ISLAMIC MILITARY LAW

Abstract

Islamic military law is a doctrine, which was created by Ulama, basing on Sharia and Fiqh, as right way of Islam – collection of demands and methods of just military actions that are mandatory for Muslim warriors. Foundations and first rules of Islamic military law were established in the very beginning of Hijra, soon after prophet Muhammad began creation of Islamic state in Medina. The prophet always gave different recommendations and suggestions to the warriors and those instructions became the core of the military law. Most of them were codified and abstracted by the first Khalifa Abu Bakr in the ten rules of Islamic armed forces.  Muslim treaties and documents of IX century already included the rules about Islamic ethics, economical law and implementation of Islamic military law. They regulated issues concerning the relations with ambassadors, displaced people or refugees; also, rules of action in the battle fields, defense of women, children and non-warriors, process of negotiation and dispute settlement, restriction of use of poisoned weapons and prevention of destroy of enemy’s territories and etc.Islamic military law distinguishes just and unjust wars. According Holy Koran, defensive war is not only legal and legitimate, but also mandatory for Muslims.