Allah; the Jews just as the Prophet (peace be upon him) made peace with the people of Makkah who were more than Jews. The Kufr of Mushriks (persons who associate others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) is worse than that of the People of the Book. Allah (Exalted be He) has permitted us to eat from their food and to marry their chaste women but He did not make the food or the women of the disbelievers lawful to us. The Prophet (peace be upon him) made peace with them for ten years in which people became safe and stopped fighting each other. This peace treaty was a great benefit for the Muslims although they did not accept it but the Prophet (peace be upon him) accepted it for the general interest.
If it is impossible to get rid of the disbelievers, it is permissible to make peace with them for the benefit and safety of Muslims.
It is fundamentally admitted that what is not fully realized shall not be totally left. Thus, the Prophet (peace be upon him) signed a peace treaty with them for ten years in which the war ended. He accepted this peace for the safety and the benefit of the Muslims so that they would interact with the Prophet (peace be upon him) and listen to the Qur'an.
This is why it was a great peace treaty and a manifest victory. As Muslims interacted with the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) and many nations accepted Islam and abandoned disbelief. All the Muslims should cooperate in righteousness and piety and recommend one another to perseverance and patience. They should study and understand their religion deeply so that they would know the real meaning of Jihad, peace, truce, and war.