What is the obligation of Muslims toward their oppressed brothers?
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The questioner : I love, the situation now in Syria, every Muslim is now threatened with death!!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean the current situation, and I do not say: the previous one.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Yes, what is the obligation?!
The Shaykh : The obligation is upon all Muslims, are they doing it?! All Muslims must rise up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they must strive in the cause of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Are they doing it?!
The questioner : Working on that, is it not an established fact that a person defends his honor and defends himself?
The Shaykh : What am I telling you?!
The questioner : Yes, that is correct, but I would like to hear the answer.
The Shaykh : Here, I gave you the answer: that all Muslims must rise up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And support their brothers in Syria, and support their brothers in Palestine, and not support their brothers in Afghanistan!! But: "Even if you called out, you would hear the living," "But there is no life for the one who calls out, even if you blew into a fire, it would light up," "But you are blowing into ashes." This is our problem, not a problem of words about whether it is obligatory or not. I say: all Muslims are sinful, because they are all leaving the individual obligation, not the collective obligation. But are they rising up? No, that is all. We are good at talking, so I do not want talk. This is the truth—may Allah have mercy on you—I prefer a person who works in secret, to the extent of his ability, over a person who shouts at the top of his voice about striving in the cause of Allah, and does nothing!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : But this one is victorious in the eyes of people, and that one is overcome by his circumstances, but nothing is hidden from Allah on earth or in the sky. It is not our concern that people know what Zayd, Bakr, and 'Amr are doing. I return to my previous word: purification and education are necessary. The Islamic callers must cooperate—and I believe they are all falling short in this regard. The Islamic groups today do not do purification, and they do not work for education. Because that small booklet I mentioned to you on a past occasion, or in another booklet by the same author, says: We are not calling now to what should be done, which is to eat with the right hand, drink with the right hand, and give with the right hand, as stated in the hadith, because this is not a method of calling. What do you think?!
The questioner : The stage we have reached is lamentable, for example.
The Shaykh : The lamentable thing is: it is written and printed, and the Muslim youth are raised on this basis, and we are blamed because we say a man sat down drinking and took the glass with his left hand, brother, please drink with the right hand! And we bring the hadith. This is not the time for that now, what do you think?! Despite that, he wants to educate, he says he wants to educate the Muslim youth. How will the education be by fighting the Sunnah?!
The questioner : My opinion is: "They envied the youth if they did not attain his effort."
The Shaykh : Everyone is our enemy and everyone.
The questioner : In your books and your works, they themselves admit to it at the time they say this!!
The Shaykh : And this is what I said, in the same book that said: What do the Salafis have besides moving the finger and the watch? He says a little later: The Muslim youth say he is promoting the book.
The questioner : And the truth is that the phenomenon of the youth accepting this methodology is a massive phenomenon!!
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : As for you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, my master..
The questioner : The reformers who.
The Shaykh : No, I am sorry that we are wasting time researching matters that do not need research. These matters are obligatory, but one should prepare for them. Let us rise up and pray.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean the current situation, and I do not say: the previous one.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Yes, what is the obligation?!
The Shaykh : The obligation is upon all Muslims, are they doing it?! All Muslims must rise up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they must strive in the cause of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Are they doing it?!
The questioner : Working on that, is it not an established fact that a person defends his honor and defends himself?
The Shaykh : What am I telling you?!
The questioner : Yes, that is correct, but I would like to hear the answer.
The Shaykh : Here, I gave you the answer: that all Muslims must rise up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And support their brothers in Syria, and support their brothers in Palestine, and not support their brothers in Afghanistan!! But: "Even if you called out, you would hear the living," "But there is no life for the one who calls out, even if you blew into a fire, it would light up," "But you are blowing into ashes." This is our problem, not a problem of words about whether it is obligatory or not. I say: all Muslims are sinful, because they are all leaving the individual obligation, not the collective obligation. But are they rising up? No, that is all. We are good at talking, so I do not want talk. This is the truth—may Allah have mercy on you—I prefer a person who works in secret, to the extent of his ability, over a person who shouts at the top of his voice about striving in the cause of Allah, and does nothing!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : But this one is victorious in the eyes of people, and that one is overcome by his circumstances, but nothing is hidden from Allah on earth or in the sky. It is not our concern that people know what Zayd, Bakr, and 'Amr are doing. I return to my previous word: purification and education are necessary. The Islamic callers must cooperate—and I believe they are all falling short in this regard. The Islamic groups today do not do purification, and they do not work for education. Because that small booklet I mentioned to you on a past occasion, or in another booklet by the same author, says: We are not calling now to what should be done, which is to eat with the right hand, drink with the right hand, and give with the right hand, as stated in the hadith, because this is not a method of calling. What do you think?!
The questioner : The stage we have reached is lamentable, for example.
The Shaykh : The lamentable thing is: it is written and printed, and the Muslim youth are raised on this basis, and we are blamed because we say a man sat down drinking and took the glass with his left hand, brother, please drink with the right hand! And we bring the hadith. This is not the time for that now, what do you think?! Despite that, he wants to educate, he says he wants to educate the Muslim youth. How will the education be by fighting the Sunnah?!
The questioner : My opinion is: "They envied the youth if they did not attain his effort."
The Shaykh : Everyone is our enemy and everyone.
The questioner : In your books and your works, they themselves admit to it at the time they say this!!
The Shaykh : And this is what I said, in the same book that said: What do the Salafis have besides moving the finger and the watch? He says a little later: The Muslim youth say he is promoting the book.
The questioner : And the truth is that the phenomenon of the youth accepting this methodology is a massive phenomenon!!
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : As for you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, my master..
The questioner : The reformers who.
The Shaykh : No, I am sorry that we are wasting time researching matters that do not need research. These matters are obligatory, but one should prepare for them. Let us rise up and pray.
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