Was the return of Kuwait to its people achieved through the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis or by seeking the aid of the Americans?
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The questioner : Was Kuwait returned by the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis or by seeking the aid of the Americans? Was it returned
The Shaykh : returned
The questioner : I mean, to its people, to the people who are here in Kuwait? Was it returned to Kuwait, I mean to its people, by the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis or by seeking the aid of the Americans?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best, but seeking the aid of the Americans is not permissible. Causes are divided into two categories: a lawful cause and an unlawful cause. An effect may occur through a lawful cause, and it may occur through an unlawful cause.
The questioner : Is it possible, I mean?
The Shaykh : How is it not possible? Do you not see that those who consume riba (usury or interest) live on the money of riba, and those who deal in khamr (intoxicants)? So they obtain their livelihood through what Allah has forbidden, yet they are warned against it. If the people of Kuwait have their country returned to them, what have they gained? They have rid themselves of the rule of a disbeliever and fallen under the rule of a disbeliever, and disbelief is one religion. So what is the outcome of this question? It is a matter of the unseen, and we know that Allah says:[Ar-Ra'd 13:11] Did the Kuwaitis, whose homes were made lawful by the tyrannical ruler, turn back to their Lord?
The questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I am like you; I do not know.
The Shaykh : returned
The questioner : I mean, to its people, to the people who are here in Kuwait? Was it returned to Kuwait, I mean to its people, by the supplication of sincere Kuwaitis or by seeking the aid of the Americans?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best, but seeking the aid of the Americans is not permissible. Causes are divided into two categories: a lawful cause and an unlawful cause. An effect may occur through a lawful cause, and it may occur through an unlawful cause.
The questioner : Is it possible, I mean?
The Shaykh : How is it not possible? Do you not see that those who consume riba (usury or interest) live on the money of riba, and those who deal in khamr (intoxicants)? So they obtain their livelihood through what Allah has forbidden, yet they are warned against it. If the people of Kuwait have their country returned to them, what have they gained? They have rid themselves of the rule of a disbeliever and fallen under the rule of a disbeliever, and disbelief is one religion. So what is the outcome of this question? It is a matter of the unseen, and we know that Allah says:
Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves
إن الله لا يُغيّر ما بقومٍ حتى يُغيّروا ما بأنفسهمThe questioner : I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And I am like you; I do not know.