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One ought to remember that Ishmael was the ancestor of Muhammad and his people, the
Arabs. In this hadith, he is clearly stating the purpose of Jehad: he is training them to unite them-
selves as soldiers of Allah, the Arabian God, to humble and plunder foreigners.

Since killing is not an easy task, the Prophet as we have already seen, named it as Jehad.
Appealing to human greed, he declared plunder and murder as sacred and lawful. Again, he made
it a matter of pure faith so that nobody should put the theory of Jehad to rational test: he laid it
down that "Islam is the only approved religion of Allah (V. 5) and emphasized that no other relig-
ion is acceptable to God (III: 75). Thus, all non-Muslims were declared enemies of Allah:

1/. The hypocrites seek to beguile Allah, but it is Allah who beguiles them. (Women: 142)

2/. The unbelievers schemed against Allah, and Allah schemed against them; and Allah is
the best schemer. (The Family of Imran: 54)

3/. On unbelievers is the curse of Allah. (The Cow: 161)

4/. Allah is an enemy to unbelievers. (The Cow: 98)

5/. The worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not believe. (Spoils of
War: 55)

6/. Allah plots against unbelievers. (The Morning Star: 15)

Eventually, as we see in the Disputer, LVIII: 20, the Koran divides people into Momins
(Muslims) and Kafirs (Infidels). The former are called as God's party and the latter, Satan's party.
The Momins, who are assured victory, are charged to be permanently at war with the Kafirs.

This is what makes Jehad the way of life for every Muslim.

Having trained the Arabs militarily, the Prophet laid down the following rules (as found on
p. 188-189 of Ibn-E-Majah, Vol. 2) to conquer the world:

When you meet an enemy (infidels) give them three choices:

1/. Invite them to embrace Islam (which actually means acknowledging the Lordship of
Muhammad).

2/. If they do not accept the proposal, then they must surrender and pay tribute, and

3/. if they reject both alternatives, then fight them mercilessly:

"It is not for any Prophet to have prisoners until he make wide slaughter...Eat what you
have taken as booty; it is lawful and good." (The Spoils, 8: 65)

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