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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What do we do while we watch the people of Islam being killed and slaughtered in every place, and what do you advise us to do?

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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : As you mentioned, the blessed month of Ramadan is approaching, and we are living through the conditions of Muslims in every place, whether in Bosnia, Palestine, Egypt, or elsewhere. Their honor is being violated, and the people of Islam are being slaughtered and killed like sacrificial animals. Until when will the fasting be from speaking about these slaughterhouses, the slaughterhouses of Muslims? What do we do while we witness these harsh conditions of the Muslims? I ask that you encourage me and my brothers to the action you see appropriate toward that.

The Shaykh : The action we see toward these calamities is that we turn to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the support of every one who has been abandoned by the people of falsehood. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) says:
And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me وإذا سألك عبادي عني فإني قريب أجيب دعوة الداع إذا دعان
[Al-Baqarah 2:186]
As for those who are being harmed, killed, or slaughtered, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said regarding them:
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast? أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا الجنة ولما يعلم الله الذين جاهدوا منكم ويعلم الصابرين
[Ali 'Imran 3:142]
And He (Mighty and Majestic) says:
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near. أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا الجنة ولما يأتكم مثل الذين خلوا من قبلكم مستهم البأساء والضراء وزلزلوا حتى يقول الرسول والذين آمنوا معه متى نصر الله ألا إن نصر الله قريب
[Al-Baqarah 2:214]
We encourage our Muslim brothers to help these people to the best of their ability, with wealth, with their bodies, and with their status, because in that lies the alleviation of their distress and the assurance to them that their Muslim brothers are with them in any place. As for what the callers to Allah are facing in the countries mentioned by the questioner, it may be a clear victory, because if this restriction occurs for the callers in those lands, the people will gather around them and victory will be achieved through that. For this reason, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) named the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah a victory, even though its apparent aspect contained humiliation for the Muslims, but its outcome became good. So perhaps Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will make that a clear victory for those who are calling in those lands, and the people will gather around them and they will triumph over those who harm them.
Source alathar.net

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