The validity of attributing to the Shaykh the statement that jihad is an individual obligation
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is mentioned regarding your eminence that you stated on the internet that you hold the view that jihad is an individual obligation at this time. What is the validity of that, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
This is a lie, this is a lie, and the one who said it is a liar. Jihad requires an imam; it requires an imam who commands with the authority of the imam to order jihad. If the Imam of the Muslims orders jihad, we fight alongside him under a Muslim banner. As for chaos, destruction, and these things, they are not jihad. These are evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is mentioned regarding your eminence that you stated on the internet that you hold the view that jihad is an individual obligation at this time. What is the validity of that, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
This is a lie, this is a lie, and the one who said it is a liar. Jihad requires an imam; it requires an imam who commands with the authority of the imam to order jihad. If the Imam of the Muslims orders jihad, we fight alongside him under a Muslim banner. As for chaos, destruction, and these things, they are not jihad. These are evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ } — islamhouse.com (1:17:52)
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