Many of the brothers are able to obtain a permit, for example, to travel to Palestine; so which is more important, jihad in Palestine or in Afghanistan?

The questioner : Many of the brothers, Professor, are able to obtain a permit, for example, to travel to Palestine, so which is more important, jihad in Afghanistan in that case?

The Shaykh : There is no jihad, my brother, in Palestine; some people today call it an intifada. I think you are hearing about it today, but tomorrow you will not hear about it!

Another questioner : And the second one.

The Shaykh: Yes.

Another questioner : Okay; is this possible, I mean?

The Shaykh : This has already been answered...

The questioner : There were groups preparing for jihad in Palestine, Muslim groups?

The Shaykh : It is not authentic.

The questioner : There are groups.

The Shaykh : We have spoken about this matter, when, Abu? Every Friday, and do not forget what we have said before. I do not want to impose my opinion on the person, but I want to remind you that there is no need to look into something that has already been looked into. I said: every movement, every group that is not based on "purification and education" will not stand. It does not mean they will not establish an Islamic state, but they will not stand. So there are people there, for example, who are Islamic, and we know this, but this is not based on the foundation of "education and purification." You, in particular, with many of our brothers present, we know, and others we do not know, you know that most Muslims today do not know what is obligatory for them in the right of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); the least that can be said about them is that they are ignorant of Him, and the worst that can be said about them is that they are hostile to Him; is that not so?
So how can we hope for people who do not care about correcting their own beliefs, and then when they do that for themselves, they do not care about their brothers? The hadith that all Muslims know; what does the hadith say? There is a well-known party among the Islamic parties that says: we explicitly, other parties are silent, but there is a difference between being explicit and not being explicit. There is a party that says: we do not adopt an opinion on the beliefs in which Muslims have differed from fourteen centuries to today, but they adopt opinions that make the bereaved laugh, as it is said. And if an individual among them does not adopt this opinion, they expel him from their party; so they adopt, for example, that the Muslim woman has the right to vote and the right to be elected; if one who opposes them from the party is not fit to be among them, how can this be? And how can these people establish the state of Islam on land that is originally Islamic land, while they do not act on the modern wisdom that some callers said: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts and it will be established for you in your land"? If all the Islamic groups do not care about applying this wisdom—and that is never possible except on the two previous pillars: "purification and education"—then what is happening today in Palestine is something that pleases in the moment, but deeds are judged by their endings.