Statement on the inability of Muslims to undertake political or jihad action in the present age
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The Shaykh : The question now is: Can Muslims rise to political action and jihad action as every Muslim desires? As I said, and as you also said, can they do it? Do you not know the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): [Ar-Rum 30:31-32]? Do you not believe now that there are large Islamic parties, unfortunately, to whom the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) applies, unfortunately: [Al-Mu'minun 23:53]? Do you agree with me on this, or not?
The questioner : We Muslims, the parties present on the scene are all, I mean...
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you; so who are these, my brother, who want to do political work and strive in the path of Allah with great jihad? Who are they? In my opinion, they have not yet appeared, and if they do appear, they are scattered due to circumstances that you and we all know, surrounding the Islamic lands, such as colonialism... and so on. So, it is upon us now, each within the limits of his ability and capacity. If one is a scholar, he should work within the limits of purification and education. If one is a student, he should work within the limits of what he has learned, and he should also implement, even if it is just one hadith, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):.
And the masses of people follow the scholars and students of knowledge... This complementarity and this cooperation, all of it on the system mentioned earlier, is not present today, unfortunately, in the Islamic world; whether you take it as a whole or divide it country by country or people by people. When a people among the Muslim peoples return to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble Companions were upon at that time, the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah. Now, may Allah reward you, you have a very unfortunate example. When the Muslims, I mean, placed great hopes on it, which was: establishing the Muslim state in Afghanistan. What was the fate of Afghanistan? You know. What was the cause? Seven parties were striving against the communists, but these parties, the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) was true of them:[Ar-Rum 30:31-32]. Now, the president of the Afghan state is fighting those who were with him fighting the communists. So now, if we imagine that a jihad was established, imagine, Abu Ahmad, the issue is very important; if a jihad was established, the mujahideen would differ because they are now differing. Therefore, reform begins; the starting point is: as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did. What did the Messenger do? Did the Messenger start by fighting riba? Did the Messenger start by fighting zina? The answer is: No, no. With what? [An-Nahl 16:36].
The questioner : He started with creed.
The Shaykh : He started with creed. Now, where are the scholars who are reforming the creeds of the Muslims? We are now living, unfortunately, in a tragedy; because it is not only that the scholars are not fulfilling their duty of teaching the Muslims the correct creed. If that were the case, we would say: "O, some evil is less than some." But they are fighting the correct creed, and the best of them is the one who says to you: "By Allah, this is correct, but this is not the time for it."
The questioner : ... My question, Shaykh, is entirely related to this matter that you are still speaking about.
The Shaykh : I am answering you.
The questioner : I mean, now...
Another questioner : No, I am still waiting for the Shaykh to answer me. I want the Shaykh to satisfy my anger in this topic, which is creed and fighting the taghut, which is...
The Shaykh : My brother, there is a taghut we can fight, and there is a taghut we cannot fight. And from the perfection of the Shari'ah of Islam is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):[At-Taghabun 64:16], and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . Now, we have taghut spread among us, the people, and we have taghut ruling us with a non-Islamic rule, right?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, which of the two types of taghut is easier and closer and more preferable to fight?
The questioner : By Allah, I say, in my humble opinion, we can fight both?
The Shaykh : You deviated from the answer, so pay attention! Even though your answer is wrong.
The questioner : I came to listen. I have a point of view on that, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, you deviated from the answer, you did not answer me.
The questioner : No, you did not answer me.
The Shaykh : I am not saying to you: Why are you speaking like this now? No, I am saying to you: You did not answer me. I repeat my question: We have two taghut that you identified; correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, my question is: Which of the two taghut is easier for us to fight?
The questioner : I understood the meaning of your question. I know that the smaller taghut, which is the taghut spread among us, we can fight it more easily.
The Shaykh : I am afraid you will deviate a second time. You bring a concise answer and explain as you wish. Which of the two taghut is easier for us to fight?
The questioner : The taghut present among us, the small taghut.
The Shaykh : You imitated me, it seems, after you saw me looking at the clock. Was this before that?! May Allah reward you. If we do not fight the taghut that is easier to fight, we will not fight the taghut that is harder and further to fight; meaning, its example is: a person who cannot carry in his hand what weighs twenty kilos; this person is not tasked to carry twenty-five, for example. We train him to carry ten, and after a while ten and a half, and eleven, and so on, so his muscles become strong, and he can carry more than that. Despite this, now that you have answered me and understood well that fighting the easier one is what we can do, and despite that we are falling short in it, but I want to draw your attention that you are most wrong when you say, with enthusiasm, and as it is said: "You are not the first traveler who was deceived by the moon." You are one of these enthusiasts who say: We can fight the greater taghut. How, my brother, can we fight? And we said earlier, we reminded you of the example of the one who was standing in Afghanistan and how was the outcome of that jihad that lasted more than ten years; how can you fight the taghut and we are scattered? Did you forget, it seems?
The questioner : If you please, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : I ask your pardon that I am able to respond to every word you mentioned, and I have an argument from the Qur'an, from the Book of Allah, and from the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
The questioner : Do not think so, but I want to ask you to allow me to respond to you, but give me a session; this session is not enough for me.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : In the end, this session is not enough. I want you to promise me that you will listen to me for an hour or half an hour, which you decide from your time, and I will sit with you.
