A Word on the Afghan Jihad
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The questioner : Shaykh, do you have a word for the Afghan mujahideen? They have now formed a provisional government, and we have heard that there are two Shi'ite ministers in this government, one of whom is titled Ayatollah Asafi, which is a high religious rank. Do you have a word or advice for them in this regard?
The Shaykh : We had not heard of this name before.
The questioner : He is not, of course, a follower of Khomeini, but he might be...
The Shaykh : Is there anything else besides this?
The questioner : There are approximately seven percent Shi'ites and about two million Sunni migrants in Iranian territory currently.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah. In any case, we see that this issue is more complex than this picture suggests. As long as we hear and read, as we still do, that there are many parties among the Sunnis themselves, and this party-division is a weakness in this nation or this people. Among them, for example, are some heads from the Sufis and from the rigid, imitative madhhab followers, and there are party members from the Muslim Brotherhood, and there are, and there are. And now we are surprised by this news that one of the members of the new government...
The questioner : Two.
The Shaykh : Two members from the Shi'ites. So I believe that the situation does not bode well when the government is not based on members who are first sincere to Islam, and second united in creed and madhhab, because disagreement and conflict are companions of failure, as is the text of the Noble Qur'an. If the matter does not stop at the limits we mentioned earlier, such as Sufism, fanatical Hanafism, and the like, and blind party-ism, but two members from the Shi'ites are also added to it, then this does not bode well. But at the same time, I say that the witness sees what the absentee does not see. It may be that those in charge of the Afghan jihad are compelled to choose a member from a madhhab other than their Sunni one, from the Shi'ites, to avert a fitnah that might arise later if they do not do so. I say this as a precaution and out of caution, because the people of Makkah know its valleys best, and the owner of the house knows what is in it best. If the motive for this choice is what I indicated earlier, then it would be in accordance with a principle of the Shari'ah, which is repelling the greater harm by the lesser harm. But if it is a matter of accommodation and compromise, then there lies the evil. I hope it is the former and not the latter. My advice, in any case, to this group established for jihad is that they unite on the basis of the correct Islam derived from the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that they do not dispute, lest they fail and their spirit be broken.
The Shaykh : We had not heard of this name before.
The questioner : He is not, of course, a follower of Khomeini, but he might be...
The Shaykh : Is there anything else besides this?
The questioner : There are approximately seven percent Shi'ites and about two million Sunni migrants in Iranian territory currently.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah. In any case, we see that this issue is more complex than this picture suggests. As long as we hear and read, as we still do, that there are many parties among the Sunnis themselves, and this party-division is a weakness in this nation or this people. Among them, for example, are some heads from the Sufis and from the rigid, imitative madhhab followers, and there are party members from the Muslim Brotherhood, and there are, and there are. And now we are surprised by this news that one of the members of the new government...
The questioner : Two.
The Shaykh : Two members from the Shi'ites. So I believe that the situation does not bode well when the government is not based on members who are first sincere to Islam, and second united in creed and madhhab, because disagreement and conflict are companions of failure, as is the text of the Noble Qur'an. If the matter does not stop at the limits we mentioned earlier, such as Sufism, fanatical Hanafism, and the like, and blind party-ism, but two members from the Shi'ites are also added to it, then this does not bode well. But at the same time, I say that the witness sees what the absentee does not see. It may be that those in charge of the Afghan jihad are compelled to choose a member from a madhhab other than their Sunni one, from the Shi'ites, to avert a fitnah that might arise later if they do not do so. I say this as a precaution and out of caution, because the people of Makkah know its valleys best, and the owner of the house knows what is in it best. If the motive for this choice is what I indicated earlier, then it would be in accordance with a principle of the Shari'ah, which is repelling the greater harm by the lesser harm. But if it is a matter of accommodation and compromise, then there lies the evil. I hope it is the former and not the latter. My advice, in any case, to this group established for jihad is that they unite on the basis of the correct Islam derived from the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that they do not dispute, lest they fail and their spirit be broken.
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