Do we now call for and practically work toward electing an Amir for jihad and choosing him from among the Muslim community?

The Shaykh : Do we now call for and practically work toward electing this Amir and choosing him from among the Muslim community or the Muslim communities, as long as you are saying that in the community? And in fact, all Muslims want jihad.
The student: All right.

The Shaykh : But we are now calling for a jihad that cannot be realized except with the presence of an Amir. That is my question.
The student : Okay, good.

The Shaykh : Yes, what is your answer?
The student : We call upon the Amir to go out to jihad.

The Shaykh : Where is this Amir now?
The student : In many countries.

The Shaykh : And who is calling for the Imamate to manage the helm of jihad in the path of Allah? We hear many callers, and you are among them, raising their voices for jihad in the path of Allah.
The student : Yes.

The Shaykh : But we completely disagree that this jihad cannot be a jihad except with an established Imamate.
The student : Okay, must the Imamate be a Caliphate?

The Shaykh : I am not... about the Caliphate, and I am hiding something in my heart for you, so be happy with good news. But I am telling you now, the Amir that you agree must be a condition for managing jihad.
The student : Yes.

The Shaykh : I do not see anyone calling for this Amir. And I believe that this group, which is widespread in this vast Islamic world, cannot stand, and jihad in the path of Allah cannot truly arise from them, except with an Amir or an Imamate. We have seen many, by the tens, by the hundreds, in the newspapers and magazines, jihad, jihad, and their minds are completely empty of this condition that you were one of those who were unaware of it.
The student : No, if Allah wills, I am not unaware of it.

The Shaykh : Okay, I am saying if Allah wills, I am saying if Allah wills, but the recording is recorded on you.
The student : Alright, okay.

The Shaykh : Okay, okay, so why do we not call for this Imamate?
The student : What type of Imamate are we calling for?

The Shaykh : The one you mean. I want to make it easy for you, I do not want to make it difficult for you. The Imamate that you mean, the Imamate that you mean, we agreed that this jihad must have an Amir, so why do we not call for it?
The student : What man, meaning, do you require competence in him to do that so he becomes an Amir?

The Shaykh : I am just asking you about his conditions.
The student : Okay, repeat the question, I did not understand your question.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I did not understand your question.

The Shaykh : You say you did not understand, not that you are not answering, and you do not understand this is a mistake. You answer a question you did not understand, so when you answer it and I tell you this is not the answer to the question.
The student : Okay, meaning there is no need for jokes. We want, you are repeating your question.

The Shaykh : No, these jokes, do not consider them jokes.
The student : And what else?

The Shaykh : These are clarifications. I want to show you your mistake that you are answering a question you admit you did not understand. This is not a joke. I am telling you the sun is rising. Why do you consider it a joke? I advise you and remind you, it is not permissible for you, and you are a caller to a serious matter, as I answered you, calling for jihad in the path of Allah, these lost, scattered Muslims on earth, and so on. One should be aware. One should understand the question directed to him and not rush to answer it until he understands it. If it is obscure, there is no harm. Perhaps I am the one who is deficient in clarification, and perhaps he is the one who is deficient in understanding. There is no harm. You say, "I did not understand the question." I mean, I am saying this by way of shortening the path. "I did not understand the question." Say, "I did not understand the question," not answer a question that was not directed to you.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : I am saying, my brother.
The student : Clarify the question for us.

The Shaykh : I am saying, in answer to a clear question, what are the attributes of this Amir? I am telling you, I want to make it easy for you, I do not want to make it difficult for you. This Amir that you believe in, why do we not call for him?
The student : Okay, we call for him.

The Shaykh : Okay, call for him.
The student : Okay, one or two or three.

The Shaykh : Good, what is your opinion?
The student : I am just asking you.

The Shaykh : Do not ask me. I am not the caller now. I am calling as you heard. I am calling.
The student : I, my brother.

The Shaykh : My dear brother, do you know the reason why you do not understand the question? Because you prepare to answer it before it is posed, before it is fully posed. I am telling you, I am not the one calling now for jihad in the path of Allah, which is an individual obligation. I am calling, as I said, as I point to, the intended change. I am calling to what I call, in short, purification and training. Purification and training. You limited yourself to the word purification and did not like to stop there. With knowledge, this is not it. I am saying purification and training, and I do not want to research this. We have researched it repeatedly, and there are many recordings, and so on. But I want to say now, you are the one calling for jihad in the path of Allah, which is an individual obligation on all Muslims.
The student : Good, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Yes, so the one who wants to call for something must understand it.
The student : Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah in any case. So the point is, this Amir that you agree with us on the necessity of, the conditionality of him being an Amir for jihad in the path of Allah. The attributes that you want, I am not asking you about them. I am not in this field... I have carried the call of purification and training for about half a century, and I cannot bear more than this duty. Others help us in other aspects, may Allah reward him with good. Now, you may be one of those others, if the expression is correct. You are calling for jihad in the path of Allah and you condition that there be an Amir over it. The conditions of this Amir are with you, not with me.
The student : Yes.