Is jihad in Afghanistan, given the division among the fronts, an individual obligation?

The questioner : He saysThe questioner : Is jihad in Afghanistan, given the division among the fronts, an individual obligation? Knowing that the number of Afghans exceeds the number of their enemy by approximately three times? And is donating money better in such a case?

The Shaykh : There is some error in this question, or... He says: The number of Afghans is greater than the number of their enemy! It appears thatThe questioner : he means that the enemy is from among the Afghans; that is, the communists are from among the Afghans. So it is as if he is ignorant of, or ignores, the fact that if the fighting were between the mujahideen from the Muslims and the communists from the Afghans, the matter would have ended. But behind these communists there is that known disbelieving, atheistic state. So I do not know why he limited the issue by minimizing the number of the enemy compared to the mujahideen. In any case, this is a comment to clarify the error in what he saidThe questioner : in terms of reality.
As for the answer, I see that jihad in Afghanistan and in all lands of Islam—meaning, for example, in Palestine—in all lands of Islam where the feet of disbelieving polytheists have trod, it is obligatory for the Muslims to expel the disbeliever. This is a ruling in which I do not think Muslims differ; because the jihad that the scholars spoke of is of two types: an individual obligation and a collective obligation. The individual obligation in jihad is when some of the lands of Islam are attacked. As for the collective obligation, it is when jihad is for the purpose of expanding the territory of the Islamic state, or when jihad is for the purpose of spreading the Islamic call to the lands of the disbelievers. That is, Islam is not only about jihad, as some of those who deviate from the Book and the Sunnah say. Those who follow the Salafi methodology say—meaning, some of them—that there is no jihad in Islam except defensive jihad. As for jihad for the purpose of conveying the call, they deny it. And this is part of their deviation from their religion.
Jihad is of two types: one whose ruling is an individual obligation, which is when some of the Islamic lands are attacked, and it becomes obligatory for the Muslims to mobilize in their entirety to the extent that they repel the enemy from the land of the Muslims. The second type of jihad, whose ruling is a collective obligation, is the jihad intended for conveying the call, and not for repelling the enemy who attacks the land of Islam.
Now, the land of Islam is being attacked, not only in Afghanistan, but also in Palestine. However, the means of jihad have become available in Afghanistan in the name of Islam, whereas, unfortunately, such jihad has not become available in the land of Palestine, which is more deserving of it and more than that.
Therefore, I ask myself: Is there anyone who says that jihad in Afghanistan is not an individual obligation? How can it be so when the lands of Islam have been attacked?
I say: The lands of the Russians, which include some Islamic lands that had Islamic governments, which the Russians invaded about fifty years ago, or more or less, no... now, these lands require the Muslims, if they were truly Muslims, to mobilize to expel the disbelievers from them. But, unfortunately, what the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of in the well-known authentic hadith that you know—Allah willing—has settled upon the hearts of the Muslims. That is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . They said: Are we few at that time, O Messenger of Allah? He said: . They said: What is the weakness, O Messenger of Allah? He said: . Love of this world and hatred of death is the affliction of the Islamic world today, after the great affliction, which is ignorance of Islam. . So it is obligatory for the Muslims... to strive in the path of Allah to expel the disbeliever from the land of Islam, despite the disagreement among them. And there is no doubt that this disagreement may harm the Muslims themselves; therefore, they must unite. But we will return and say: Have you seen the affliction of the Muslims not gathering on a single word? ... The mujahideen today, we used to hear words we did not believe, out of good opinion of these mujahideen who have been striving for about eight years with the ... means available today. Have you seen how they differed? Have you seen how this difference weakened their might and exposed them to weakness and frailty? How can the Islamic world today stand firm with such severe disagreement among them, not in the branches as some doctors who claim knowledge say, deceiving people and misleading the masses when they hear people like us? They say: The disagreement is not limited to the branches only, but it is in the fundamentals, and even in the fundamental of fundamentals; which is faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as He described Himself? How can this Islamic world, if they wanted to strive in the path of Allah, be unable to strive because they are divided among themselves? So to a single word, O Muslims, otherwise there is no victory without it.
I say: So jihad in Afghanistan is an individual obligation on everyone who is able; either with his person or with his wealth. For it came in the authentic hadith: .

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, I do not want this, , . As for the other hadith: , what is it?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh. So there is no doubt that every Muslim who lives, not only in this time in which we have been tested with this new invasion, but before the invasion of the Jews of Palestine, we must not die except with the determination that we will strive in the path of Allah, or else—may Allah forbid—we will die upon a branch of hypocrisy.