If jihad is an individual obligation and a person has two parents who need him to teach them matters of their religion, should he stay with them or go to jihad?
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The questioner : A person wants to go to jihad, but he sees that his staying with his parents ... is a path to guidance, which is better than going to jihad during the summer period.
The Shaykh : And is he a scholar?
The questioner : He has a little knowledge.
The Shaykh : A little knowledge does not suffice for a lot.
The questioner : So who is there for them, meaning, who listens to his words in ...?
The Shaykh : My brother, stand by your statement if you mean what you are saying. You say about him that he sees what? What is the value of his opinion if he is not a scholar!
The questioner : He is asking about the opinion of the scholars. What is the opinion of the scholars in this issue?
The Shaykh : Why do you say his opinion is such and such?
The questioner : His opinion is that he feels his staying with his parents ... do you understand how I benefit them, and he has no ...?
The Shaykh : What is the value of this opinion? He knows that jihad is an individual obligation, or does he not know?
The questioner : Yes, he knows.
The Shaykh : He knows, so his staying with his parents is an individual obligation, or is it a collective obligation? If it is an individual obligation, they are equal, so the first obligation is the one that prevails. But if there is someone else to serve his parents besides him, then in that case, his staying with them is not an individual obligation.
The questioner : ... to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so he strives to teach them prayer, fasting, and these matters?
The Shaykh : He strives? When the time for jihad came, he strives? What did he do before? It is as if you are imagining theoretical matters, as if this boy was born one day, grew up one day, learned today, and now he is in a dilemma: go to jihad or teach his parents. Knowledge, my brother, is either an individual obligation or a collective obligation. Do you believe, in the scenario of your question, however far removed from reality it may be, that it is an individual obligation for this boy to teach his parents?
The questioner : Yes, because it is.
The Shaykh : How? Yes.
The questioner : First of all, the question is not far from reality; it is actually in reality.
The Shaykh : Okay, it is an individual obligation for him to teach his parents.
The questioner : Yes, because he has a little knowledge and he has not given them this knowledge.
The Shaykh : Why? He is telling you that he did not receive this education until the time for jihad came!
The questioner : It coincided ... Allah decreed that this knowledge did not come until jihad was established.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I do not believe this statement.
The Shaykh : And is he a scholar?
The questioner : He has a little knowledge.
The Shaykh : A little knowledge does not suffice for a lot.
The questioner : So who is there for them, meaning, who listens to his words in ...?
The Shaykh : My brother, stand by your statement if you mean what you are saying. You say about him that he sees what? What is the value of his opinion if he is not a scholar!
The questioner : He is asking about the opinion of the scholars. What is the opinion of the scholars in this issue?
The Shaykh : Why do you say his opinion is such and such?
The questioner : His opinion is that he feels his staying with his parents ... do you understand how I benefit them, and he has no ...?
The Shaykh : What is the value of this opinion? He knows that jihad is an individual obligation, or does he not know?
The questioner : Yes, he knows.
The Shaykh : He knows, so his staying with his parents is an individual obligation, or is it a collective obligation? If it is an individual obligation, they are equal, so the first obligation is the one that prevails. But if there is someone else to serve his parents besides him, then in that case, his staying with them is not an individual obligation.
The questioner : ... to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so he strives to teach them prayer, fasting, and these matters?
The Shaykh : He strives? When the time for jihad came, he strives? What did he do before? It is as if you are imagining theoretical matters, as if this boy was born one day, grew up one day, learned today, and now he is in a dilemma: go to jihad or teach his parents. Knowledge, my brother, is either an individual obligation or a collective obligation. Do you believe, in the scenario of your question, however far removed from reality it may be, that it is an individual obligation for this boy to teach his parents?
The questioner : Yes, because it is.
The Shaykh : How? Yes.
The questioner : First of all, the question is not far from reality; it is actually in reality.
The Shaykh : Okay, it is an individual obligation for him to teach his parents.
The questioner : Yes, because he has a little knowledge and he has not given them this knowledge.
The Shaykh : Why? He is telling you that he did not receive this education until the time for jihad came!
The questioner : It coincided ... Allah decreed that this knowledge did not come until jihad was established.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I do not believe this statement.