The Afghan Hanafis and how they accept the true call.
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The questioner: I mean, if the matter were settled with an Afghan state, and the sincere callers had sown the good seed in a righteous state, and there were people calling to Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed, and as I said regarding Saudi Arabia, and now I say: I was told that there, just as the honorable brother’s question here suggested: that the number of Afghans is not in need of a number coming from outside to help them, and they say that some of the Afghan commanders themselves say this.
I say: This is a limited view. What do we want if the jihad continues for eight more years? So we need to look until the number decreases, and then we address the shortage? No, there must be a continuous pillar, a continuous reinforcement. And if this continuous reinforcement is not planned for, it will be cut off one day. Therefore, being content with the current sufficient number of Afghans is also a limited view, not a scientific view at all. We must look to the distant future. This is in addition to the scientific aspect I mentioned, which you pointed to just now: that we want to help them in the scientific and jurisprudential aspects. They say about Siyaf, I do not know if he has the inclination. You met with him; can we benefit from you regarding him?
The questioner: By Allah, it was not really a meeting.
The Shaykh: You did not meet with him, I mean?
The questioner: We met with him in a very simple session, I mean, we met with him...
The Shaykh: I mean, did you not feel that he has the inclination for the Salafi call to adopt it, to adopt something of it, or to oppose it?
The questioner: In his own person, he is ready to be a Salafi, but his problem is that he conceals things from the Ikhwan in order to benefit from them, because he is afraid. Because the problem there that confronts him and faces him is that the public, in their entirety, are Hanafi.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: And if he spoke something about the Hanafis, they might not accept him as a leader.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: For this reason, a man I trust, a good man who is the assistant director of education among the Afghan mujahideen there, told me a good story. I sensed from him that he has the Salafi inclination and that the man wants good. For this reason, he says, "O our brothers, be patient with us. You will see that sometimes we agree with them on many matters so that when you come to us, we can do work for you and prepare the suitable atmosphere for you."
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: which you do behind the scenes. But if we confront them face to face, they do not give us positions or let us work. So I approved this opinion of his, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh: Good. And the other commanders, did you meet with them?
The questioner: Nasrullah Mansur is also good.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner: Nasrullah Mansur was the assistant to Muhammad Amin, and also Qalb al-Din...
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: But the problem here is with Muhammad Nabi and with Majd al-Din Kilani. As for Kilani, he is a pure Sufi, to the extent that when some of his Afghan followers criticize him for shaving the beard, he says to them: "You do not see me as I truly am."
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner: If one of you looks at me while being a lover and a follower with true intention and good love, he sees me as I truly am. But the one who looks at me while criticizing sees shortcomings in me. Then he left the signs for his children and swam in sins and problems, and he does not care; he is luxurious. Until it was told to us that one of his sons, and we saw with our own eyes, with our own eyes we saw violations. The boy is wearing soft clothes and has a gold necklace around his neck, being a young man... Then some people told us that he is swimming with American girls and American boys at the Sheraton hotel.
The Shaykh: How old is he approximately?
The questioner: He is twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
The Shaykh: Who is this the son of?
The questioner: The son of Kilani. Kilani is a great mythological figure.
Another questioner: Is he a leader?
The questioner: Yes, indeed. As for Muhammad Nabi, he is a man of shamma and nashuq before us.
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner: He said that he read the responseThe Shaykh: of Abdul Aziz toThe Shaykh: al-Husayn. I said to him: "Fine, you read the answer, but did you read the question to which the answer was given?" He said he did not read it. I said to him: "You must read it and understand it as well."
The Shaykh: Okay, that is correct.
The questioner: So if you have an answer, try to convey it.
Another questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed, and as I said regarding Saudi Arabia, and now I say: I was told that there, just as the honorable brother’s question here suggested: that the number of Afghans is not in need of a number coming from outside to help them, and they say that some of the Afghan commanders themselves say this.
I say: This is a limited view. What do we want if the jihad continues for eight more years? So we need to look until the number decreases, and then we address the shortage? No, there must be a continuous pillar, a continuous reinforcement. And if this continuous reinforcement is not planned for, it will be cut off one day. Therefore, being content with the current sufficient number of Afghans is also a limited view, not a scientific view at all. We must look to the distant future. This is in addition to the scientific aspect I mentioned, which you pointed to just now: that we want to help them in the scientific and jurisprudential aspects. They say about Siyaf, I do not know if he has the inclination. You met with him; can we benefit from you regarding him?
The questioner: By Allah, it was not really a meeting.
The Shaykh: You did not meet with him, I mean?
The questioner: We met with him in a very simple session, I mean, we met with him...
The Shaykh: I mean, did you not feel that he has the inclination for the Salafi call to adopt it, to adopt something of it, or to oppose it?
The questioner: In his own person, he is ready to be a Salafi, but his problem is that he conceals things from the Ikhwan in order to benefit from them, because he is afraid. Because the problem there that confronts him and faces him is that the public, in their entirety, are Hanafi.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: And if he spoke something about the Hanafis, they might not accept him as a leader.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: For this reason, a man I trust, a good man who is the assistant director of education among the Afghan mujahideen there, told me a good story. I sensed from him that he has the Salafi inclination and that the man wants good. For this reason, he says, "O our brothers, be patient with us. You will see that sometimes we agree with them on many matters so that when you come to us, we can do work for you and prepare the suitable atmosphere for you."
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: which you do behind the scenes. But if we confront them face to face, they do not give us positions or let us work. So I approved this opinion of his, may Allah reward him with good.
The Shaykh: Good. And the other commanders, did you meet with them?
The questioner: Nasrullah Mansur is also good.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner: Nasrullah Mansur was the assistant to Muhammad Amin, and also Qalb al-Din...
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: But the problem here is with Muhammad Nabi and with Majd al-Din Kilani. As for Kilani, he is a pure Sufi, to the extent that when some of his Afghan followers criticize him for shaving the beard, he says to them: "You do not see me as I truly am."
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner: If one of you looks at me while being a lover and a follower with true intention and good love, he sees me as I truly am. But the one who looks at me while criticizing sees shortcomings in me. Then he left the signs for his children and swam in sins and problems, and he does not care; he is luxurious. Until it was told to us that one of his sons, and we saw with our own eyes, with our own eyes we saw violations. The boy is wearing soft clothes and has a gold necklace around his neck, being a young man... Then some people told us that he is swimming with American girls and American boys at the Sheraton hotel.
The Shaykh: How old is he approximately?
The questioner: He is twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
The Shaykh: Who is this the son of?
The questioner: The son of Kilani. Kilani is a great mythological figure.
Another questioner: Is he a leader?
The questioner: Yes, indeed. As for Muhammad Nabi, he is a man of shamma and nashuq before us.
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner: He said that he read the responseThe Shaykh: of Abdul Aziz toThe Shaykh: al-Husayn. I said to him: "Fine, you read the answer, but did you read the question to which the answer was given?" He said he did not read it. I said to him: "You must read it and understand it as well."
The Shaykh: Okay, that is correct.
The questioner: So if you have an answer, try to convey it.
Another questioner : If Allah wills.
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