Kwa muda mrefu kama jambo linahusu hali halisi ya ardhi, swali la ikiwa ardhi hiyo inapakana na Dar al-Kufr, yaani Dar al-Harb, au la, halina nafasi katika kulizingatia, kwani mipaka yote ya ardhi za Kiislamu inapakana na Dar al-Harb, yaani Dar al-Kufr. Licha ya hayo, ardhi hizo ni Dar al-Islam kwa Ijma' ya Maswahaba. Lau hili lingekuwa sharti, basi mipaka yote ingegeuka kuwa Dar al-Kufr. Pia, kushindwa kuzingatia usalama, yaani usalama wa Waislamu, katika kuiona ardhi hiyo kuwa Dar al-Islam kunapelekea kuzichukulia ardhi za Kiislamu kuwa chini ya mamlaka ya makafiri na usalama wao pale wanapotawala kwa Uislamu kama Dar al-Islam, ilhali Waislamu wako chini ya usalama wa makafiri si usalama wa Waislamu.
Ukweli ni kwamba, katika kuiona ardhi kuwa Dar al-Islam au Dar al-Kufr, mambo mawili lazima yazingatiwe: kwanza, utawala kwa sheria ya Uislamu, na pili, usalama kwa usalama wa Waislamu, yaani kwa mamlaka yao. Ikiwa ardhi inakusanya mambo haya mawili, yaani inatawala kwa sheria ya Uislamu na usalama ni kwa usalama wa Waislamu, yaani kwa mamlaka yao, basi inakuwa Dar al-Islam na inabadilika kutoka Dar al-Kufr kuwa Dar al-Islam. Ama ikipoteza mojawapo kati ya hayo mawili, haigeuki kuwa Dar al-Islam. Vivyo hivyo, ikiwa Dar al-Islam haitawaliwi kwa hukumu ya Uislamu basi ni Dar al-Kufr. Vile vile ikiwa inatawaliwa kwa Uislamu lakini usalama wake si wa usalama wa Waislamu, yaani mamlaka yao, bali usalama wake ni wa usalama wa makafiri, yaani mamlaka yao, basi nayo inageuka kuwa Dar al-Kufr.
Kwa hiyo, ardhi zote za Waislamu leo ni Dar al-Kufr kwa sababu hazitawaliwi kwa Uislamu. Vivyo hivyo, inabaki kuwa Dar al-Kufr pale makafiri wanapomweka Muislamu mmoja kutawala kwa kanuni za Uislamu lakini yuko chini ya mamlaka yao, hivyo usalama wake ni kwa usalama wao; inabaki kuwa Dar al-Kufr. Ili kuibadilisha ardhi ya Waislamu kuwa Dar al-Islam, hukumu ya Uislamu lazima iwekwe humo, na usalama wake uwe usalama wa Waislamu. e. kwa mamlaka yao. Kwa hiyo, hali halisi ya nchi inaonyesha kwamba inaelezwa kuwa ni Dar al-Kufr au Dar al-Islam kwa kuzingatia utawala na kwa kuzingatia usalama, kwa kuwa hilo ni miongoni mwa mahitaji ya utawala. Ikiwa Dar al-Islam itapoteza utawala wa Kiislamu, au mamlaka hayako mikononi mwa Waislamu, inakuwa Dar al-Kufr kwa kupoteza mojawapo ya haya mawili. Sharti la nchi kubaki Dar al-Islam ni utawala wake kuwa wa Kiislamu na mamlaka yake kuwa mikononi mwa Waislamu. Kuhusu Dar al-Kufr, haibadiliki kuwa Dar al-Islam isipokuwa ikiwa inatawaliwa kwa Uislamu na mamlaka yake yako mikononi mwa Waislamu; mambo haya mawili yasipotimia, inabaki kuwa Dar al-Kufr. Utawala wa Kiislamu na mamlaka kuwa mikononi mwa Waislamu ni mambo yote mawili ya lazima katika kuelezea nchi kuwa ni Dar al-Islam.
As long as the matter relates to the reality of the land, then the question of the land being bordered to the Dar al-Kufr i.e. Dar al-Harb or not has no place in its consideration since all the frontiers of the Islamic lands border the Dar al-Harb i.e. Dar al-Kufr. Despite this, they are Dar al Islam by the Ijma’a of the Sahabah. If this was a condition then all the frontiers would become Dar al-Kufr. Also, the failure to consider the security, the security of Muslims, in deeming that land a Dar al-Islam leads to considering the Islamic lands submitting to the authority of disbelievers and their security when they rule by Islam as a Dar al-Islam even though the Muslims are under the security of disbelievers not the security of Muslims. The truth is that in considering the land as Dar al-Islam or Dar al-Kufr, two matters must be looked into: firstly, the rule by Islam and secondly the security by the security of Muslims i.e. by their authority. If the land augments these two elements i.e. it rules by Islam and the security is by the security of Muslims i.e. by their authority, then it becomes a Dar al-Islam and changes from a Dar al-Kufr to a Dar al-Islam. Whereas if it loses one of the two, it does not become Dar al-Islam. Similarly if the Dar al-Islam does not rule by the rule of Islam then it is a Dar al-Kufr. The same if it rules by Islam but its security is not by the security of Muslims i.e. their authority as where its security is by the security of disbelievers i.e. their authority, then it also becomes a Dar al-Kufr. Hence all the lands of Muslims today are Dar al-Kufr because they do not rule by Islam. Similarly it remains a Dar al-Kufr where disbelievers establish therein a Muslim to rule by the rules of Islam but he is under their authority so his security is by their security; it remains a Dar al-Kufr. In order to change the Muslims’ land to Dar al-Islam, the rule of Islam must be established therein and its security should be the security of Muslims i.e. by their authority. Accordingly the reality of the lands indicates that it is described by kufr or Islam in consideration to the rule and in consideration of the security because it is a part of the requirements of the rule. If the Dar al-Islam loses the rule by Islam or the authority is not in the hands of Muslims, it becomes a Dar al-Kufr by losing any of these two. The condition of the land remaining a Dar al-Islam is its rule by Islam and its authority in the hands of the Muslims. As for the Dar al-Kufr, it does not become a Dar al-Islam except if it is ruled by Islam and its authority is in the hands of the Muslims; if these two matters are not augmented, it remains a Dar al-Kufr. The rule by Islam and the authority in the hands of the Muslims are both obligatory in relation to describing the land as being a Dar al-Islam.