Is it obligatory for us to go to fight in Afghanistan, if there is a sufficient number of Afghan fighters?
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The questioner : The sufficiency is present, so is it an individual obligation for me, while I am in Madinah, to go out to help them, or do I stay in Madinah?
The Shaykh : Now, the answer after this clarification: Does jihad depend only on the number of people? I think jihad does not depend only on the number of people, correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or is there doubt?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So, in my opinion, the validity of the question is: If the Afghans, in terms of number and equipment, are fulfilling the individual obligation against the invading enemy, then it is not obligatory for the others. Did you get the answer from the answer to your question?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But what is the benefit of this question? Are you now addressing reality, or are you addressing imagination with this question? I am answering you in advance: You are addressing imagination.
The questioner : You are not addressing imagination.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : You are not addressing imagination.
The Shaykh : Because the news that comes to us, all of this is propaganda. Shaykh, we do not imagine that the Afghan mujahideen army in Afghanistan is larger in number than the Russian fighters. In fact, now an Afghan faces an Afghan, and this is the reality: a Muslim faces a Muslim. Then, who does the Russian help? He helps the Muslim. And the battle is not a circle, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Now you have left aside the question of your son, may Allah bless you both. He asked about the Russians and the Afghans, and you have now left it aside.
The questioner : I mean the Russian and the communist Afghan, because they are with the Russians. The fighting now taking place is between communist Afghans and Muslim Afghans, or those who are becoming Muslim, and Allah knows the reality best. So this battle now is between these people, and the number present in the battle, the number of Afghans facing these people, is greater.
The Shaykh : Now I ask you a question: Do you not read in the news that sometimes the Afghans fight groups of the Russian Red Army and kill a few or many of them? Do you read these news reports or not?
The questioner : But and whether!
The Shaykh : Do not say "but" to me, tell me do I read? Tell me what I read.
The questioner : Not everything that is read is true.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do you know the answer or not?
The questioner : I know.
The Shaykh : So, your statement that the Russians do not fight, first of all, does not match reality. But if you say that the majority of the army fighting the mujahideen is from the same Afghans, I agree with you completely. But this does not mean that these people do not receive reinforcements or support...
The questioner : I said...
The Shaykh : No problem. Allow me, allow me. In that case, your statement and your depiction of your son's previous question, that the Russians do not fight as long as you are with us, that the Russians are helping these communist Afghans, so when the question came, it was an imaginary question. Because behind the communist Afghans is what? A nation that is stronger in number and stronger in equipment, which is the Russians, and they are directly participating in the fighting in many battles as we read. So this question has nothing behind it except an excuse for not doing what? Fighting, meaning not participating with the other Muslims, the Afghans, in the fighting. That is what they mean, right?
The questioner : I say, or the opposite, even if the Russians were the same, the question would not change the reality.
The Shaykh : It would not change the reality. Therefore, the obligation is obligatory. It is obligatory for all Muslims to support these people, especially if we say that the issue is not just about the number of people, but also about the number of people and the equipment.
The Shaykh : Now, the answer after this clarification: Does jihad depend only on the number of people? I think jihad does not depend only on the number of people, correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or is there doubt?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So, in my opinion, the validity of the question is: If the Afghans, in terms of number and equipment, are fulfilling the individual obligation against the invading enemy, then it is not obligatory for the others. Did you get the answer from the answer to your question?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But what is the benefit of this question? Are you now addressing reality, or are you addressing imagination with this question? I am answering you in advance: You are addressing imagination.
The questioner : You are not addressing imagination.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : You are not addressing imagination.
The Shaykh : Because the news that comes to us, all of this is propaganda. Shaykh, we do not imagine that the Afghan mujahideen army in Afghanistan is larger in number than the Russian fighters. In fact, now an Afghan faces an Afghan, and this is the reality: a Muslim faces a Muslim. Then, who does the Russian help? He helps the Muslim. And the battle is not a circle, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Now you have left aside the question of your son, may Allah bless you both. He asked about the Russians and the Afghans, and you have now left it aside.
The questioner : I mean the Russian and the communist Afghan, because they are with the Russians. The fighting now taking place is between communist Afghans and Muslim Afghans, or those who are becoming Muslim, and Allah knows the reality best. So this battle now is between these people, and the number present in the battle, the number of Afghans facing these people, is greater.
The Shaykh : Now I ask you a question: Do you not read in the news that sometimes the Afghans fight groups of the Russian Red Army and kill a few or many of them? Do you read these news reports or not?
The questioner : But and whether!
The Shaykh : Do not say "but" to me, tell me do I read? Tell me what I read.
The questioner : Not everything that is read is true.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do you know the answer or not?
The questioner : I know.
The Shaykh : So, your statement that the Russians do not fight, first of all, does not match reality. But if you say that the majority of the army fighting the mujahideen is from the same Afghans, I agree with you completely. But this does not mean that these people do not receive reinforcements or support...
The questioner : I said...
The Shaykh : No problem. Allow me, allow me. In that case, your statement and your depiction of your son's previous question, that the Russians do not fight as long as you are with us, that the Russians are helping these communist Afghans, so when the question came, it was an imaginary question. Because behind the communist Afghans is what? A nation that is stronger in number and stronger in equipment, which is the Russians, and they are directly participating in the fighting in many battles as we read. So this question has nothing behind it except an excuse for not doing what? Fighting, meaning not participating with the other Muslims, the Afghans, in the fighting. That is what they mean, right?
The questioner : I say, or the opposite, even if the Russians were the same, the question would not change the reality.
The Shaykh : It would not change the reality. Therefore, the obligation is obligatory. It is obligatory for all Muslims to support these people, especially if we say that the issue is not just about the number of people, but also about the number of people and the equipment.
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