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Is it proper for you, Muhammad, that you slaughter our donkeys, eat our fruit, & beat our women?

Prophet became angry & said:
Ibn Awf ride your horse & call loudly: Beware, Paradise is lawful only for a believer, gather for prayer!
Prophet led them in prayer, stood up & said:
Does any of you, while reclining on his couch, imagine that Allah has prohibited only that which is to be found in this Quran?

God has bought of the believers their lives and their property, promising them heaven in return: they fight for the cause of God,

kill and be killed.

This is a true promise which He has made binding on Himself in
the Torah,
the Gospel
and the Qur’ān.

Who is more true to his promise than God? Rejoice, then, in the bargain you have made with Him.

That is the supreme triumph.

God makes it clear that they have “transgressed by staying behind” because their “action” of staying behind is motivated by their “lack of faith.”

So if they repent through their actions, not words, Take a portion of their money as charity, so that you may cleanse and purify them thereby; and pray for them: for your prayers are a source of comfort for them.

They said [to one another]: ‘Do not go to war in this heat.’” (Verse 81) Such words are only said by a person who is keen to indulge himself in every luxury. Such a person is not fit to do anything which only men of endurance can undertake.
They are a fitting example of people with no will power.

Prophet, strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and press hard on them.

“Charity is not lawful to be given to anyone who is rich or to anyone who is strong and fit.” Two men came to the Prophet and asked him to give them a share of zakāt. When he looked at them carefully, he found them strong and able. He said to them: “If you wish I will give you, but you should know that no one who is rich or able to work and earn has any claim to a share in it.

The unbelievers would love to see you oblivious of your weapons and your equipment, so that they might swoop on you with one assault.
They shall not cease to fight you until they force you to renounce your faith, if they can.
They respect neither agreement nor obligation of honour with regard to any believer