Can the Arab peoples prepare themselves materially to fight their enemies, especially the Jews?
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The Shaykh : I am asking you now, and I do not know what your connection to politics is. Are you afraid of politics or not? Can the Jordanian people arm themselves to fight the Jews? Say it plainly so we can see.
The questioner : Can the Jordanian people do it? Say it again, please.
The Shaykh : To arm themselves, to prepare themselves, to implement the Quranic verse:[Al-Anfal 8:60] Can the Jordanian people implement this verse?
The questioner : By Allah, O honorable Shaykh, if you allow me, I will answer you frankly and without [hesitation].
The Shaykh : Please, I am not only allowing it; if it is my command, I command.
The questioner : Thank you, that is a kindness on your part.
The Shaykh : It is not just permission, because this is now a session of advising one another in truth[Al-'Asr 103:1-3] I remind you that the first weapon is faith, and you just admitted with me that the Ummah currently has no faith. Let us assume and think well of the people, not just the Jordanian people, but all the Arab peoples, that they are believers. But can these peoples arm themselves to fight the Jews? And let me leave the plural "peoples" and use the singular, and say: Can the Jordanian people arm themselves as a people? Say it plainly now.
The questioner : What is within the reach of the people is that if they can buy a pistol or a rifle, this is modern armament, this is not armament.
The Shaykh : It is clear from the title of the writing.
The questioner : It says this is not armament itself.
The Shaykh : I understand, but he started with the small things to see what follows.
The questioner : There is no armament, this is not armament.
The Shaykh : I am not asking you if this is armament, I hope you will tell me a plain word: can they or cannot they?
The questioner : He is unable.
The Shaykh : I mean, do the Jews now have weapons?
The questioner : They have weapons.
The Shaykh : Okay, and weapons, I mean, extraordinary ones, maybe surpassing America?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No, I mean, equal to America?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No, approaching America? Yes.
The questioner : Compared to us, they are very advanced, and we have no power over them.
The Shaykh : You deviated from the answer, you deviated from the answer.
The questioner : Why?
The Shaykh : I followed you: you said they surpassed America, I said no, I told you: no, you said they equaled America, you said: no, and I followed you, I said: no, did they approach? You did not say no, yes or no.
The questioner : I am telling you no.
The Shaykh : Okay, so we surpassed them?
The questioner : We surpassed them.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. So now, since we cannot arm ourselves as Allah commanded, and before we armed ourselves with the weapon of faith, which is the first weapon, how are you burning with such passion and wanting to fight the Jews?
The questioner : I will remain silent, and you are not giving me a chance to answer you.
The Shaykh : What does the verse say:[At-Tawbah 9:46] So when we want to fight the Jews, first we arm ourselves with the weapon of faith, which is the basic condition in the Quran: [Muhammad 47:7], secondly: [Al-Anfal 8:60], so if, may Allah bless you, we agree that we have neither a weapon of faith nor a material weapon, with what do we fight? Is it not better that we go back in our thinking, leave the unbridled emotions, use our successful minds, and say: By Allah, since it is established that faith is the foundation, and jihad requires spiritual and material preparation, then let us train ourselves in faith and also arm ourselves with material weapons to implement—not even to equal the Jews, or to equal the Americans in weapons—no, if we wanted to equal them in weapons, we would need many years, if not many eras. But we can [achieve] faith, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not support Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and his Companions with the multitude of their numbers and their equipment, is this not a fact?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the saying of the historians must be realized: "History repeats itself." The day we return as true believers, on that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah, and Allah supports whom He wills.
The questioner : Can the Jordanian people do it? Say it again, please.
The Shaykh : To arm themselves, to prepare themselves, to implement the Quranic verse:
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْThe questioner : By Allah, O honorable Shaykh, if you allow me, I will answer you frankly and without [hesitation].
The Shaykh : Please, I am not only allowing it; if it is my command, I command.
The questioner : Thank you, that is a kindness on your part.
The Shaykh : It is not just permission, because this is now a session of advising one another in truth
(1) By time, (2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَالْعَصْرِ * إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ * إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِThe questioner : What is within the reach of the people is that if they can buy a pistol or a rifle, this is modern armament, this is not armament.
The Shaykh : It is clear from the title of the writing.
The questioner : It says this is not armament itself.
The Shaykh : I understand, but he started with the small things to see what follows.
The questioner : There is no armament, this is not armament.
The Shaykh : I am not asking you if this is armament, I hope you will tell me a plain word: can they or cannot they?
The questioner : He is unable.
The Shaykh : I mean, do the Jews now have weapons?
The questioner : They have weapons.
The Shaykh : Okay, and weapons, I mean, extraordinary ones, maybe surpassing America?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No, I mean, equal to America?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No, approaching America? Yes.
The questioner : Compared to us, they are very advanced, and we have no power over them.
The Shaykh : You deviated from the answer, you deviated from the answer.
The questioner : Why?
The Shaykh : I followed you: you said they surpassed America, I said no, I told you: no, you said they equaled America, you said: no, and I followed you, I said: no, did they approach? You did not say no, yes or no.
The questioner : I am telling you no.
The Shaykh : Okay, so we surpassed them?
The questioner : We surpassed them.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. So now, since we cannot arm ourselves as Allah commanded, and before we armed ourselves with the weapon of faith, which is the first weapon, how are you burning with such passion and wanting to fight the Jews?
The questioner : I will remain silent, and you are not giving me a chance to answer you.
The Shaykh : What does the verse say:
And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation
وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا الْخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّوا لَهُ عُدَّةًif you support Allah, He will support you
إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْAnd prepare against them whatever you are able of power
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the saying of the historians must be realized: "History repeats itself." The day we return as true believers, on that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah, and Allah supports whom He wills.
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