What is the obligation of Muslims regarding what is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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The questioner : As for now, regarding the events happening in Bosnia, what is our role as Muslims, meaning us?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Are you asking about the role of women or men?
The questioner : By Allah, both.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah. You do not see with me that the men have been able to do anything.
The questioner : I know, for example, of something that one might be able to offer or do.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course, if you find a safe avenue and if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has blessed you with wealth, then you can help them in this regard. But the true help is as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[At-Tawbah 9:41]. However, if the governments and powerful states, with their armies and fleets, do not move a finger, then individuals like us, especially women, will not be able to do anything.
The questioner : If there are young men intending to go out, for example, they could go out like this.
The Shaykh : We do not advise the youth to throw themselves there and become fuel for the fire of the disbelievers, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Anfal 8:60]. So we do not advise the youth and individual men to go there, because they will become fuel for the fire, unlike if an Islamic state declared jihad in the path of Allah; in that case, we would order all Muslim youth to help this Islamic army. But unfortunately, that does not exist. Therefore, only two types of assistance remain, one of which is more important than the other. The first is conveying to them the true Islamic call, the call of the Book and the Sunnah, upon the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih (the earliest generations); because the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, like the Albanian people, do not know of Islam except its name. Therefore, whoever has the ability to go there and convey to the people there the true call of Allah, that is an acceptable jihad. This is the first. The second is supplying them with money, which leads to supplying them with food, drink, medicine, and the like. This is the answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And your wife.
The Shaykh : The Albanian people or the German people?
The Shaykh : The Albanian people, your wife.
The Shaykh : Al-Albani.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Are you asking about the role of women or men?
The questioner : By Allah, both.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah. You do not see with me that the men have been able to do anything.
The questioner : I know, for example, of something that one might be able to offer or do.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course, if you find a safe avenue and if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has blessed you with wealth, then you can help them in this regard. But the true help is as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
Go forth, whether light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allah
انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا وَجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِThe questioner : If there are young men intending to go out, for example, they could go out like this.
The Shaykh : We do not advise the youth to throw themselves there and become fuel for the fire of the disbelievers, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And your wife.
The Shaykh : The Albanian people or the German people?
The Shaykh : The Albanian people, your wife.
The Shaykh : Al-Albani.
Source
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