Many Muslims live in lands of disbelief, where they are oppressed and have no entity or standing; if a group were to rise in their name under the banner of jihad, should we support them?
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The questioner : I have another question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: If you mean those who live among disbelievers, meaning in a non-Islamic state, but they are ..., and yet they have no entity, no standing, and they live in oppression among them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I mean, if a group were to rise under the name of Islamic jihad; does that mean it is better that we support them and stand with them, or should we start undermining them and spreading rumors around them, and calling them by every name? Even though they know us and we know them, and they know our creed; is it better, at least, to remain silent about them or to confront them in these circumstances?
The Shaykh: Here, it appears from your second question that there are two matters: one is joining those who have declared jihad, and the other is confronting them and throwing all sorts of names at them.
In answer to the first question: We say—my brother—the answer to this question can be understood from my previous words. I do not believe that those who want to fight the disbelievers have fought themselves and been raised on the correct Islam. Do you believe that? Or are they various sects and schools of thought, as we see throughout the Islamic world? If the matter is the first, which is what we hope for and what we think is the reality, and this is what we hope for and think is not the reality! Then how can those who have declared jihad fight when they are divided, quarreling, and hating one another? Because they are not united by a single idea, nor unified by a single creed; if the matter is so, they are not ready to fight, and even if they fight, they will not be victorious; because disagreement in creed and ... in morals is one of the greatest causes of defeat and lack of steadfastness; so you can now take the answer; because I cannot judge absent people; but if it is permissible for us to measure the absent by the present; the entire Islamic world is divided and split, some against others, and therefore jihad will not succeed until after this purification that we referred to; that a group of Muslims perform it, raising [themselves] with a correct Islamic upbringing, and when they finish this necessary role; then the role of jihad comes. If you believe that those you say are fighting the disbelievers have finished fighting themselves—as we said recently—in society, it was important; may Allah will it!; we said: some contemporary callers say: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." If these mujahideen have finished this stage; then we congratulate them and support them in their jihad against those disbelievers. But if they are still this one Hanafi, this one Shafi'i, that one Shadhili and Qadiri, and I don't know what other schools and paths there are!! This.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: I don't know what other names there are, the important thing is that they cannot fight because they are divided, and if the matter is so, the matter returns to what I answered in the answer to the first question; Muslims in every region they live in—as we said yesterday with some detail—must undergo "purification and upbringing," that they understand Islam in the two testimonies; "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," they worship Allah alone with no partner, and then they do not worship Allah except by what Allah has prescribed through the tongue of His Prophet (peace be upon him), this meaning contained in these two testimonies.
In my belief, the pure Arab world in Arabness has not yet understood, let alone some other countries; either they are Arab and foreignness has entered them, or they are non-Arab in origin, so how can they understand this correct understanding?! So we must follow the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); first: to understand what came from him with true understanding, and second: to call people to that. If people agree on this correct understanding, then we say jihad in the path of Allah is obligatory, and raising the word of Allah; so that the word of Allah is the highest, and the word of the disbelievers is the lowest.
Anything else? Do you have something?
The questioner : One last question.
The Shaykh: Please proceed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: A moment, my brother, so he has a final question.
The questioner: The final question: May Allah reward you with good for this advice, ... if we, for example, respond, at least respond.
The Shaykh : Rebuke whom?
The questioner: I mean in the newspapers.
The Shaykh: Respond to whom?
The questioner: To the atheists who exist in our lands.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Does this mean ... someone does it or is there harm ... and they leave them?
The Shaykh: This—may Allah bless you—is not a new question, stay in your place, you are asking a third question which is the second, and the second is the first, I am telling you now; do you not feel in those lands that instead of writing an article responding to the atheists and the zindiqs—and they will not respond to you!—do you not feel that there are Muslims who think they are on Islam, and they are far from Islam, do you not think that there are people who call upon other than Allah, and seek nearness to other than Allah, and do not pray the prayer of the Messenger of Allah; do you not believe this? Good, so instead of writing an article responding to an atheist from whom you do not hope guidance, write an article clarifying to the Muslims around you, perhaps your father, grandfather, mother, uncle, and so on, do not perform your prayer well, so the closest are more entitled to kindness, so work with these people, write an article clarifying the guidance of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in some of what he brought for these people who are in need of your guidance and teaching, instead of writing an article responding to those disbelievers. But by Allah, you are many, and some of you perform this duty that I am speaking of, and it is a very broad duty, I do not think the required number exists. If we assume this, then Zayd of the people stands up and the atheists are called, we have no objection.
And with that, here is an important note; the one who wants to respond to the atheists should be from the people of knowledge, not a student of knowledge who may be a beginner or secondary or similar; so that it is true of him that he knows how the shoulder is eaten; meaning he knows the doubts of these disbelievers, and then he knows how to respond to their doubts because he is saturated with the evidence of the Book and the evidence of the Sunnah.
And in the end I say: ... work on yourselves, and leave the other sects or the other nations or the other religions; until the community is established and stands on its feet, after that the call proceeds in its way, so whoever stands in its way will have before him only the sword that the Messenger (peace be upon him) referred to in his previous saying:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 10:95 .
