the oppressed among those in Mecca, and they began intercepting (66) every caravan of the Quraysh that passed by them, seizing it and killing those with it. Consequently, the Quraysh sent to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), beseeching him by Allah and the ties of kinship to take them into his fold, and that he would not return to them anyone who came to him; so he did. It is therefore permissible, in such a case, for those among the disbelievers who accept Islam to separate themselves, kill those of the disbelievers whom they can overcome, and seize their wealth, provided they do not enter into the truce. If, however, the Imam takes them into his fold with the permission of the disbelievers, they enter into the truce and it becomes forbidden for them to kill the disbelievers or take their wealth. It is narrated from Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Abu Jandal came to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) fleeing from the disbelievers, dragging his chains, his father stood up to him (66) and slapped him, attempting to pull him back. Umar said: "I stood beside Abu Jandal and said, 'They are disbelievers, and the blood of any of them is but the blood of a dog.' And I began to bring the hilt of the sword near to him, hoping he would take it and strike his father with it." He said: "But the man held back for his father's sake."

The second category is a corrupt condition, such as stipulating the return of women, their dowries, the return of their weapons, giving them some of our weapons or instruments of war, or stipulating for them wealth in a situation where it is not permissible to grant it, or stipulating the right to annul the truce whenever they wish (69), or (70) that each party among them has the right to annul it, or stipulating the return of young boys, or the return (71) of men when there is no need for it. All these are corrupt conditions that it is not permissible to fulfill. Does the contract become void because of them? There are two opinions, based on the [ruling regarding] corrupt conditions in a sale, except in the case where it is stipulated that either of them (72) may annul it whenever he wishes, in which case it should certainly not be valid, because the group of disbelievers builds upon this condition, so security is not achieved from them, nor is our security from them, and thus the purpose of the truce is lost. The condition to return women is invalid due to the saying of Allah the Almighty: {If the believing women come to you as emigrants...}