How can the noble verse (And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed—all of them entirely. Then, would you compel people until they become believers?) be reconciled with the verse (There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion) and the Hadith: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer and give zakah..."?
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Islam does not command compulsion in embracing it, but it makes fighting a last resort for dealing with those who refuse to accept the truth and obstruct people from guidance. The reasons for fighting, its types, and its wisdom have been detailed, and the "I have been commanded to fight the people until..." and the issue of compulsion in religion and freedom of belief have been explained in previous fatwas.
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