Weapons

Using this weapon allowed in Jihad?


Using bombs is allowed

‘Uthmaan bin Abee ‘Aatikah said:

The enemy threw petrol (bombs) against the people (the Muslims) so Mu’aawiyyah said ‘If they are doing this, then retaliate in the same way’ So both parties started hurling petrol (bombs) at each other.

At sea, one Roman soldier prepared to throw a pot full of petrol against the ship of Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah, but Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah sent an arrow flying and killed the man on the spot causing him to fall with the pot of petrol consequently setting his own ship ablaze. Thus the fire devoured the entire ship and all its crew, they were 300 in number.

After that incident people used to say, the arrow of Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah killed 300 men.

[Taken from Siyar 'Alaam an-Nubalaa by Imaam ath-Thahabee]



Punishing anyone with fire is not allowed ,bombs are not fire although may turn into fire

Dealing with Apostates Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 84 :: Hadith 57
Narrated 'Ikrima:

Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"