What is the authenticity of the hadith meaning: "Your Lord is amazed by a man who charges into the enemy," and what is the ruling on operations called suicide operations?
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The questioner : It is in Abu Dawud (may Allah be pleased with him) or as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said . What is the authenticity of this hadith, and is it evidence for the permissibility of individual operations against the Jews, meaning the people who go trained with weapons and ready, meaning with weapons, in retaliation for the sanctities of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : And may Allah reward you with good. As for the hadith, I do not have it in mind right now whether it is authentic or weak. The Sunan of Abu Dawud has some of this and some of that. However, if the intention of the question regarding the authenticity or weakness of the hadith is its jurisprudential aspect, it is possible to reach an answer regarding the jurisprudential aspect even if we pause now from answering regarding the establishment or weakness of the hadith. But perhaps some of our brothers will mention something. Did he mention something? The important thing is the suicide operations that occur today. I say that in such cases, it is permissible and not permissible. The detail of this apparently contradictory statement is that it is permissible in the Islamic system in Islamic jihad that is based on the rulings of Islam. Among these rulings is that the soldier does not act on his personal opinion but obeys the order of his commander. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sayMusannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30:2. So if there is, and we hope this will be soon, an Islamic jihad based on the Islamic system, and its commander is not ignorant but is knowledgeable about Islam, especially the rulings related to jihad in the path of Allah, this commander or this commander of the army is supposed to be the one who knows and has taken the plan of the battlefield and visualized it completely in his mind. So it is said of him that he knows how to eat the shoulder, he knows for example if there is a group of the army that has a strong grudge against the Islamic army and he sees that he can redeem a group of his soldiers. He chooses this. For example, and I am not a military man, but a person uses his mind. We all know that soldiers are not equal in bravery and courage, and they are not equal in knowledge of fighting and the rulings of fighting and the principles of fighting, and so on. So I imagine this great experienced commander will take a man from the rear, meaning from those who are suitable for cooking and blowing, not suitable for fighting because he is not suitable for fighting and he does not have courage. He will say to him, arm yourself with bombs and get on the plane and go and throw them at this group that is in such and such land. This is a permissible suicide. But if one of the soldiers comes, as they do today, or one of the non-soldiers, that he commits suicide in the path of killing two, three, four of the disbelievers, this is not permissible because it is a personal action not issued from the commander of the army. This detail is the meaning of our saying permissible and not permissible. And perhaps the answer is clear, if Allah wills. As for the hadith, I hope you will follow up with me by phone if you can, so that I can review it and benefit myself first, and then benefit others second. Please.
The questioner : The issue is not that he blows himself up, but rather that he fights with his weapon and kills by the hands of the Jews. This is the issue.
The Shaykh : It is the same, my brother, in Islam, in the path of Allah...
The questioner : The man who attacked the ranks of the Romans, as in the narration.
The Shaykh : Please, do not rush. An army that is fighting in the path of Allah, did he fight in this way? The answer is no.
The questioner : The issue is that it emboldens the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Where did we take this detail from? From the battles that took place in the past. The man who wanted to kill a group of disbelievers would say to the commander, "I want to attack this group." He would say to him, "Go ahead, in the path of Allah," and he would allow him and give him permission. But what would you say if he said to him, "No"? Is it permissible for him to advance?
The questioner : In the case of the commander, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : This is my intention. So I have mentioned to you what is permissible and what is not permissible. When there is a jihad based on the Sharia rulings, with a commander who organizes the battles and who gives permission for someone to commit suicide in the path of eliminating a number of disbelievers. Now, this does not exist. Therefore, this door must be blocked until we prepare the environment in which we find a Caliph first, and we find a commander who obeys the order of the Caliph, and we find soldiers who obey the order of the commander, and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to[At-Tawbah 9:105].
Your Lord is amazed by a man
عجب ربنا لرجلwho fought with the army and the army was defeated, and he returned alone and fought until he was killed
قاتل الجيش وانهزم الجيش وعاد وحده وقاتل حتى قتلThe Shaykh : And may Allah reward you with good. As for the hadith, I do not have it in mind right now whether it is authentic or weak. The Sunan of Abu Dawud has some of this and some of that. However, if the intention of the question regarding the authenticity or weakness of the hadith is its jurisprudential aspect, it is possible to reach an answer regarding the jurisprudential aspect even if we pause now from answering regarding the establishment or weakness of the hadith. But perhaps some of our brothers will mention something. Did he mention something? The important thing is the suicide operations that occur today. I say that in such cases, it is permissible and not permissible. The detail of this apparently contradictory statement is that it is permissible in the Islamic system in Islamic jihad that is based on the rulings of Islam. Among these rulings is that the soldier does not act on his personal opinion but obeys the order of his commander. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say
Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah, and whoever obeys my commander has obeyed me
من أطاعني فقد أطاع الله ومن أطاع أميري فقد أطاعنيThe questioner : The issue is not that he blows himself up, but rather that he fights with his weapon and kills by the hands of the Jews. This is the issue.
The Shaykh : It is the same, my brother, in Islam, in the path of Allah...
The questioner : The man who attacked the ranks of the Romans, as in the narration.
The Shaykh : Please, do not rush. An army that is fighting in the path of Allah, did he fight in this way? The answer is no.
The questioner : The issue is that it emboldens the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Where did we take this detail from? From the battles that took place in the past. The man who wanted to kill a group of disbelievers would say to the commander, "I want to attack this group." He would say to him, "Go ahead, in the path of Allah," and he would allow him and give him permission. But what would you say if he said to him, "No"? Is it permissible for him to advance?
The questioner : In the case of the commander, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : This is my intention. So I have mentioned to you what is permissible and what is not permissible. When there is a jihad based on the Sharia rulings, with a commander who organizes the battles and who gives permission for someone to commit suicide in the path of eliminating a number of disbelievers. Now, this does not exist. Therefore, this door must be blocked until we prepare the environment in which we find a Caliph first, and we find a commander who obeys the order of the Caliph, and we find soldiers who obey the order of the commander, and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to
