The claim that Muslims are unable to perform jihad due to weak weaponry
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion of this claim that Muslims today are unable to perform jihad because they do not have the power of weapons, and that the past is not like the present, because the enemy has deadly weapons and can kill you with the press of a button?
Answer:
Yes, this is correct. If we have no capacity to deal with them, we do not launch an offensive against them; rather, we defend ourselves if they come to our land. This is correct. If we do not have the strength to fight them offensively, we do not fight them offensively, but we fight them defensively if they attack our land or besiege us. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion of this claim that Muslims today are unable to perform jihad because they do not have the power of weapons, and that the past is not like the present, because the enemy has deadly weapons and can kill you with the press of a button?
Answer:
Yes, this is correct. If we have no capacity to deal with them, we do not launch an offensive against them; rather, we defend ourselves if they come to our land. This is correct. If we do not have the strength to fight them offensively, we do not fight them offensively, but we fight them defensively if they attack our land or besiege us. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 047 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الجهاد / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:06)
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