What is meant by jihad that is carried out with wealth?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the intended meaning of the jihad that is carried out with wealth?
The Shaykh:
The jihad that is carried out with wealth is purchasing weapons for the mujahideen and equipping the one who goes out in the path of Allah. This is jihad with wealth: assisting in jihad with wealth, with weapons, with men, and with equipment.
The questioner:
If a man gathers [people], is the correct jihad what is among the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that helps the people of bombing and the people of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever)? He says this is jihad.
The Shaykh:
It is batil (invalid). It is not jihad. We mean the shari'ah-compliant jihad that is under the leadership of the wali al-amr (the one in authority) of the Muslims, and where there is a deficit in the bayt al-mal (public treasury) or there is no bayt al-mal.
The questioner:
Or it is deficient.
The Shaykh:
So you contribute and participate in equipping the mujahideen. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the intended meaning of the jihad that is carried out with wealth?
The Shaykh:
The jihad that is carried out with wealth is purchasing weapons for the mujahideen and equipping the one who goes out in the path of Allah. This is jihad with wealth: assisting in jihad with wealth, with weapons, with men, and with equipment.
The questioner:
If a man gathers [people], is the correct jihad what is among the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that helps the people of bombing and the people of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever)? He says this is jihad.
The Shaykh:
It is batil (invalid). It is not jihad. We mean the shari'ah-compliant jihad that is under the leadership of the wali al-amr (the one in authority) of the Muslims, and where there is a deficit in the bayt al-mal (public treasury) or there is no bayt al-mal.
The questioner:
Or it is deficient.
The Shaykh:
So you contribute and participate in equipping the mujahideen. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [302 /641] ما المقصود بالجهاد الذي يكون بالمال؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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