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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq's opinion on preparing for jihad first

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The Shaykh : I return to remind you of a word, and I hope that you and those around you do not forget it either: that the call now to jihad before taking the spiritual and material means is throwing oneself into destruction. What do you say to this statement? I wanted to discuss with our brother Abd al-Rahman, but that did not happen... Now, and perhaps it will happen soon. But since you wanted to, I now ask you: what do you say to this statement?
The student : It is correct speech, and I do not think that Shaykh Abd al-Rahman means anything other than this statement.

The Shaykh : Strange.
The student : Yes, the Shaykh always says that the issue of preparation for jihad is obligatory. The Shaykh says jihad is obligatory. Yes.

The Shaykh : And we say the same.
The student : Yes, but he says that preparation is obligatory...

The Shaykh: All right.
The student : But he also adds that if Muslims are attacked in a country, meaning as you mentioned, my Shaykh, I do not want to return to this because it precedes the speech you mentioned.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : You mentioned it.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : He says that we should not make the word "preparation" always the obstacle in the path of jihad; rather, preparation is for the jihad of individual obligation that you clarified, meaning...

The Shaykh : But did you not say something frightening, perhaps unintentionally? "We do not make preparation an obstacle," what does that mean? Or did I misunderstand?
The student : I expressed myself poorly.
Source www.al-albany.com

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