Should I go and fight in Iraq, or should I learn my religion first, especially since I am a new convert to Islam?
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The translator: In French
The soldier: In French
The questioner : He is asking about himself: whether he should go to jihad in Baghdad or start by learning the religion, given that he is a new convert to Islam.
The Shaykh : Before I answer this second question, I want to give him good news: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3344Sahih (Darussalam) and he mentioned among these three Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30:1000
The translator: In French
The Shaykh : Tell him this is an interjected piece of good news, and I have not yet answered his question.
Another questioner : He is our brother Abd al-Rahman; just two or three words, and our brother is only translating for him a paragraph.
The Shaykh : In what follows
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, I do not think this is necessary, because the answer is very brief. But as for what follows, your suggestion might be appropriate.
The questioner : Because this eloquence, this word of good news...
Another questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Be patient, my brother, may Allah bless you. It is my turn now; I have not yet answered the questioner.
The questioner : The brother wants a clear answer regarding, for example, the issue of jihad.
The Shaykh : I answered after!
The questioner : No, Shaykh, no.
Another questioner : Translate it... Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We advise him, and not only him, but also the Muslims who have been Muslim for generations, as they say, to focus on learning the religion properly, according to the methodology that you have surely heard about before and that we have repeated to your ears just now. Now, taking advice from a sermon there, translate this phrase for him so that the journey does not become too long.
The translator: In French
The Shaykh : First, and second, we do not advise him, nor anyone else among those we mentioned earlier, to go to jihad there as individuals. Rather, we advise all Islamic governments that have recognized the grave danger surrounding not only the Iraqi people, but the Arab peoples, and indeed all Islamic peoples, due to the direction of the Crusader states of disbelief and the Islamic states aligned with them to crush the Iraqi people. Support for Iraq should come not from individuals like him, but from Islamic governments, which must move to support the Iraqi people against those oppressive, rebellious states.
The translator: In French
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on you.
The translator: But Shaykh, is there an Islamic state now?
The Shaykh : All right, are you finished with the translation?
The translator: No, I just wish to learn, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. I thought you had summarized the translation.
The translator: I do not master it well, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All right, we will strengthen your back with your brother.
Another questioner : This brother is French; his state will not send him to fight in Iraq. He is now asking: do you see that it is not permissible for him to go to jihad in the path of Allah in Iraq? Is it an obligation upon him as an individual Frenchman?
The questioner : His state sent soldiers to the allies, and he is a Muslim in France, with which state, under the banner of France, against the Iraqis? Where should he turn?
The Shaykh : If the Algerian state moves, he moves with it.
The questioner : I, for example, am Egyptian; my country is now, under its rulers, with their group there in the allied front against Iraq. What is my position?
The Shaykh : Your position is my position.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, I know my situation.
The Shaykh : What is my position?
The questioner : Your position, our Shaykh, is that incitement and urging are sufficient for you.
The Shaykh : No, that is not sufficient.
The soldier: In French
The questioner : He is asking about himself: whether he should go to jihad in Baghdad or start by learning the religion, given that he is a new convert to Islam.
The Shaykh : Before I answer this second question, I want to give him good news: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say:
There are three who will be given a twofold reward
ثلاثة يؤتون أجرهم مرّتينA man from the People of the Book who embraced Islam, so he is given his reward twice
رجل من أهل الكتاب أسلم فله أجره مرّتينThe translator: In French
The Shaykh : Tell him this is an interjected piece of good news, and I have not yet answered his question.
Another questioner : He is our brother Abd al-Rahman; just two or three words, and our brother is only translating for him a paragraph.
The Shaykh : In what follows
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, I do not think this is necessary, because the answer is very brief. But as for what follows, your suggestion might be appropriate.
The questioner : Because this eloquence, this word of good news...
Another questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Be patient, my brother, may Allah bless you. It is my turn now; I have not yet answered the questioner.
The questioner : The brother wants a clear answer regarding, for example, the issue of jihad.
The Shaykh : I answered after!
The questioner : No, Shaykh, no.
Another questioner : Translate it... Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We advise him, and not only him, but also the Muslims who have been Muslim for generations, as they say, to focus on learning the religion properly, according to the methodology that you have surely heard about before and that we have repeated to your ears just now. Now, taking advice from a sermon there, translate this phrase for him so that the journey does not become too long.
The translator: In French
The Shaykh : First, and second, we do not advise him, nor anyone else among those we mentioned earlier, to go to jihad there as individuals. Rather, we advise all Islamic governments that have recognized the grave danger surrounding not only the Iraqi people, but the Arab peoples, and indeed all Islamic peoples, due to the direction of the Crusader states of disbelief and the Islamic states aligned with them to crush the Iraqi people. Support for Iraq should come not from individuals like him, but from Islamic governments, which must move to support the Iraqi people against those oppressive, rebellious states.
The translator: In French
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on you.
The translator: But Shaykh, is there an Islamic state now?
The Shaykh : All right, are you finished with the translation?
The translator: No, I just wish to learn, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. I thought you had summarized the translation.
The translator: I do not master it well, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All right, we will strengthen your back with your brother.
Another questioner : This brother is French; his state will not send him to fight in Iraq. He is now asking: do you see that it is not permissible for him to go to jihad in the path of Allah in Iraq? Is it an obligation upon him as an individual Frenchman?
The questioner : His state sent soldiers to the allies, and he is a Muslim in France, with which state, under the banner of France, against the Iraqis? Where should he turn?
The Shaykh : If the Algerian state moves, he moves with it.
The questioner : I, for example, am Egyptian; my country is now, under its rulers, with their group there in the allied front against Iraq. What is my position?
The Shaykh : Your position is my position.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, I know my situation.
The Shaykh : What is my position?
The questioner : Your position, our Shaykh, is that incitement and urging are sufficient for you.
The Shaykh : No, that is not sufficient.
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