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 staying with his parents to guide them to the path of guidance is better than going to jihad during the summer period.
The Shaykh : Is he a scholar?
The questioner : He has a little knowledge.
The Shaykh : A little knowledge does not suffice for a lot. A little knowledge does not replace a lot.
The questioner : So who is there for them, meaning, who listens to his words on the path...
The Shaykh : My brother, stand by your statement if you mean what you are saying. You say he sees; 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 : Meaning, as an opinion, he feels that staying with his parents is beneficial for them, do you understand? It is beneficial for them and not for him...
The Shaykh : What is the value of this opinion? Does he know that jihad is an individual obligation or does he not know?
The questioner : Yes, he knows.
The Shaykh : He knows, so is staying with his parents an individual obligation or 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 the parents besides him, then in that case, his staying with them is not an individual obligation.
The questioner : He is not only responsible for service... 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 became in a state of indecision, whether to 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, that it is an individual obligation for this boy to teach his parents?
The questioner : Yes, because...
The Shaykh : How is it yes?
The questioner : First of all, the question is not far from reality; it is actually in reality.
The Shaykh : Okay, is it 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 : They coincided; Allah decreed that this knowledge did not come except while jihad was ongoing.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah! I do not believe this statement.
The Shaykh : Is he a scholar?
The questioner : He has a little knowledge.
The Shaykh : A little knowledge does not suffice for a lot. A little knowledge does not replace a lot.
The questioner : So who is there for them, meaning, who listens to his words on the path...
The Shaykh : My brother, stand by your statement if you mean what you are saying. You say he sees; 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 : Meaning, as an opinion, he feels that staying with his parents is beneficial for them, do you understand? It is beneficial for them and not for him...
The Shaykh : What is the value of this opinion? Does he know that jihad is an individual obligation or does he not know?
The questioner : Yes, he knows.
The Shaykh : He knows, so is staying with his parents an individual obligation or 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 the parents besides him, then in that case, his staying with them is not an individual obligation.
The questioner : He is not only responsible for service... 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 became in a state of indecision, whether to 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, that it is an individual obligation for this boy to teach his parents?
The questioner : Yes, because...
The Shaykh : How is it yes?
The questioner : First of all, the question is not far from reality; it is actually in reality.
The Shaykh : Okay, is it 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 : They coincided; Allah decreed that this knowledge did not come except while jihad was ongoing.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah! I do not believe this statement.
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