What is the correct position regarding the entry of Iraqi forces into Kuwait?
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The questioner : But Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Give us your second question, Honorable Shaykh. You know the answer to the first question: tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is obligatory. Yes, but there is no one who performs tawhid, and you believed in this statement? You believed. Yes, move on to the question.
The questioner : The second question: the entry of Iraqi forces into Kuwait. Do we accept this entry, given that we do not accept the ruling system in Iraq, which is of course the Ba'athist system, or do we reject it?
The Shaykh : We do not accept either of the two matters.
The questioner : So what do we do?
The Shaykh : You do it: fear Allah in yourself.[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] Do you not know what to do? Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land. Do you know what to do?
The questioner : Yes, I know.
The Shaykh : Bring the third question.
The questioner : Ah. What is the correct position? What is the correct position for the Muslim who seeks to please Allah alone, regarding standing with Iraq or not standing with it?
The Shaykh : Follow the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
The questioner : So we consider this position.
The Shaykh : These are all the factions, because this is the time of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke, saying:Sunan Ibn Majah 3961Hasan (Darussalam) So when you see that, be the door curtains of your houses. This is my advice to you and to all the youth who care about pleasing Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh : Give us your second question, Honorable Shaykh. You know the answer to the first question: tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is obligatory. Yes, but there is no one who performs tawhid, and you believed in this statement? You believed. Yes, move on to the question.
The questioner : The second question: the entry of Iraqi forces into Kuwait. Do we accept this entry, given that we do not accept the ruling system in Iraq, which is of course the Ba'athist system, or do we reject it?
The Shaykh : We do not accept either of the two matters.
The questioner : So what do we do?
The Shaykh : You do it: fear Allah in yourself.
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْThe questioner : Yes, I know.
The Shaykh : Bring the third question.
The questioner : Ah. What is the correct position? What is the correct position for the Muslim who seeks to please Allah alone, regarding standing with Iraq or not standing with it?
The Shaykh : Follow the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Be the door curtains of your houses.
كونوا أحلاس بيوتكم.The questioner : So we consider this position.
The Shaykh : These are all the factions, because this is the time of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke, saying:
Before the Hour comes, there will be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening
إن بين يدي الساعة فتنا كقطع الليل المظلم يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ويمسي كافراAnd a disbeliever in the evening and a believer in the morning. In some hadiths, one of them sells his religion for a small portion of this world.
ويمسي كافرا ويصبح مؤمنا. في بعض الأحاديث يبيع أحدهم دينه بعرض من الدنيا قليل
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 908 — d3watuna.com (6:47)
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