How authentic is the hadith that means: (Our Lord was amazed at a man)

The questioner: In Abu Dawud, may Allah be pleased with him, or as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said"

The Shaykh : And he said?

The questioner: and he fought until he was killed.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: How authentic is this hadith, and is it evidence for the permissibility of individual operations against the Jews, meaning the individuals who go out trained with weapons and ready, meaning armed, in retaliation for the sanctities of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He? May Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh: And may Allah reward you with good. As for the hadith, I do not have it at my disposal right now, whether it is authentic or weak. Sunan Abu Dawud contains some of this and some of that. However, if the intention of the question regarding the authenticity or weakness of the hadith is its jurisprudential aspect, it is possible to reach an answer regarding the jurisprudential aspect, even if we pause for now on answering regarding the establishment or weakness of the hadith. But perhaps some of our brothers can recall something. Do you recall something? The important point is the suicide operations that occur today. I say that in such cases, it is permissible or not permissible, and the detail of this apparently contradictory statement is: it is permissible in the Islamic system, in Islamic jihad that is based on the rulings of Islam. Among these rulings is that the soldier does not act on his personal opinion, but rather obeys the order of his commander. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: So if there is, and we hope this will be soon, an Islamic jihad based on the Islamic system, and its commander is not ignorant, but is knowledgeable about Islam, especially the rulings related to jihad in the path of Allah. This commander, or this prince, the commander of the army, is supposed to be the one who knows and has taken the plan of the battlefield and visualized it completely in his mind. So it is said of him that he knows how to eat the shoulder, he knows, for example, if there is a group of the army that has a strong grudge against the Islamic army, and he sees that he should redeem some of his soldiers by choosing this. For example, and I am not a military man, but a person uses his intellect. We all know that soldiers are not equal in bravery and courage, and they are not equal in knowledge of fighting and the rulings of fighting and the principles of fighting, and so on. So I imagine this great experienced commander will take a man from the rear ranks, meaning from those who are suitable for cooking and blowing, not suitable for fighting, because he is not suitable for fighting and he does not have courage. He will say to him: arm yourself with bombs and board the plane and go throw them at this group that is in such-and-such land. This is a permissible suicide. But if one of the soldiers comes, as they do today, or one of the non-soldiers, that he commits suicide in the path of killing two, three, or four disbelievers, then this is not permissible because it is a personal action not issued by the commander of the army. This detail is the meaning of our saying it is permissible or not permissible. And perhaps the answer is clear, if Allah wills. As for the hadith, I hope you will follow up with me by phone if you are able, so that I can review it and benefit myself first, and then benefit others second. Please proceed.

The questioner: The issue is not that he blows himself up, but rather that he fights with his weapon and kills by the hands of the Jews. This is the issue.

The Shaykh: It is the same, my brother, in an Islamic army that fights in the path of Allah ... .

The questioner: The man who attacked the ranks of the Romans, as in the narration.

The Shaykh: Please do not rush. An army fighting in the path of Allah, so did he fight in this manner? The answer is no.

The questioner: The issue is that it emboldens the Muslims.

The Shaykh: Where did we take this detail from? From the battles that took place in the past. The man who wanted to kill a group of disbelievers would say to the commander: I want to attack this group, this group. He would say to him: Go ahead, in the path of Allah. He would permit him and give him permission. But what would you say if he said to him: No? Is it permissible for him to advance?

The questioner: In the case of the commander, it is not permissible.

The Shaykh: This is my intention. So I have mentioned to you what is permissible and what is not permissible. When there is a jihad based on the Sharia rulings, with a commander who organizes the battles and who permits so-and-so to commit suicide in the path of eliminating a number of disbelievers. Now, this does not exist. Therefore, it is necessary to block this door so that we prepare the environment in which we exist, first establishing a Caliph, and establishing a commander who obeys the order of the Caliph, and establishing soldiers who obey the order of the commander, and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to .