What is the ruling on fighting the Afghan communists, given that some have seen them performing wudu for prayer, even though they were not in captivity?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. A group of brothers went to a place near them, not being in captivity or anything else, and they saw them performing wudu to perform the prayer. They did not fall into captivity or anything else. So, do we fight them?
The Shaykh : As long as they are fighting, my brother, may Allah bless you. The answer to this has already been given. As long as they are fighting the Muslims and they are rebels, the question has now developed: we fight them, and we are done with this question. They fight because they are rebels.
The questioner : We fight them because they are disbelievers, not because they are rebels.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : This is what we declare to Allah: we declare to Allah that they are disbelievers.
The Shaykh : My brother, I ask you to stand firm on something. We said that these people are either disbelievers or rebels; it is not like that. When one of their prisoners fell into the hands of the Muslims, why are they killed? I said, you are speaking about Najib. We bear witness that there is no god but Allah. Our answer is to establish the proof against these people: if you are truthful that you are truly Muslims, then you are rebels; otherwise, you are disbelievers.
Then I say, a belief I used to state in Syria and Jordan and still state: many Muslims, whether they are communists or Ba'athists, are not Ba'athists or communists in belief, but for immediate worldly benefit. We know this in Syria and elsewhere. In fact, they pray and fast, and so on, but the world is their trial. So we cannot say about every individual that he is a disbeliever. It is sufficient for us that they are fighting us, so we fight them. At the very least, they are rebels. And now they have turned to prayer.
The Shaykh : As long as they are fighting, my brother, may Allah bless you. The answer to this has already been given. As long as they are fighting the Muslims and they are rebels, the question has now developed: we fight them, and we are done with this question. They fight because they are rebels.
The questioner : We fight them because they are disbelievers, not because they are rebels.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : This is what we declare to Allah: we declare to Allah that they are disbelievers.
The Shaykh : My brother, I ask you to stand firm on something. We said that these people are either disbelievers or rebels; it is not like that. When one of their prisoners fell into the hands of the Muslims, why are they killed? I said, you are speaking about Najib. We bear witness that there is no god but Allah. Our answer is to establish the proof against these people: if you are truthful that you are truly Muslims, then you are rebels; otherwise, you are disbelievers.
Then I say, a belief I used to state in Syria and Jordan and still state: many Muslims, whether they are communists or Ba'athists, are not Ba'athists or communists in belief, but for immediate worldly benefit. We know this in Syria and elsewhere. In fact, they pray and fast, and so on, but the world is their trial. So we cannot say about every individual that he is a disbeliever. It is sufficient for us that they are fighting us, so we fight them. At the very least, they are rebels. And now they have turned to prayer.