[Machine] "And he said to me, do you know why Abu Bakr made a distinction and ordered the killing of the Shammasah and prohibited the killing of the monks? So I said, I only see it as a means of restraining themselves. He said, yes, but the Shammasah engage in combat and fight without the monks, while the monks’ habit is to not fight. And Allah has said, 'And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you' [Al-Baqarah 190]."  

وَقَالَ لِي هَلْ تَدْرِي لِمَ فَرَّقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الشَّمَامِسَةِ وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الرُّهْبَانِ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا لِحَبْسِ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّ الشَّمَامِسَةَ يَلْقَوْنَ الْقِتَالَ فَيُقَاتِلُونَ دُونَ الرُّهْبَانِ وَإِنَّ الرُّهْبَانَ دَأْبُهُمْ أَنْ لَا يُقَاتِلُوا وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ} [البقرة 190]