Is it true that individual jihad continues until the Hour occurs?
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The questioner : Is the following statement correct? We hear that individual jihad continues until the Hour occurs. Is it correct?
The Shaykh : Individual jihad.
The questioner : Individual.
The Shaykh : Individual jihad.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And collective jihad is dropped?
The questioner : Of course, it is not dropped.
The Shaykh : So why did you specify individual jihad?
The questioner : When I asked you about the correctness of this statement, whether it is correct that individual jihad continues until the Hour occurs.
The Shaykh : Because of that, because of... is it correct or not? I asked you, and collective jihad.
The questioner : It is the original form.
The Shaykh : Okay, so if that is the original, individual jihad has to go with the original. This is one thing. The second thing, do you mean by individual jihad fighting the disbelievers?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Individual jihad does not satisfy hunger nor fill the stomach. What does the individual do against a nation or a group equipped with all types of modern weapons? For example, do you take a dagger and go to fight the Jews? This is called individual jihad. This is not the jihad that Allah prescribed, because Allah said:[Al-Anfal 8:60] So individual jihad in this sense does not exist; rather, it is the jihad of the nation, because the address is directed to the nation: "And prepare against them whatever you are able." So it is the jihad of the nation, an address to the nation. Individual jihad is as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is individual jihad. Individual jihad is what the one whose words we quoted earlier indicated: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." So every Muslim can be able to fight his desires without relying on his group, his state, or anything else. As for the jihad that is meeting the enemies and driving them out of the lands of Islam if they attack them, or carrying the call of Islam to their lands, this requires a nation. So this individual jihad is not mentioned in the Shari'ah unless there is collective jihad, and collective jihad requires a Muslim ruler who is pledged allegiance to by the Muslims and who declares jihad in the path of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Other than that.
The questioner : So if collective jihad is suspended, there is no individual jihad?
The Shaykh : There is no... jihad...
The questioner : So there is no individual fighting?
The Shaykh : Individual fighting, there is no...
The Shaykh : Individual jihad.
The questioner : Individual.
The Shaykh : Individual jihad.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And collective jihad is dropped?
The questioner : Of course, it is not dropped.
The Shaykh : So why did you specify individual jihad?
The questioner : When I asked you about the correctness of this statement, whether it is correct that individual jihad continues until the Hour occurs.
The Shaykh : Because of that, because of... is it correct or not? I asked you, and collective jihad.
The questioner : It is the original form.
The Shaykh : Okay, so if that is the original, individual jihad has to go with the original. This is one thing. The second thing, do you mean by individual jihad fighting the disbelievers?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Individual jihad does not satisfy hunger nor fill the stomach. What does the individual do against a nation or a group equipped with all types of modern weapons? For example, do you take a dagger and go to fight the Jews? This is called individual jihad. This is not the jihad that Allah prescribed, because Allah said:
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 mujahid is the one who strives against his own desires for the sake of Allah.
المجاهد من جاهد هواه للهThe questioner : So if collective jihad is suspended, there is no individual jihad?
The Shaykh : There is no... jihad...
The questioner : So there is no individual fighting?
The Shaykh : Individual fighting, there is no...
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