{ So do not grow weary and make a call to peace when you are the ones on top; Allah is with you and will not defraud you of your works } Muhammad 35

Scholars differ with respect to its ruling; it is said that this abrogates the word of the Most High: { And if they incline to peace, then incline to it } [Al-anfal 61], since Allah Most High prohibited an inclination towards truce if the Muslims were not in need of a truce. It is also said that it is itself abrogated by the word of the Most High: { And if they incline to peace, then incline to it } ; it is said: this is firm. These two verses came down in two times of differing circumstances. It is said: Indeed His word { And if they incline to peace, then incline to it } was a special case for a specific group, while the other verse is general. It is not permissible to conclude a truce with the Disbelievers except when necessary, this being whenever we are prevented from combatting them due to the weakness of the Muslims.