Non-Muslims in the protection of Islamic law
كَيْفَ وَإِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ يُرْضُونَكُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ {8}
How (can it be)! And if they were to prevail upon you, they would neither have any regard for you only nor for any guarantee. They are pleasing you with their mouths and their hearts are refusing, and most of them are mischief-makers [9:8]
لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُعْتَدُونَ {10}
They are not giving any regard for a Momin only nor any guarantee; and these, they are the aggressors [9:10]
ابن شهر آشوب: عن (تفسير القشيري): أن رجلا قال لعلي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام): فمن أراد منا أن يلقى رسول الله في بعض الأمر بعد انقضاء الأربعة، فليس له عهد؟ قال علي (عليه السلام): «بلى، إن الله تعالى قال: وَ إِنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ الآية
Ibn Shehr Ashub, from Tafseer Al Qasheyri,
A man said to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, ‘So the one from us who wants to meet Rasool Allah-saww with regards to some matter after the passing of the four (months), there would not be a treaty for him?’ Ali-asws said: ‘Yes (there would be). Allah-azwj the Exalted Says: And if one of the Polytheists seeks asylum from you, grant him asylum [9:6] – (in this) Verse’.[1]
[1] المناقب 2: 127