I say, and success is by Allah, that if the enemy suddenly attack a people’s city, it is obligatory for everyone there, even women and slaves, to repel them. It is also obligatory for everyone who is near them to help them if that is possible.
In the Risala it says, “You should not go raiding without your parent’s permission unless the enemy attacks a people’s city and invades it. In that case, it is obligatory for everyone to repel them and you do not have to ask your parents’ permission.”
Shaykh al-Khalil said in al-Mukhtasar, “When the enemy suddenly attacks, fighting becomes an obligation for everyone, even for women.”
In Fawakih ad-Dawani, the commentary on the Risala, we find,
“The commentator on the Mukhtasar said that it is also obligatory for slaves and
those who are near to them, even if they lack the physical strength to do so.
The upshot is that, in that instance, jihad is obligatory for everyone who is
able, even women and slaves. It is a duty for every individual. It is forbidden
to flee if the total strength of the people of the city is half that of the
unbelievers, and the total of the unbelievers does not reach twelve thousand.
Otherwise it is permitted to flee.”
Abu’l-Hasan al-Maliki said in Tahqiq al-Mabani, “It is obligatory for their neighbors to help them, even if they are not among those neighbors who made undertakings to do so.
Thus it is obligatory for all those near them to undertake that. It is an individual obligation for all Muslims.”
This is enough to achieve the answer to this point.
O Allah! Show us the true as true and make us follow it! Show us the false as false and make us avoid it!
