A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'/Chapter 12/91

[Sidenote 91. Jihad when positive.]

The Mohammadan Common Law makes the fighting only a positive injunction "where there is a general summons, (that is, where the infidels invade a "Mussulman" territory, and the Imâm for the time being issues a general proclamation, requiring all persons to stand forth to fight,) for in this case war becomes a positive injunction with respect to the whole of the inhabitants," &mdash;this is sanctioned by the Law of Nations and the Law of Nature.