The Lawful Jihad Under the Banner of the Ruler of the Muslims

Question:
Islamic schools, you are preparing yourselves to be defenders of the Book of Allah the Exalted and to refute the doubts raised by Da'ish and others who claim Islam while stabbing Islam from within. Yes, ah. And in his question he says: How do I distinguish between lawful jihad and other forms?

Answer:
Lawful jihad is that which is in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Lawful jihad is that which is under the authority of the Commander of the Faithful or the group of the Commander of the Muslims in every age.
It is to be under his leadership, his planning, his organization, his command, and his supervision. Jihad is not to be except under an Islamic banner and under the leadership of the Muslims. It is obligatory to fight alongside the rulers of the Muslims in every time and in every place until the Hour comes, alongside the rulers of the Muslims, and not alongside groups and political parties. Rather, jihad is to be under the banner of the ruler of the Muslims. He organizes it, commands it, and leads it himself, or he entrusts it to whoever leads it. You are to be under the banner of Islam, under the leadership of the ruler of the Muslims, and with the group of the Muslims. This is the correct path. The path is not for there to be groups, each with its own commander, and each group commanding jihad. This is what Allah the Exalted has forbidden, saying: All of you are to be, and you are not to be all except under the banner of the ruler of the Muslims. Into groups, each group claiming that it is the people of Islam and that its commander is the one whose obedience is obligatory. This, may Allah protect us from it, are disgraces that have occurred in the lands of the Muslims. May Allah purify the lands of the Muslims from them and unite the word of the Muslims upon the truth, upon the group of the Muslims, and under the leadership of the ruler of the Muslims. This is the truth, and this is the jihad, not what they claim, that their group is the Muslims and that their leader is the one whose obedience is obligatory. This is from misguidance, from division and disagreement, from strife and hatred, and this is not to be among the Muslims.
Be, O servants of Allah, brothers. The last Muslim is not to be belittled by the first Muslim, nor betrayed, nor handed over. And this is not to be except by the gathering of the Muslims under a lawful authority, and he is the one whom Allah has entrusted with the affairs of the Muslims in every time and in every place, according to his capacity.
As for the division, where every group has an emir and every group claims to be the Muslim community, this is abandonment, and this is the division that Allah forbade in His saying: This does not happen except with the Imam of the Muslims and the community of the Muslims, not with the groups. The community of the Muslims is one. As for these groups, where each claims to be the Muslims, this is from the misguidance that Allah forbade us from, and He said, "Do not divide" These are the commands of our Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, in His noble Book.
So we must understand this and not be deceived by what they propagate, that they are the Muslims and that their group is the group of the Muslims. Each group declares the other to be disbelievers. This is not Islam. Islam is that we are all the Ummah of Islam, all under the banner of the ruler of the Muslims, not dividing and not forming parties. This is what Allah and His Messenger have commanded us to do. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Our Shaykh