The Ruling on Registering the Names of Volunteers for Jihad in Palestine

The questioner : First, I convey to you the salam from some of the brothers from Algeria.

The Shaykh : And upon you and them be peace, mercy, and honor.

The questioner : May Allah keep you safe.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : A branch has been opened.

The Shaykh : For jihad, yes.

The questioner : Yes, a branch was opened in Algeria and this.

The Shaykh : For the sake of jihad.

The questioner : Yes, for volunteering in jihad in Palestine.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar against the misguiders.

The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. This branch was opened under the leadership of the Islamic Front.

The Shaykh : May Allah guide them.

The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, O Shaykh. So, do we proceed with the registration? And even if we know that the government might prevent us or might put obstacles in the way of carrying out this mission, does it mean that taking the first step, which is registering, is considered an intention, or is it considered an action that Allah is pleased with?

The Shaykh : If you are, God forbid, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) described regarding the time of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), when a man becomes a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and their minds are like dust, thinking they are on something when they are not on anything—if you are like that, God forbid, then it means you have become like dust, tossed about by the waves of the misguiders. You said just now that your state, the Algerian state, might not allow you, and I say it will not allow you. But suppose it did allow you, if you wanted to do jihad in Palestine, do you have planes by the thousands that you would descend in? Helicopters that you would descend in upon the Jews? Or do you have the borders of many countries ahead of you that you must cross and traverse, and it is not possible for an individual, let alone armed soldiers, to cross all these countries, especially if they are for fighting? Are you living in wakefulness or in a dream? Did you understand me?

The questioner : Yes?

The Shaykh : Did you understand me?

The questioner : Bravo.

The Shaykh : Hello.

The questioner : Please, O Shaykh, please. Yes, yes, we are listening.

The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am telling you, did you understand me? I asked twice and I hear no answer.

The questioner : No, no, we are listening, O Shaykh. May Allah bless you. We are recording.

The Shaykh : How do I know, my brother? How do I know? I am asking you, do you hear me?

The questioner : I hear you well, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Okay, I am finished with the answer. So be men, and do not be dreams.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : And may He bless you.

The questioner : So, I understood from your words that we do not register. Hello, I understood from this that we do not register names, but we wait for the appropriate time.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Yes, yes. May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : It is so.