A discussion on the ruling of what occurred in the Palestinian intifada regarding fighting the Jews with stones.
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The questioner: The important thing is that a person starts.
The Shaykh: Even with stones, step by step.
The questioner: Yes, the important thing is to start, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: O Shaykh, no, he does not start; the important thing is that he prepares and then starts, may Allah bless you. It is not important to start like this in chaos; the important thing is to prepare and then start. Is this not the way of the Messenger (peace be upon him)? Does not our Lord say to us in the Qur'an:[Al-Ahzab 33:21]? Is he not our model (peace be upon him)?
The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Was it not the case that the Messenger of Allah and his weak Companions in Makkah were able to fight the disbelievers who were torturing them with stones? And there are many stones in Makkah! They were capable of this but did not do it, obviously. So, first, the Muslims in Palestine did not carry out the preparation, and if they had, the Jews would not have been able to take control of them and their land. Second: How do you imagine, my brothers—with great regret—that this intifada with stones, while the strong Islamic states surround this land, and they do not move a finger and let the children fight, meeting weapons with stones? How do you think you will achieve victory with this weapon, within the limits of what you just said about the extent of the capacity? What is the capacity with stones? Where is the preparation? However, I say, and some of my brothers present here always and forever mention what I say, and you must pay attention to this point; for it is very important: To whom is the address? Is it not to the Muslims?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay, a very direct question: Are the Muslims intended in this verse, those directly addressed by it or in it, the ones called in some countries "geographical Muslims" or the "true Muslims"?
The questioner: The true Muslims.
The Shaykh: Okay, these true Muslims now, if you look at them in the occupied lands, all of Palestine, are they many or few?
The questioner: Few, but they are present now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : A small number.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this few group in agreement and in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah completely, as you know?
The questioner: Yes, I believe so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How? Where did this belief come from, and you, by your own admission, emigrated from that country seventeen years ago? Where did this belief come from?
The questioner: The people, I mean, I see them there applying the Qur'an and the Sunnah and declaring jihad against the Jews now.
The Shaykh: Leave politics aside; the inquiry now is about the true believers. Now we ask a second question, since this is your answer: Do you believe that the true Muslims—let us leave aside the Ba'athists, the communists, the socialists, and so on—
The questioner: No, we have no connection with them.
The Shaykh: I am telling you: leave it. What does your statement mean? I am telling you: leave it. Okay, do you believe that these true Muslims are in agreement with one another on a single creed, that there is no disagreement among them, and that they understand Islam correctly in light of the Book and the Sunnah and in accordance with the way of the righteous predecessors?
The questioner: I believe they are so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: I believe they are so.
The Shaykh: If you said you think the matter is so; for you know that creed is not mere suspicion.
Is it time?
The questioner: We pray.
The Shaykh: Yes, we pray.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, we do not pray.
The questioner: Come on.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you; the matter is extremely delicate; and therefore it is studied with knowledge and reason, not with emotion.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : O Allah, amen.
And Glorified are You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The Shaykh: Even with stones, step by step.
The questioner: Yes, the important thing is to start, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: O Shaykh, no, he does not start; the important thing is that he prepares and then starts, may Allah bless you. It is not important to start like this in chaos; the important thing is to prepare and then start. Is this not the way of the Messenger (peace be upon him)? Does not our Lord say to us in the Qur'an:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًاThe questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Was it not the case that the Messenger of Allah and his weak Companions in Makkah were able to fight the disbelievers who were torturing them with stones? And there are many stones in Makkah! They were capable of this but did not do it, obviously. So, first, the Muslims in Palestine did not carry out the preparation, and if they had, the Jews would not have been able to take control of them and their land. Second: How do you imagine, my brothers—with great regret—that this intifada with stones, while the strong Islamic states surround this land, and they do not move a finger and let the children fight, meeting weapons with stones? How do you think you will achieve victory with this weapon, within the limits of what you just said about the extent of the capacity? What is the capacity with stones? Where is the preparation? However, I say, and some of my brothers present here always and forever mention what I say, and you must pay attention to this point; for it is very important:
And prepare
وَأَعِدُّواThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay, a very direct question: Are the Muslims intended in this verse, those directly addressed by it or in it, the ones called in some countries "geographical Muslims" or the "true Muslims"?
The questioner: The true Muslims.
The Shaykh: Okay, these true Muslims now, if you look at them in the occupied lands, all of Palestine, are they many or few?
The questioner: Few, but they are present now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : A small number.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this few group in agreement and in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah completely, as you know?
The questioner: Yes, I believe so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: How? Where did this belief come from, and you, by your own admission, emigrated from that country seventeen years ago? Where did this belief come from?
The questioner: The people, I mean, I see them there applying the Qur'an and the Sunnah and declaring jihad against the Jews now.
The Shaykh: Leave politics aside; the inquiry now is about the true believers. Now we ask a second question, since this is your answer: Do you believe that the true Muslims—let us leave aside the Ba'athists, the communists, the socialists, and so on—
The questioner: No, we have no connection with them.
The Shaykh: I am telling you: leave it. What does your statement mean? I am telling you: leave it. Okay, do you believe that these true Muslims are in agreement with one another on a single creed, that there is no disagreement among them, and that they understand Islam correctly in light of the Book and the Sunnah and in accordance with the way of the righteous predecessors?
The questioner: I believe they are so, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: I believe they are so.
The Shaykh: If you said you think the matter is so; for you know that creed is not mere suspicion.
Is it time?
The questioner: We pray.
The Shaykh: Yes, we pray.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, we do not pray.
The questioner: Come on.
The Shaykh: May Allah bless you; the matter is extremely delicate; and therefore it is studied with knowledge and reason, not with emotion.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : O Allah, amen.
And Glorified are You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
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