Explanation of the hadith of Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that an Arab came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, a man fights for the spoils, and a man fights

The Shaykh : And from Abu Musa, Abdullah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was asked about a man who fights for bravery, a man who fights for tribal pride, and a man who fights for showing off. Which of these is in the cause of Allah?" He said (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): So what kind of fighting is this? This hadith indicates an important matter: any fighting that a Muslim or Muslims engage in, where the intention in their hearts for this fighting is not that the word of Allah be the highest, is not in the cause of Allah. Fighting that takes place in the cause of defending the homeland is not in the cause of Allah. Fighting that takes place in the cause of defending the tribe, the clan, or whatever else is listed, all of that is not in the cause of Allah, let alone a man who fights to display his bravery, or fights for showing off, and in reality is not sincere to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). All these types of fighting are not in the cause of Allah, except for the one who fights so that the word of Allah is the highest; he is in the cause of Allah.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, not for his wealth, not for his honor, and he intends in that what is... he must intend in that the Face of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), otherwise, is the communist who fights for his land in the cause of Allah?

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh : Of course, is he a martyr? Yes, they made him today... meaning a martyr, and why? Because he died in the fighting of the national battle. This is of course not in the cause of Allah, especially since he is a disbeliever.

The questioner : A disbeliever, yes.

The Shaykh : A disbeliever. So whoever fights, whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr. The Muslim who intends the Face of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) with all his actions and all his dealings, meaning the hadith is in complete agreement with this. And it is appropriate that we remind you of an incident that occurred, which clarifies that whoever fights for showing off and bravery, even if he was a brave hero, even if he meant that he performed a good deed against the disbelieving polytheists, then he dies killing himself and does not die as a martyr, as long as he did not intend the Face of Allah with it. In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is narrated that a man in one of the battles, perhaps the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of Uhud or Khaybar? Uhud, Uhud, Uhud, yes, a man was seen fighting among the Companions with very intense fighting. It is enough for you to know the intensity of his fighting that the brave Companions were amazed by his ferocity, until some of them came to the Messenger (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so is fighting and fighting, he does not care about death. So his answer (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) was that he said: .

The questioner : Revelation? Revelation...

The Shaykh : Revelation, how could he know that? The certainty will come to you that this is revelation. He (peace be upon him) said: So the reporter turned away, and there was something in his heart regarding this statement.

The questioner : Yes

The Shaykh : He is in the Fire. How is he in the Fire? And he was the most intense of the Companions in fighting the disbelievers. Then he returned a second time to say: So-and-so, O Messenger of Allah. He said, the second time: And so three times. The narrator of the hadith, who is Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the third time, "He is in the Fire," we almost doubted.

The questioner : Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh : They almost doubted the statement of the Messenger, and doubt in his statement is disbelief in him, and far be it from the Companions of the Messenger to doubt. And so he said "we almost," meaning they approached and were on the verge of doubting the statement of the Messenger, because the truthful news of the Messenger clashed with this visible reality...

The questioner : To the eyes...

The Shaykh : To the eyes.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : He fights the disbelievers in the cause of Allah with the most intense fighting, and yet the Messenger (peace be upon him) says: He is in the Fire. He said: We almost doubted. So one of the Companions pledged to keep close to this man, and wherever he charged, he would charge with him, and wherever he retreated, he would retreat and advance with him, to see the end and fate of this man about whom the trustworthy, truthful Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that he is in the Fire.
So he followed him and kept up with him, and behold, he saw him in the end, when the wounds became severe, because this Bedouin attacks the disbelievers and does not care about death, so he must be struck by many wounds. So he did not endure these wounds, and what he did was kill himself with his own hand. He placed the head of the sword in his belly and leaned on it like this, so it came out of his back, and that was the end.

The questioner : Yes

The Shaykh : At that time, it was as if this man's heart was reassured by the truthfulness of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so he hurried to inform the Messenger, saying: O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so, about whom you told us and said that he is in the Fire, did such and such, he killed himself. So he (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: This is the revelation of the sky.
, I was asked yesterday about this hadith, is it authentic? So we said: Yes, it is an authentic hadith, and this is its relevance: Indeed, Allah supports this religion with the wicked man. This is a wicked man who fought the disbelievers with the most intense fighting, and behold, he was not sincere to the Face of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in his fighting, but rather he was fighting either as the question came here, for bravery, or tribal pride, or showing off, intending the Face of Allah, otherwise death would have come to him at the hands of the disbelievers. So he did not endure the wounds and killed himself. So he (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: This is a man who did the deed of the people of Paradise, he fought in the cause of Allah, but he is from the people of the Fire, because his fighting was not pure for the Face of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, before his Islam, used to do the deeds of the disbelievers. It appeared to the early Companions who responded to the Messenger (peace be upon him) that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was from the people of the Fire, but the matter was as he (peace be upon him) said: So just as the end of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was salvation from the deeds of the disbelievers to the deeds of the people of faith and the people of Paradise, and he died upon that, this was the opposite of that: he did the deeds of the people of Islam and faith and struggled in the cause of Allah, but that was not in the cause of Allah, so he died the worst death, and that was by killing himself. So this man did not fight in the cause of Allah, so he did not benefit from the virtue of jihad in the cause of Allah. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says: .