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Sh. Ibn Al-'Uthaymeen:
"As for a non-Muslim living under a Muslim government and a Mu'aahad
(someone not at war with Muslims, with an agreement of peace), it's been
authentically established that the Prophet  said,
'Whoever kills a Mu'aahad will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise
and its fragrance can be smelled from the distance of forty years away.'
[Al-Bukhaaree (no. 3166)] And 'Abdullaah Ibn 'Amr said that Allaah's
Messenger also said, 'A Muslim will not cease to be
comfortable with regards to his religion as long as he doesn't begin shedding
sacred blood.' [Al-Bukhaaree (no. 6862)] And his Companion, 'Abdullaah Ibn
'Umar said, 'Certainly, one of the most difficult situations for which there's
no turning back for whomever casts himself into it - shedding sacred blood
without right.' [Al-Bukhaaree (no. 6863)]
As for someone who's been promised safety and security (such as a
non-Muslim who legitimately entered the country with the permission of the
government, indicated by the granting of a visa), Allaah says in His Book,
'And if anyone of the polytheists (nonbelievers, non-Muslims, etc.)
seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the word
of Allaah (the Quraan), and then delivery him to his place of safety and
security.' [Soorah At-Tawbah, 9:6] Meaning: make sure he's safe and
secure among you until he reaches the place of safety in his own country...
Based on this, whoever among us from the non-Muslims living in
peace, then they're likewise protected and their blood sacred. Understanding
this, you know how wrong it is to commit crimes like the bombing that occurred
in Khobar in a place occupied by people who are inviolable - their blood and
their wealth. This took place Wednesday night, the tenth of this month, the
month of Safar, in the year 1417 Hijrah (C.E. June 25, 1996). This crime
resulted in more than eighteen people killed and three hundred eighty-six
wounded. Among these people were Muslims, children, women, the elderly,
middle-aged, and the youth. Such incident devastated wealth and many homes.
No doubt, such an action is never condoned by Islaamic legislation, the
intellect, and not even by basic human nature...
What was the crime of all those who once felt safe and sound in
their beds, in their houses, that they must be punished with such a painful
incident? What was the crime of all those afflicted from the non-Muslims,
the Mu'aahids, and those promised security in the land? What was the
crime of the children? The elderly or handicapped? It was definitely a
horrible, unjustifiable crime..." 1
Sources
1. Taken from At-Tahtheer min At-Tasarru fee At-Takfeer by Muhammad Al-'Uraynee (53-65).
Saudi Arabia's Permanent Council of Senior Scholars:
"First, this bombing is a crime forbidden by Islaamic legislation as agreed
upon by the main body of Muslims for the following reasons:
1) Such bombings are public displays of violating the sanctity of
basic rights well-known to be held sacred by Islaam: the sanctity of innocent
lives, the sanctity of wealth, of safety and security, the lives of people safe
and secure in their dwellings, and the sanctity of comfort. It infringes upon
public well-being without which no people can live. What an enormous and
horrible crime someone has committed against the sanctities of Allaah, of
transgression against His servants, and terrorizing Muslims and others living
among them...
2) Islaam's legislation protects every Muslim as well as anyone
that their exists between them and the Muslims a trust, as Allaah says,
'And whoever kills a believer purposely, his recompense is Hell to
reside therein forever, Allaah is angry with him, He curses him, and He has
prepared for him a great punishment.' [Soorah An-Nisaa, 4:93]. And He
says about the rights of a non-believing resident living among Muslims if he's killed
in an accident unintentionally, 'And if he belonged to a people with
whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, then compensation (blood-money) must
be paid to his family, and a believing slave must be freed.'
[Soorah An-Nisaa, 4:92]. So, if a non-Muslim living under an Islaamic government
is killed by accident and yet he (his family) has the right of blood-money and
expiation must be made in his case, then how about when he's killed intentionally?!
Of course, the crime would be worse and the sin greater. It's also been
authentically reported that Allaah's Messenger said,
'Whoever kills a Mu'aahad (someone not at war with Muslims, with an agreement of peace)
won't even smell the fragrance of Paradise.' [Al-Bukhaaree (no. 3166)] So, harming anyone who's been
guaranteed safety and security is not permissible, let alone killing him by
such a horrendous attack like this.
3) This crime includes many other things forbidden in Islaam like
treachery, treason, transgression, oppression, open sinning, and the
terrorizing of Muslims and other than them. All these things are detested and
hated by Allaah, His Messenger, and all believers.
Second, after The Permanent Council has clarified the forbiddance
of this criminal act, we then declare to the world that Islaam is free of such
crime and likewise any Muslim that believes in Allaah and the Last Day should
also renounce and disassociate himself from this crime. It's only the doing of
those people deceitful in ideology, misguided in 'Aqeedah (faith and
conviction). Such a person bears the sin himself and the consequences of his
crime. He should neither attribute nor associate in any way his action with
Islaam..." 1
Sources
1. Taken from the tenth meeting of The Permanent Council of the Senior Scholars of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia convened in the city of Taif on Saturday, 2/13/1417 Hijrah (corresponding to June 29, 1996).
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