Assalaamualikum Friend,
Abdullah bin Umar said that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said: "I have been ordered to fight against people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and until they establish the prayers and pay the zakat. Then if they do that, their blood and wealth will be protected from me – except in accordance with the right of Islam. And their reckoning will be with Allah, the Exalted.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
The meaning of this hadith is not that the people are to be fought and killed until they accept the shahaadah. Rather, the meaning of this hadith is that the people are to be fought until they accept the dominance of the law of Allah and withdraw their opposition. This could be obtained by fighting them, or accepting Allah’s law and paying jizyah, or by drawing a peace accord between Muslims and others in which the word of Allah will not be opposed in any way by the non-Muslims.
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