The Army has two sections: the reserve section, which is all those Muslims who are capable of carrying arms, and the section of regular soldiers, who get salaries from the State budget in the same manner as the civil servants.

Its evidence is the evidence of the obligation of Jihad, since every Muslim is obligated with Jihad and its training and accordingly all of the Muslims are a reserve army since Jihad is obligatory upon them. As for making a section of them to be full-time regular soldiers, its evidence is the rule.

. )ما لا يتم الواجب إلا به فهو واجب( .

“That, without which the obligation cannot be accomplished, is itself an obligation”,

since the carrying out of Jihad consistently, along with the defence of the Islamic lands and protecting the honour of the Muslims from the disbelievers cannot be done except with a permanent army. Therefore, it is obligatory upon the leader to establish a permanent army.

As for setting a salary for those soldiers in the same manner as the civil servants, with respect to the non-Muslims, this is clear since they are not required to fight against disbelievers, but if they undertake Jihad, it is accepted from them, at which time it is permitted to give them money as well as to give them a share from the portion of booty which is intended to bring the hearts closer to Islam – due to what is narrated by Al-Zuhri.

. » أَسْهَمَ لِقَوْمٍ مِنْ الْيَ هُودِ قَاتَ لُوا مَعَه أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ « .

“That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gave a portion to some people among the Jews who fought along with him” (reported by Al-Tirmidhi and it is from the Maraseel of Al-Zuhri, and Ibn Qudamah used it as an evidence in Al-Mugni). Also, it is narrated that.

. ي وَْمَ حُنَ يْنٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى شِرْكِهِ، فَأَسْهَمَ أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ خَرَجَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ « » لَهُ، وَأَعْطَاهُ مِنَ الغَنَائِمِ مَعَ المُؤَلَّفَةِ قُ لُوب هُُمْ .

“Safwan b. Umayya accompanied the Prophet (phuh) on the day of Hunayn and he was a disbeliever. He was given a share of the spoils, which was part of the portion given to those hearts it was intended to win.”, as mentioned by Ibn Qudama in Al- Mughni and Ibn Hisham in his Sirah.

Al-Bukhari reported from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said.

. يَا بِلَالُ قُمْ فَأَذِّنْ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُ ؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ « » الْفَاجِرِ .

“O Bilal, Stand up and announce in public: none will enter Paradise but a believer, and Allah may support this religion (Deen) with a wicked man”. And Ibn Hisham mentioned in his Sirah that Quzman, who was an idol worshipper, accompanied the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) on the day of Uhud, and he killed seven or eight of the idol worshippers, and so the Messenger (pbuh) said.

. » إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُ ؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الفَاجِرِ « .

“Truly Allah supports this religion ( Deen) with a wicked man”. Al-Shawkani mentioned this in his book Al-Darari Al- Mode’a and Nayl Al-Awtar and it is confirmed by those who wrote the life of the Prophet (phuh) .

All of these evidences indicate the permissibility for a disbeliever to be part of the Islamic Army and to give him money due to his presence there. Additionally, the definition of employment is a contract upon a service for recompense, which indicates that employment is permitted upon every service that the employer could use from an employee, and so it includes employing someone to be in the Army, and for partaking in fighting, since it is a service. Accordingly, the generality of the evidence for employment upon any service is an evidence for the permissibility of employing a disbeliever to be in the Army and partake in fighting. However, it must be under the flag of the Muslims and not a flag of disbelief as is clarified in the reality of the evidences mentioned, since the disbelievers who fought with the Muslims did so under the flag of the Muslims and not under the flag of disbelief; in other words, they fought as soldiers as part of the Muslims’ Army. Built upon this, it is permitted for the people of Dhimmah to fight in the Army of the Muslims for a wage, which can occur if the Khalifah considers that their fighting as soldiers in the Army of the Muslims bring a benefit to the Muslims and there is no harm as a result, in which case, it is permitted to accept them in the Army of the Muslims and to pay them. In other words, this is made permitted for them. However, if there was harm from their entering the Islamic Army, then this permitted issue from amongst the permitted issues would be forbidden due to the harm, in accordance with the rule regarding harm as is mentioned in its section in Usul.

This is with regards to the non-Muslim. With respect to the Muslim, even though Jihad is an act of worship, it is permitted to employ a Muslim for the military and fighting, due to the generality of the evidence for employment. Also, employment upon the undertaking of an act of worship whose benefit is not limited to the one who did the act is permissible, due to the words of the Prophet (phuh).

. » إِنَّ أَحَقَّ مَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ « .

“You are most entitled to take wages for the teaching of the Book of Allah.”(reported by Al-Bukhari from Ibn ’Abbas). Teaching the Quran is an act of worship, so in the same manner that it is permitted to employ a Muslim in order to teach the Quran, or to lead the prayer, or to make the call to prayer, which are all acts of worship, it is likewise permitted to employ someone for the sake of Jihad and to be in the Army. Moreover, there is evidence on the hiring of Muslims for Jihad even though it is a duty upon them. Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated that ’Abdullah Bin Umar (ra) said that the Prophet (phuh) said.

.» لِلْغَازِي أَجْرُهُ وَلِلْجَاعِلِ أَجْرُهُ وَأَجْرُ الْغَازِي « .

“The warrior (Al-Ghazi) has his reward and one who equips him (Al-Ja’il) has his reward and that of the warrior”. Al-Ghazi is the one who personally goes out to battle, while the Ja’il is the one who fights on someone else’s behalf for a wage. It is written the Al-Muhit dictionary “Al-Ji’ala…is the amount given to someone doing an action…and what is assigned to a Ghazi if he fights on your behalf for a wage.” Ajr is used to mean both wage and reward. As for what is well known among people that Ajr always means the reward which comes from Allah (swt) to His servant for doing a good deed and that Ijarah is the reward for an action from one person to another which includes employment – in actual fact, there is no support for this differentiation. Rather what the language stated is that the Ajr is the reward for an action. It is mentioned in the Al-Muhit dictionary that Ajr is the reward for the action, like the Ijara. The meaning of the narration is that Ghazi has his reward while the Ja’il has his wage, since the word can have many meanings, and the indication in the narration would specify the intended one. In this case, the word Ghazi indicates that what is meant by Ajr is reward from Allah (swt), and the word Al-Ja’il indicates that Ajr means wage, because each of them is an indication that specified the intended meaning. Al- Bayhaqi narrated on the authority of Jubayr b. Nufayr who said:

. مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يَ غْزُونَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي، وَيَأْخُذُونَ ال جُ عَ لَ، وَيَ تَ قَوَّوْنَ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِمْ، مَثَلُ « » أُمِّ مُوسَى، تُ رْضِعُ وَلَدَهَا، وَتَأْخُذُ أَجْرَهَا .

“The Messenger (pbuh) said, “Those of my nation (Ummah) who fight and take wages to strengthen themselves against their enemy are like the mother of Moses who breastfeeds her son and takes her payment.” and similar is reported by Said Bin Mansur, and the meaning of the word Ajr here is wage. Therefore, the Army has salaries in the same manner as the civil servants.