20 - Disbelievers have adopted various methods against Islam and parted into branches; yet they are summed up in two groups. Those in the first group do their worldly affairs and their worships and do not attack Muslims. Realizing their inferiority against Islam's strength and greatness, they have accepted to give the jizya, thus accepting asylum in Islam's domination and justice. These disbelievers are called Ahl-i zimmat or Zimmi. It is necessary to dislike disbelievers of this kind and to view them as enemies; yet it is haram to torment them and to hurt their hearts. It is written in the 'Siyar' section of Fatawa-i- Khariyya, "Something which is forbidden for Muslims is forbidden for the zimmis, too. Fornication, eating in public during Ramadan, violating the fast publicly, dancing, music, interest (a percentage of a sum of money loaned to someone or borrowed from someone), going out uncovered are forbidden for them, too. Only alcoholic drinks and pork are not forbidden to them. It is permitted to visit them when they are sick or at other times and to travel together with them." It is written in the subject on 'tazir' [General name for various types of punishment which the Islamic religion inflicts for some crimes. The punishments of tazir is explained in detail in a different chapter in the third fascicle of our book.] in Multaqa and Durr-ul- Mukhtar and in other fiqh [A branch of Islamic knowledge that includes actions commanded, actions prohibited and actions neither commanded nor prohibited.] books, "A Muslim who utters a bad word to disbelievers, such as, "You are an adulterer" or who hurts their hearts by saying 'disbeliever' or who backbites them will be called to tazir, that is, he will be thrashed with a stick, for it is a sin to hurt them. Also, it is a sin to touch their property." It is written in the fifth volume of Durr-ul-Mukhtar: "It is worse to torment the zimmi, who is a non-Muslim compatriot, than it is to torment a Muslim. To mistreat and torture an animal is worse than doing the same thing to a zimmi. It is permitted to greet the zimmi and to shake hands with him in order not to torment him. The case is the same with greeting a sinner who commits sins publicly."

The book Bariqa says while explaining the disasters caused by the hand, "It is permissible to kill ants that do harm to man and his food, provided they will not be tormented or thrown into water. It is permissible to burn wood that has ants inside after shaking it by knocking it down on the ground. It is always permissible to kill mice, lice, fleas, scorpions and locusts. It is makruh to throw lice, while they are alive, on the ground or to burn any living creature. It is permissible to slaughter, shoot or poison a harmful cat, a mad dog or wild beasts with a sharp knife. It is not permissible to thrash them. Thrashing is done in order to teach manners. Since an animal doesn't have reason it cannot be taught manners. In case it is necessary to kill a living thing, it is permissible to kill it by burning it when there is no other way."

It is permissible to excise one of a person's limbs in order to cure a disease like gangrene. It is permissible to incise into the bladder [the kidney and the gall] in order to get stones out. It is never permissible to slap a living thing on the face for any reason.

As for the second group of disbelievers; they cannot stand the brightness of the Islamic sun. They try to demolish the Islamic religion with all their forces and negative propaganda media. These poor people do not realize that to eradicate Islam from the world means to deprive people of happiness, comfort, safety, and to draw themselves and all the humanity into disasters and troubles. In short, it means to cut the ground from under their own feet. Allahu ta'ala, by declaring: "In order to avoid suffering the attacks and torments of disbelievers and in order to enable them to attain endless bliss, work as ceaselessly as is humanly possible. Make the most perfect media of war," in the sixtieth ayat of Surat-ul- Anfal, commands us to honor these disbelievers by helping them to become Muslims or not to meddle with the workings or the worships of those who yield themselves to Islam's protection by accepting the jizya. We must protect the lives, property, and chastity of such people. Thus, He wants the whole world to unite under Islam's flag; He wants everyone to have iman and to love one another. He commands us to establish a justice that will include all those who persist in disbelief even though they understand Islam. We must endeavor to provide comfort for people, animals, the living, the dead, and everything.