Was the return of Kuwait to its people achieved through the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis, or by seeking the help of the Americans?
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The questioner : Was the return of Kuwait achieved through the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis, or by seeking the help of the Americans?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Was the return...
The Shaykh : The return?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : From whom?
The questioner : I mean, to its people, the people who are here in Kuwait. Was the return of Kuwait to its people achieved through the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis, or by seeking the help of the Americans?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best, but seeking the help of the Americans is not permissible. Causes are divided into two categories: a lawful cause and an unlawful cause. The effect may be achieved through a lawful cause, and it may be achieved through an unlawful cause.
The questioner : Is that possible?
The Shaykh : Is it possible? How could it not be? Do you not see that those who consume riba (usury or interest) live on the money of riba? And those who sell intoxicants? So they obtain their livelihood through what Allah has forbidden, yet they are warned against it. So if the Kuwaitis have their country returned to them, what have they gained? They have been rid of the rule of a disbeliever and have fallen under the rule of a disbeliever, and disbelief is one religion. So what follows from this question, which is a matter of the unseen? We know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Ar-Ra'd 13:11] Did the Kuwaitis, whose homes were made lawful by the unjust ruler, return to their Lord?
The questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I am like you; I do not know.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Was the return...
The Shaykh : The return?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : From whom?
The questioner : I mean, to its people, the people who are here in Kuwait. Was the return of Kuwait to its people achieved through the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis, or by seeking the help of the Americans?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best, but seeking the help of the Americans is not permissible. Causes are divided into two categories: a lawful cause and an unlawful cause. The effect may be achieved through a lawful cause, and it may be achieved through an unlawful cause.
The questioner : Is that possible?
The Shaykh : Is it possible? How could it not be? Do you not see that those who consume riba (usury or interest) live on the money of riba? And those who sell intoxicants? So they obtain their livelihood through what Allah has forbidden, yet they are warned against it. So if the Kuwaitis have their country returned to them, what have they gained? They have been rid of the rule of a disbeliever and have fallen under the rule of a disbeliever, and disbelief is one religion. So what follows from this question, which is a matter of the unseen? We know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْThe questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I am like you; I do not know.
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