[Ali Imran]

Let's not veer away from the point..And yes, your prophet did force faith upon people. I'm sure you know it as well...I can give you more findings on the jizya which is non imposed on the people. There are mixed answers.


From whom is jizya to be taken?]

Al-Qurtubi:

The people of knowledge have disagreed about this. Abu Hanifa and his companions, Thawri, Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Abu Thawr said: It is only taken from People of Scripture, Arab or non-Arab. As for polytheists, the verse (Qur'an 9:5) obliges their killing with no option of jizya, unlike People of Scripture. It is taken from Magians also by the Sunna [example of the Prophet]

Awza'i said: It is taken from every worshipper of idols or fire, and every denter or disbeliever.

Malik's view was similar: It is taken from every type of polytheist or denier, Arab or not, "Taghlib" or "Quraysh", whoever they are, with the exception of the apostate.

Ibn al-Qasim, Ashhab and Suhnun said: It is taken from Arab Magians and all other nations. But Arab idolaters do not pay jizya: they should not remain on the earth at all. Their only options are Islam or the sword.

Another view of Ibn al-Qasim was that jizya may be taken from them, as Malik said. This is found in Al-Tafri' by Ibn al-Jallab: a possible derivation, not an unequivocal text.

Ibn Wahb said: It is not taken from Arab Magians, but from non-Arab ones. This is because every Arab Magian converted to Islam, so any non-Muslim amongst them is an apostate, who must be killed" if he does not submit (by way of Islam): jizya is not accepted from him.

Ibn al-Jahm said: Jizya is taken from every follower of a non-Islamic religion, except by consensus for the disbelievers of Quraysh. This is to honour them above humiliation and belittlement, because they are the tribe of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. Others said: It is because they all submitted (in Islam) on the day of the Conquest of Mecca.

The Quran made it clear in verse 2:256 that there must be no compulsion in faith. End of story. Your attempt to pin that on our prophet is futile when the Quran has a clear and unambiguous verse that we cannot force people to accept Islam.

So, can we say you're mistaken when you said our esteemed Imams taught us to kill non-believers everywhere?