The Ruling on Forging Documents for Departure or Jihad
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The questioner : In our country, a citizen must, if he wants to leave Algeria, if he is a worker, he must submit a card proving that he is on leave. Some of the brothers do not work for any company or in any job, and if they want to leave, they go to some of the brothers who own an establishment or the like, and he gives them this card even though they do not work for him. What is the ruling on this action? And what is the ruling on forging certificates and documents for work or for going out for jihad in the cause of Allah? Those who want to do this cite necessity as their evidence, and that this government is not just, and that they eat the money of people?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is permissible out of necessity, but necessity is measured by its extent. For example, a question came in about going out in the cause of da'wah, and whether[At-Tawbah 9:118] he does not find a place for him in da'wah, and he lives in a region, meaning its area is thousands of kilometers, so where is the necessity here for going out in the cause of da'wah as the Tabligh group, for example, does, and without.
The questioner : A question from where?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The writings will be. For jihad, they go out for jihad.
The Shaykh : Jihad.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This.
The questioner : Or for going out for jihad in the cause of Allah.
The Shaykh : Ah, for jihad, and you know that jihad in the cause of Allah was in the past.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So today there is no jihad in the Sharia'ah sense, so we return to the same previous answer, which is that going out with these fraudulent operations is not permissible except out of necessity, and necessity is measured by its extent. For example, this work differs from person to person, and I do not imagine a person living in a long and wide region who is forced to commit a forbidden act in order to obtain the necessary sustenance. I do not imagine a person like that. If one is found, it is permissible for him to resort to such twisted means,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is permissible out of necessity, but necessity is measured by its extent. For example, a question came in about going out in the cause of da'wah, and whether
the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness
ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْThe questioner : A question from where?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The writings will be. For jihad, they go out for jihad.
The Shaykh : Jihad.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This.
The questioner : Or for going out for jihad in the cause of Allah.
The Shaykh : Ah, for jihad, and you know that jihad in the cause of Allah was in the past.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So today there is no jihad in the Sharia'ah sense, so we return to the same previous answer, which is that going out with these fraudulent operations is not permissible except out of necessity, and necessity is measured by its extent. For example, this work differs from person to person, and I do not imagine a person living in a long and wide region who is forced to commit a forbidden act in order to obtain the necessary sustenance. I do not imagine a person like that. If one is found, it is permissible for him to resort to such twisted means,
The questioner : Yes.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1297 — d3watuna.com (10:06)
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