The Shaykh’s return to commenting on the letter sent to him regarding seeking the help of the Americans against the Iraqi invasion.
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The Shaykh : As for the man who wrote this letter, he speaks in an emotional language, not a scholarly one. The greatest proof of this is that he bypasses the jurisprudential point and tells you, “The issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement.” This is exactly the method of the Muslim Brotherhood. So he moved away from this point and took the subjectAl-Halabi : from another angle.
The Shaykh : From another angle, because if he had entered that angle, he would have known that the Saudi state, first of all, erred, as we have established this more than once: that it did not strive in the path of Allah, it did not fight. Then, upon reflecting on this issue, something occurred to me: that I do not rule out that the Saudis had knowledge, in one way or another, that Iraq would inevitably invade Kuwait, inevitably. Where did this come from? From our observation of what was repeated on some tongues that the Americans would soon
The student : arrive.
The Shaykh : arrive. Yes, we are hearing now that the British fleet will soon move and will arrive after so much time.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Do you see how it is? So, the people there have news; these states have news that Iraq intends to do something. And this may support my view that Iraq did not launch this attack except while relying on something from the great powers. So the point is: the Saudis must have had news that Iraq would attack Kuwait, and therefore they sought help from what? From these disbelieving states. So the aid arrived at the time when what? The attack on Kuwait was being prepared. So I say, based on this assessment: it was obligatory for the Saudis to advance with their armies and their land, air, and naval fleets, if they had them, and approach the Iraqi border until the Iraqi army moved to attack Saudi Arabia, instead of leaving everything in Saudi Arabia as it was and having the problem solved by foreign land, sea, and air fleets coming and occupying the Saudi land for what? For the defense of the Saudi state. And what did the state itself do? It did nothing. It did not declare a general mobilization, it did not declare jihad in the path of Allah. So it is, therefore, in error from multiple aspects, very, very much. So when these people address this issue, they do not address it starting from the beginning, before it happens. Why did they not make the minimum preparation? And I am as certain as if the Saudi state, when the news reached them in one way or another that Iraq would attack Kuwait, had advanced its armies, that the attacking enemy here would inevitably be taken into account and calculated for. In that case, victory would be for the one who was attacked and against the aggressor. But the Saudis did not do any of this at all, despite the fact that we had heard a few years ago that King Fahd declared jihad in the path of Allah. Where is this jihad in the path of Allah? This is the time for it. So the problem is, meaning, very regrettable, because from whatever angle you look at it, you find it contrary to the Shari'ah.
The questioner : No, by Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : From another angle, because if he had entered that angle, he would have known that the Saudi state, first of all, erred, as we have established this more than once: that it did not strive in the path of Allah, it did not fight. Then, upon reflecting on this issue, something occurred to me: that I do not rule out that the Saudis had knowledge, in one way or another, that Iraq would inevitably invade Kuwait, inevitably. Where did this come from? From our observation of what was repeated on some tongues that the Americans would soon
The student : arrive.
The Shaykh : arrive. Yes, we are hearing now that the British fleet will soon move and will arrive after so much time.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Do you see how it is? So, the people there have news; these states have news that Iraq intends to do something. And this may support my view that Iraq did not launch this attack except while relying on something from the great powers. So the point is: the Saudis must have had news that Iraq would attack Kuwait, and therefore they sought help from what? From these disbelieving states. So the aid arrived at the time when what? The attack on Kuwait was being prepared. So I say, based on this assessment: it was obligatory for the Saudis to advance with their armies and their land, air, and naval fleets, if they had them, and approach the Iraqi border until the Iraqi army moved to attack Saudi Arabia, instead of leaving everything in Saudi Arabia as it was and having the problem solved by foreign land, sea, and air fleets coming and occupying the Saudi land for what? For the defense of the Saudi state. And what did the state itself do? It did nothing. It did not declare a general mobilization, it did not declare jihad in the path of Allah. So it is, therefore, in error from multiple aspects, very, very much. So when these people address this issue, they do not address it starting from the beginning, before it happens. Why did they not make the minimum preparation? And I am as certain as if the Saudi state, when the news reached them in one way or another that Iraq would attack Kuwait, had advanced its armies, that the attacking enemy here would inevitably be taken into account and calculated for. In that case, victory would be for the one who was attacked and against the aggressor. But the Saudis did not do any of this at all, despite the fact that we had heard a few years ago that King Fahd declared jihad in the path of Allah. Where is this jihad in the path of Allah? This is the time for it. So the problem is, meaning, very regrettable, because from whatever angle you look at it, you find it contrary to the Shari'ah.
The questioner : No, by Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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