Did you order any of the brothers to return to his country when he wanted to go to Afghanistan?
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The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, truly, some people speak in a way that hurts us, meaning they say things that hurt us regarding...The Shaykh : They mention some incidents where some people went to...The Shaykh : ...and he was asked to go to Afghanistan, so he told him, "Return to your country," and this man seems to be Egyptian?
The Shaykh : ...Why did we tell that man to return to his country? Is it because it is not an individual obligation, or because he has specific circumstances? Of course, you will say, "I don't know!"
The questioner : He has specific circumstances.
The Shaykh : Of course, you don't know, but I tell you, when you hear a question like this, why don't you ask for details and clarify?
The questioner : We clarified.
The Shaykh : Since you say it hurts us.
The questioner : By Allah, our Shaykh, we clarified, but they did not truly explain.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : They said...The Shaykh : ...but they said it like this, meaning we clarified. And we objected, asking why it was like that.
The Shaykh : Is there an occasion for this speech, or an occasion like this speech? Or is there no occasion? What is the second issue you mentioned?
Another questioner : Forgetfulness.
The questioner : I mean, our Shaykh, it appears that he has started to forget.
The Shaykh : Why? Where did we forget?
Another questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Where is the forgetfulness? We say, in the case of individual obligation, where did we say it is not an individual obligation?
The questioner : I mean, our Shaykh, this example they raised: why was this man sent back, since he says it is an individual obligation? So the first thing is the people who came to him.
The Shaykh : Let this man be the example before you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What do you know about me? What do I say? Is it an individual obligation or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, when he wanted to go to jihad, what did you tell him?
The questioner : Stay with your children.
The Shaykh : All right, is there a contradiction here?
The questioner : No, of course. And perhaps he has a specific circumstance regarding his children.
The Shaykh : All right, and that one might have a specific circumstance, yet I told him not to go to jihad. Where is the forgetfulness?
The questioner : May Allah honor you, our Shaykh, this is what I want to know: when that man asked you...The questioner : ...you knew he had a specific circumstance, so you told him to return to his country.
The Shaykh : My brother, those who ask me are not one, nor five, nor ten, and it is not reasonable for me to remember that Zayd from among the people asked me and I told him so and so for such and such a reason, and another person asked me and I answered him so and so, and so on. But we say by the general rule: this jihad is an individual obligation for whoever is able. And now, until the end of time, it is a magazine, not the magazine of the Scientific Fiqh Committee.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They issued the same fatwa that I issued two or three years ago. By Allah, in the name of Allah.
The Shaykh : ...Why did we tell that man to return to his country? Is it because it is not an individual obligation, or because he has specific circumstances? Of course, you will say, "I don't know!"
The questioner : He has specific circumstances.
The Shaykh : Of course, you don't know, but I tell you, when you hear a question like this, why don't you ask for details and clarify?
The questioner : We clarified.
The Shaykh : Since you say it hurts us.
The questioner : By Allah, our Shaykh, we clarified, but they did not truly explain.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : They said...The Shaykh : ...but they said it like this, meaning we clarified. And we objected, asking why it was like that.
The Shaykh : Is there an occasion for this speech, or an occasion like this speech? Or is there no occasion? What is the second issue you mentioned?
Another questioner : Forgetfulness.
The questioner : I mean, our Shaykh, it appears that he has started to forget.
The Shaykh : Why? Where did we forget?
Another questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Where is the forgetfulness? We say, in the case of individual obligation, where did we say it is not an individual obligation?
The questioner : I mean, our Shaykh, this example they raised: why was this man sent back, since he says it is an individual obligation? So the first thing is the people who came to him.
The Shaykh : Let this man be the example before you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What do you know about me? What do I say? Is it an individual obligation or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : All right, when he wanted to go to jihad, what did you tell him?
The questioner : Stay with your children.
The Shaykh : All right, is there a contradiction here?
The questioner : No, of course. And perhaps he has a specific circumstance regarding his children.
The Shaykh : All right, and that one might have a specific circumstance, yet I told him not to go to jihad. Where is the forgetfulness?
The questioner : May Allah honor you, our Shaykh, this is what I want to know: when that man asked you...The questioner : ...you knew he had a specific circumstance, so you told him to return to his country.
The Shaykh : My brother, those who ask me are not one, nor five, nor ten, and it is not reasonable for me to remember that Zayd from among the people asked me and I told him so and so for such and such a reason, and another person asked me and I answered him so and so, and so on. But we say by the general rule: this jihad is an individual obligation for whoever is able. And now, until the end of time, it is a magazine, not the magazine of the Scientific Fiqh Committee.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They issued the same fatwa that I issued two or three years ago. By Allah, in the name of Allah.
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