Please.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: If you mean those who live among disbelievers, meaning in a non-Islamic state, but they are ..., and yet they have no entity, no standing, and they live in oppression among them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I mean, if a group were to rise under the name of Islamic jihad; does that mean it is better that we support them and stand with them, or should we start undermining them and spreading rumors around them, and calling them by every name? Even though they know us and we know them, and they know our creed; is it better, at least, to remain silent about them or to confront them in these circumstances?
The Shaykh: Here, it appears from your second question that there are two matters: one is joining those who have declared jihad, and the other is confronting them and throwing all sorts of names at them.
In answer to the first question: We say—my brother—the answer to this question can be understood from my previous words. I do not believe that those who want to fight the disbelievers have fought themselves and been raised on the correct Islam. Do you believe that? Or are they various sects and schools of thought, as we see throughout the Islamic world? If the matter is the first, which is what we hope for and what we think is the reality, and this is what we hope for and think is not the reality! Then how can those who have declared jihad fight when they are divided, quarreling, and hating one another? Because they are not united by a single idea, nor unified by a single creed; if the matter is so, they are not ready to fight, and even if they fight, they will not be victorious; because disagreement in creed and ... in morals is one of the greatest causes of defeat and lack of steadfastness; so you can now take the answer; because I cannot judge absent people; but if it is permissible for us to measure the absent by the present; the entire Islamic world is divided and split, some against others, and therefore jihad will not succeed until after this purification that we referred to; that a group of Muslims perform it, raising [themselves] with a correct Islamic upbringing, and when they finish this necessary role; then the role of jihad comes. If you believe that those you say are fighting the disbelievers have finished fighting themselves—as we said recently—in society, it was important; may Allah will it!; we said: some contemporary callers say: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you on your land." If these mujahideen have finished this stage; then we congratulate them and support them in their jihad against those disbelievers. But if they are still this one Hanafi, this one Shafi'i, that one Shadhili and Qadiri, and I don't know what other schools and paths there are!! This.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: I don't know what other names there are, the important thing is that they cannot fight because they are divided, and if the matter is so, the matter returns to what I answered in the answer to the first question; Muslims in every region they live in—as we said yesterday with some detail—must undergo "purification and upbringing," that they understand Islam in the two testimonies; "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," they worship Allah alone with no partner, and then they do not worship Allah except by what Allah has prescribed through the tongue of His Prophet (peace be upon him), this meaning contained in these two testimonies.
In my belief, the pure Arab world in Arabness has not yet understood, let alone some other countries; either they are Arab and foreignness has entered them, or they are non-Arab in origin, so how can they understand this correct understanding?! So we must follow the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); first: to understand what came from him with true understanding, and second: to call people to that. If people agree on this correct understanding, then we say jihad in the path of Allah is obligatory, and raising the word of Allah; so that the word of Allah is the highest, and the word of the disbelievers is the lowest.
Anything else? Do you have something?
The questioner : One last question.
The Shaykh: Please proceed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: A moment, my brother, so he has a final question.
The questioner: The final question: May Allah reward you with good for this advice, ... if we, for example, respond, at least respond.
The Shaykh : Rebuke whom?
The questioner: I mean in the newspapers.
The Shaykh: Respond to whom?
The questioner: To the atheists who exist in our lands.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Does this mean ... someone does it or is there harm ... and they leave them?
The Shaykh: This—may Allah bless you—is not a new question, stay in your place, you are asking a third question which is the second, and the second is the first, I am telling you now; do you not feel in those lands that instead of writing an article responding to the atheists and the zindiqs—and they will not respond to you!—do you not feel that there are Muslims who think they are on Islam, and they are far from Islam, do you not think that there are people who call upon other than Allah, and seek nearness to other than Allah, and do not pray the prayer of the Messenger of Allah; do you not believe this? Good, so instead of writing an article responding to an atheist from whom you do not hope guidance, write an article clarifying to the Muslims around you, perhaps your father, grandfather, mother, uncle, and so on, do not perform your prayer well, so the closest are more entitled to kindness, so work with these people, write an article clarifying the guidance of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in some of what he brought for these people who are in need of your guidance and teaching, instead of writing an article responding to those disbelievers. But by Allah, you are many, and some of you perform this duty that I am speaking of, and it is a very broad duty, I do not think the required number exists. If we assume this, then Zayd of the people stands up and the atheists are called, we have no objection.
And with that, here is an important note; the one who wants to respond to the atheists should be from the people of knowledge, not a student of knowledge who may be a beginner or secondary or similar; so that it is true of him that he knows how the shoulder is eaten; meaning he knows the doubts of these disbelievers, and then he knows how to respond to their doubts because he is saturated with the evidence of the Book and the evidence of the Sunnah.
And in the end I say: ... work on yourselves, and leave the other sects or the other nations or the other religions; until the community is established and stands on its feet, after that the call proceeds in its way, so whoever stands in its way will have before him only the sword that the Messenger (peace be upon him) referred to in his previous saying:
I was sent with the sword before the Hour, so that Allah may be worshipped alone with no partner
بُعثت بين يدي الساعة بالسيف ، حتى يُعبد الله وحده لا شريك لهPlease.
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