Is the permission of the parents required for individual obligation jihad?
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The questioner : Does serving the parents take precedence over individual obligation jihad, or over collective obligation jihad?
The Shaykh : ... Because serving the parents is only given precedence when there is no attack that would destroy both the parents and the children. Therefore, the scholars of knowledge and jurisprudence interpret this hadith as applying to collective obligation jihad. Otherwise, the verse is explicit:[An-Nisa 4:71] This is when the enemy attacks the land of the Muslims. Yes, as for anything else.
The Shaykh : ... Because serving the parents is only given precedence when there is no attack that would destroy both the parents and the children. Therefore, the scholars of knowledge and jurisprudence interpret this hadith as applying to collective obligation jihad. Otherwise, the verse is explicit: