What is the ruling on spending and donating to the Islamic jihadist groups in Afghanistan?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, I have some questions and I need detailed answers for them so that I can convey them to people in distant lands.
The first question: There are several jihadist parties on the land of Afghanistan, and among the members of these parties are those who call for shirk (associating partners with Allah), superstition, and religious innovation, and fight against the Sunnah; the leaders of the parties are aware of this and do not refute them. Also, they receive external aid from America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and others. In contrast, there is one Salafi group that calls for tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah, and does not receive aid from governments. What is obligatory for the one who collects donations from the generous? Should he give them to those who are not people of the hadith, or not?
The other part of the question: If some of the donors bequeath that the money be given to one of the aforementioned leaders, where many people are unaware of the true nature of the matter, what is the religious obligation in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The religious obligation is clear: the spender must ensure that his money is in the cause of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), placing it with the group that supports the call of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in terms of creed, rulings, and morals. However, the matter is not as easy as it appears to some people, or as some people think, because knowing who is upon the truth and who is upon error is a matter that requires people who study these groups with precise and accurate research. At that point, the statement we mentioned earlier regarding the obligation to spend on the group that supports the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah in truth applies. I point out that they may commit matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah), so it is obligatory for the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) from all Islamic lands to focus on teaching them and making them understand the meaning of the testimony that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah in the correct manner. After that, there is no harm in spending on them in the cause of bringing them closer to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the word "La ilaha illa Allah" (there is no god but Allah).
So the issue is not resolved by a question and an answer, but it requires a group to study those differences and party politics there, then they must be able to be sincere with them in the call, and then there is no harm in our view in giving them from those funds collected in the cause of supporting the jihad being conducted in the name of Islam. Even if there are people who have deviated from the correct understanding of Islam, the jihad against them at that time would be by calling them to understand this Islam in the correct manner.
This is what I have.
The first question: There are several jihadist parties on the land of Afghanistan, and among the members of these parties are those who call for shirk (associating partners with Allah), superstition, and religious innovation, and fight against the Sunnah; the leaders of the parties are aware of this and do not refute them. Also, they receive external aid from America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and others. In contrast, there is one Salafi group that calls for tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah, and does not receive aid from governments. What is obligatory for the one who collects donations from the generous? Should he give them to those who are not people of the hadith, or not?
The other part of the question: If some of the donors bequeath that the money be given to one of the aforementioned leaders, where many people are unaware of the true nature of the matter, what is the religious obligation in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The religious obligation is clear: the spender must ensure that his money is in the cause of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), placing it with the group that supports the call of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in terms of creed, rulings, and morals. However, the matter is not as easy as it appears to some people, or as some people think, because knowing who is upon the truth and who is upon error is a matter that requires people who study these groups with precise and accurate research. At that point, the statement we mentioned earlier regarding the obligation to spend on the group that supports the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah in truth applies. I point out that they may commit matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah), so it is obligatory for the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) from all Islamic lands to focus on teaching them and making them understand the meaning of the testimony that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah in the correct manner. After that, there is no harm in spending on them in the cause of bringing them closer to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the word "La ilaha illa Allah" (there is no god but Allah).
So the issue is not resolved by a question and an answer, but it requires a group to study those differences and party politics there, then they must be able to be sincere with them in the call, and then there is no harm in our view in giving them from those funds collected in the cause of supporting the jihad being conducted in the name of Islam. Even if there are people who have deviated from the correct understanding of Islam, the jihad against them at that time would be by calling them to understand this Islam in the correct manner.
This is what I have.
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