Is it permissible to engage in jihad in Afghanistan or elsewhere under the banner of its people, who have innovations and acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

The questioner : The question that Shaykh Hamdan mentioned when you were in prayer, regarding your opinion on jihad, whether in Afghanistan or elsewhere, if it is under the banner of its people, who have some matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovation), and superstitions?

The Shaykh : It is not hidden from anyone, if Allah wills, that jihad is of two types: jihad to repel an enemy that has raided some of the Islamic lands, and jihad to convey the Islamic call. The first type of jihad is not hidden from you that it is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) when an Islamic country is raided. It is obligatory for all Muslims to rise and stand as one man to repel the enemy's raid and drive it back. As for the jihad that is under an Islamic banner, the one who leads it must be an amir (commander), and it is a condition for the amir to be a just Muslim. Some scholars also condition that he be knowledgeable, along with other conditions, and we see this to be correct. If the second type of jihad contains this kind of [defect], then it is not permissible to fight under his banner. However, in the case of an enemy raid, it is obligatory for everyone to gather to repel the enemy's aggression, and after that, they should think about choosing the amir who will manage the jihad to convey the Islamic call to other countries.