The Shaykh : This, where is Abu al-Harith? Go to him.
The student : Record it on a tape, the Shaykh will take it.
The questioner : No, I do not want to record.
The Shaykh : No, it is nothing, go to him, we will hold a session with him, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : O Allah, Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika, ashhadu an la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk.
and do not be of those who associate others with Allah (32) [Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.
وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ * مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَeach faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَThe questioner : We Muslims, the parties present on the scene are all, I mean...
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you; so who are these, my brother, who want to do political work and strive in the path of Allah with great jihad? Who are they? In my opinion, they have not yet appeared, and if they do appear, they are scattered due to circumstances that you and we all know, surrounding the Islamic lands, such as colonialism... and so on. So, it is upon us now, each within the limits of his ability and capacity. If one is a scholar, he should work within the limits of purification and education. If one is a student, he should work within the limits of what he has learned, and he should also implement, even if it is just one hadith, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Convey from him, even if it is one verse
بلِّغوا عنه ولو آيةAnd the masses of people follow the scholars and students of knowledge... This complementarity and this cooperation, all of it on the system mentioned earlier, is not present today, unfortunately, in the Islamic world; whether you take it as a whole or divide it country by country or people by people. When a people among the Muslim peoples return to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble Companions were upon at that time, the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah. Now, may Allah reward you, you have a very unfortunate example. When the Muslims, I mean, placed great hopes on it, which was: establishing the Muslim state in Afghanistan. What was the fate of Afghanistan? You know. What was the cause? Seven parties were striving against the communists, but these parties, the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) was true of them:
and do not be of those who associate others with Allah (32) [Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.
وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ * مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَWorship Allah and avoid Taghut
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَThe questioner : He started with creed.
The Shaykh : He started with creed. Now, where are the scholars who are reforming the creeds of the Muslims? We are now living, unfortunately, in a tragedy; because it is not only that the scholars are not fulfilling their duty of teaching the Muslims the correct creed. If that were the case, we would say: "O, some evil is less than some." But they are fighting the correct creed, and the best of them is the one who says to you: "By Allah, this is correct, but this is not the time for it."
The questioner : ... My question, Shaykh, is entirely related to this matter that you are still speaking about.
The Shaykh : I am answering you.
The questioner : I mean, now...
Another questioner : No, I am still waiting for the Shaykh to answer me. I want the Shaykh to satisfy my anger in this topic, which is creed and fighting the taghut, which is...
The Shaykh : My brother, there is a taghut we can fight, and there is a taghut we cannot fight. And from the perfection of the Shari'ah of Islam is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْWhatever I have commanded you of, do as much of it as you can, and whatever I have forbidden you, avoid it
ما أمرتكم من شيء فأتوا منهم ما استطعتم ، وما نهيتكم عنه فاجتنبوهThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, which of the two types of taghut is easier and closer and more preferable to fight?
The questioner : By Allah, I say, in my humble opinion, we can fight both?
The Shaykh : You deviated from the answer, so pay attention! Even though your answer is wrong.
The questioner : I came to listen. I have a point of view on that, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, you deviated from the answer, you did not answer me.
The questioner : No, you did not answer me.
The Shaykh : I am not saying to you: Why are you speaking like this now? No, I am saying to you: You did not answer me. I repeat my question: We have two taghut that you identified; correct?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, my question is: Which of the two taghut is easier for us to fight?
The questioner : I understood the meaning of your question. I know that the smaller taghut, which is the taghut spread among us, we can fight it more easily.
The Shaykh : I am afraid you will deviate a second time. You bring a concise answer and explain as you wish. Which of the two taghut is easier for us to fight?
The questioner : The taghut present among us, the small taghut.
The Shaykh : You imitated me, it seems, after you saw me looking at the clock. Was this before that?! May Allah reward you. If we do not fight the taghut that is easier to fight, we will not fight the taghut that is harder and further to fight; meaning, its example is: a person who cannot carry in his hand what weighs twenty kilos; this person is not tasked to carry twenty-five, for example. We train him to carry ten, and after a while ten and a half, and eleven, and so on, so his muscles become strong, and he can carry more than that. Despite this, now that you have answered me and understood well that fighting the easier one is what we can do, and despite that we are falling short in it, but I want to draw your attention that you are most wrong when you say, with enthusiasm, and as it is said: "You are not the first traveler who was deceived by the moon." You are one of these enthusiasts who say: We can fight the greater taghut. How, my brother, can we fight? And we said earlier, we reminded you of the example of the one who was standing in Afghanistan and how was the outcome of that jihad that lasted more than ten years; how can you fight the taghut and we are scattered? Did you forget, it seems?
The questioner : If you please, Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : I ask your pardon that I am able to respond to every word you mentioned, and I have an argument from the Qur'an, from the Book of Allah, and from the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I do not think so.
The questioner : Do not think so, but I want to ask you to allow me to respond to you, but give me a session; this session is not enough for me.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : In the end, this session is not enough. I want you to promise me that you will listen to me for an hour or half an hour, which you decide from your time, and I will sit with you.
The Shaykh : This, where is Abu al-Harith? Go to him.
The student : Record it on a tape, the Shaykh will take it.
The questioner : No, I do not want to record.
The Shaykh : No, it is nothing, go to him, we will hold a session with him, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : O Allah, Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika, ashhadu an la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk.
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