Are women and civilians taken prisoners and treated as booty in war?
- Suppose that there are 3-4 thousand civilians in a city and the Islamic state attacks it; can it take all the civilians as booty; can it make them slaves and concubines?
- - I asked a hodja and he said yes, all the civilians can be taken as captives, but if the caliph wants, he can issue a warrant of security. Accordingly, can women who do not actually participate in the war, who are at home and at work, be taken as captives and treated as booty?
- For example, a thousand civilian women were taken as captives from Sons of Qurayza.
Submitted by on Fri, 19/01/2024 - 16:07
Dear Brother / Sister,
The Islamic state does not attack the state of non-Muslim societies without any reason.
It first offers the states that are in the position of harming the religion, the homeland and the Ummah or that pose such a danger to convert to Islam; and if they refuse to do so, it offers them to be subject to the Islamic state by preserving their religion and culture; if they accept it, there will be no war and no captivity. If they refuse to do so, a war is waged to eliminate the danger if the situation is suitable.
If a country is conquered by war (clergymen, women, children, and people who are interested in their work only are not killed during the war unless they participate in it), the land becomes the property of the Islamic state and the people become its captives.
How the captives are to be treated and their status are determined by the rulers of the state.
Questions on Islam
- What are the principles and rules, which Muslims have to abide when war is inevitable?
- According to verse 24 of the chapter of an-Nisa, is it permissible to marry a married woman captured in war?
- Even though slavery and concubinage no longer exist today, can concubines (female slaves) be taken as booty in a war?
- What punishment is given to a person who has intercourse with a captive woman?
- Was sexual intercourse with female slaves of war (concubines) before they were divided up?
- Is booty not regarded as plunder?
- Is there a hadith stating that the enemy’s goods (belongings) are regarded as booty?
- Is it true that churches were demolished, houses were destroyed and goods were plundered during the conquest of Istanbul?
- Is it true that innocent boys were slaughtered in Sons of Qurayza?
- Is it permissible to kill children in war according to the example of Atiyya Qurazi?