Dissuading others from fighting

In language, takhdhil means to make a man let down his companion and hold back from aiding him; the verb is used of making someone fail and abandon the fight. As a term it means turning people away from raiding and making them indifferent to going out. Dissuading the fighters is forbidden by any means, in speech or act. ¹

In language, takhdhil is to make a man abandon his companion and hold back from helping him. As a term, it is turning people away from raiding and making them averse to going out. ¹

Dissuading the fighters from jihad is forbidden by any means, whether by word or act. The jurists cite verses condemning those who dissuade and the hypocrites, in the surahs al-Ahzab and al-Tawba; the book refers to them by surah and ayah without quoting them. ^{1 2}

• The commander should not take with him a dissuader, who holds people back from raiding, for instance by saying the heat or cold is severe and that the army is not safe from defeat. ²
• Nor a rumour-spreader, who spreads panic and alarming news, saying that a Muslim detachment has perished and that there is no reinforcement. ²
• Nor anyone who helps the enemy by spying, writing to them about the Muslims, sheltering their spies, or setting Muslims against one another. ²
• The reason is that such people harm the Muslims, so they must be prevented. ²

If one of these people goes out with the army, he receives no share and no reward, even if he shows support for the Muslims, because his support may be hypocrisy, and the proof of it has appeared; he is only a harm. If the commander is one of them, it is not recommended to go out with him. ²