When to Stop Fighting

And fight them wherever you encounter them, and expel them from where they expelled you. Oppression is worse than killing. But do not fight them near the Sacred Mosque unless they attack you there. If they do, then fight them, such is the penalty for the disbelievers.

Fight them until there is no oppression and worship is devoted to Allah alone.

They ask you about fighting in the sacred month. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a grave matter, but hindering people from Allah’s path, denying Him, preventing access to the Sacred Mosque, and expelling its people from it, these are far worse in Allah’s sight. Persecution is worse than killing. They will not stop fighting you until they turn you away from your faith if they can. And whoever turns away from their faith and dies in disbelief, their deeds will be worthless in this world and the Hereafter.

But if they stop, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.