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God repels some people by means of others

دفع الله الناس بعضهم ببعض

Arjun holds that one of God's sunan in the struggle between truth and falsehood is that some people are repelled by others. Without it, places of worship would be destroyed and the earth corrupted 1. He reads the permission to fight in the Hajj surah as defence against aggression, and preparation of strength as deterrence rather than attack 2.

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'Arjun holds it among God's laws in the struggle of truth and falsehood that He repels some people by others — without it, places of worship would be demolished and the earth corrupted 1. The permission to fight in Surat al-Hajj came to repel the aggressors' injustice from believers driven from their homes; the Muslim community does not fight for love of fighting or for transgression 3. Preparing deterrent strength as able is obligatory — strength prepared to deter, not to attack 4.

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The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

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  1. Sunan Allah in Society through the Qur'an — Muhammad al-Sadiq Arjun , p. 68
  2. Sunan Allah in Society through the Qur'an — Muhammad al-Sadiq Arjun , p. 64-65
  3. Sunan Allah in Society through the Qur'an — Muhammad al-Sadiq Arjun , p. 65
  4. Sunan Allah in Society through the Qur'an — Muhammad al-Sadiq Arjun , p. 64
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The seven ahruf

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