The Shaykh was asked about his opinion regarding what is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The questioner : But the authentic tragedy is the plight of the Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Somalia. In your opinion, what are the causes?

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Since you want a concise answer and your question is brief, the answer lies in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is related to our previous topic:

When you trade with 'inah (buy-back sales) and take the tails of cows and are content with crops and abandon jihad in the cause of Allah, Allah will impose upon you a humiliation which He will not remove from you until you return to your religion.

إذا تبايعتم بالعينة و أخذتم أذناب البقر و رضيتم بالزرع و تركتم الجهاد في سبيل الله سلّط الله عليكم ذلاّ لا ينزعه عنكم حتى ترجعوا إلى دينكم

Returning to the religion is the cure. As for the Muslims remaining as they are, whenever a part of the Islamic world is struck by a calamity, their emotions flare up, and then there is nothing behind this outburst except the stirring of emotions and movements, and then there is nothing behind these movements. It is like the well-known system in some countries of the military or the army, where the commander of the unit or the squad that is marching in formation shouts at them, saying, "March in place." What do they do? They move, they stamp their feet, there is movement, but there is no progress. And so it is with these outbursts that are stirred up on occasions like Bosnia and Herzegovina, similar to the outbursts that were stirred up on the occasion of jihad in Afghanistan. And unfortunately, the efforts of more than ten years were lost. Why? Because the Muslims did not adhere to the law of Allah. One verse in the Qur'an suffices as a detailed answer to this question, and it is:

if you support Allah, He will support you

إن تنصروا الله ينصركم

[Muhammad 47:7]

From this verse and similar ones, a wisdom was said in the present age: "Establish the state of Islam in your hearts, and it will be established for you in your land." Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be saved except if we apply a verse from the verses of Allah:

Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم و إذا أراد الله بقوم سوءا فلا مرد له و ما لهم من دونه من وال

[Ar-Ra'd 13:11]

Perhaps this answer is sufficient, if Allah wills, and I intended to be concise.
I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Shaytan, from his whispering, his blowing, and his puffing.

⁽³⁸⁾ And he who believed said, "O my people, follow me, I will guide you to the way of right conduct. ⁽³⁹⁾ O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement. ⁽⁴⁰⁾ Whoever does an evil deed will not be recompensed except by the like thereof; but whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - those will enter Paradise, being given provision therein without account. ⁽⁴¹⁾ And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire? ⁽⁴²⁾ You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver. ⁽⁴³⁾ Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants."

و قال الذي آمن يا قوم إتبعون أهدكم سبيل الرشاد يا قوم إنما هذه الحياة الدنيا متاع و إن الدار الأخرة هي دار القرار من عمل سيئة فلا يجزى إلا مثلها و من عمل صالحا من ذكر أو أنثى و هو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون الجنة يرزقون فيها بغير حساب و يا قوم ما لي أدعوكم إلى النجاة و تدعونني إلى النار تدعونني لأكفر بالله و أشرك به ما ليس لي به علم و أنا أدعوكم إلى العزيز الغفار لا جرم أنما تدعونني إليه ليس له دعوة في الدنيا و لا في الأخرة و أن مردنا إلى الله و أن المسرفين هم أصحاب النار فستذكرون ما أقول لكم و أفوض أمري إلى الله إن الله بصير بالعباد

[Ghafir 40:38-44]

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