Explaining the reasons why Allah the Exalted did not grant victory to the Muslims, and continuing the discussion on the Jewish occupation of the land of Palestine and the religious obligation regarding it.
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The Shaykh : The point of the discussion was whether this is jihad or not. Why are we researching this? To know the reality of jihad and how it can be achieved now. The truth is that the research has reached its final point. And the most amazing thing to me is hearing an answer I never imagined would come from a brother like Wafiq, that he does not know that the disagreement of the Ummah on a fundamental principle of the Shari'ah is not a reason for their lack of victory. He knows the story of the Battle of Hunayn and similar events; they were agreed upon in creed, but there was something of arrogance and pride within them, so they lost Allah's victory because of that. So what do we say about a Ummah that disagrees with the Islamic principle in creed, in the legal rulings, in permitting riba in many transactions, and so on? And then we hope for their victory? And with what jihad? With a jihad that you admitted is permissible but not obligatory? The topic has descended into this state, and I do not want to repeat the details. How can you say this, Professor!
The questioner : O our Shaykh, what happened in the Battle of Hunayn, and some of the people from the Companions, the story is known.
The Shaykh : It is known, but I say, how do you imagine the victory of a group of Muslims who differ in creed?
The questioner : If this disagreement occurs, does it prevent us from participating in jihad?
The Shaykh : The discussion now is not about whether it prevents us or not.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They may participate in this issue, this matter, just as Abu Yahya said, will we succeed or not? And therefore our discussion now is whether the group that differs on fundamental principles of the Shari'ah will succeed, and perhaps there is, as we said, the permissibility of many rulings and disagreement in some Islamic morals, and so on, which we have touched upon. In my opinion, we have mentioned the most important thing, and what is below that is easy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The question is, how do you imagine, if you imagine that thousands of Muslims, despite the differences among them in beliefs and ideas, will be victorious over their enemy if they adopt all the material means of jihad?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now the topic has developed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They will be victorious despite that.
The questioner : I mean, first of all, I confirm that your surprise is justified. I say this.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : But the thing I want to confirm now is that if there is a front for fighting, whether in Palestine or in Afghanistan, the situation now in Afghanistan, we have received many news reports, reaching the level of mutawatir, that some of the mujahideen are wearing amulets.
The Shaykh : You are repeating my merchandise, and the point is beside you.
Another questioner : Yes, correct.
The questioner : Allow me, this time I will repeat the merchandise.
The Shaykh : ... our topic.
The questioner : Yes, we now adopt jihad in Afghanistan as an individual obligation, even though we believe that among them are those who fall into shirk.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The matter of success is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The Shaykh : Subhan Allah, but it has causes.
The questioner : I do not believe that the stone that resists the Jew's rifle is what we believe, but the matter of the success of this jihad or its failure is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So it is obligatory for us to perform this duty, whether in Afghanistan or in Palestine, and the results are with Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a deviation and another tax from you.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : My question to you is to know that you have deviated. Did we discuss a settled matter that success is in the hand of Allah or in the hand of other than Allah, so that you say and we hear repeatedly that success is in the hand of Allah? Or is the discussion about the causes by which we deserve Allah's victory?
The questioner : As for the first, we agree on it. The second discussion is the causes that lead us to Allah's victory.
The Shaykh : Do you not feel with me that your resorting to the discussion of this issue is not first of all part of our discussion, and then it is a settled matter known to every Muslim? Do you not feel that this weakens your position when you resort to discussing an issue that is not the subject of the discussion, and you leave the original subject, which is taking the causes, including agreement, as in the well-known verse known to everyone:[Al-Anfal 8:46].
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where do we go with the causes we are talking about, and you imagined just now, at least, and perhaps the error has become clear to you, how do you imagine the success of a group there that has a correct principle uniting them?
The questioner : No, I do not imagine success. We agreed that these actions they perform do not lead to anything in the result. But calling them that they are, meaning, fighting in the path of Allah as much as they are able, this is the beginning of the discussion.
The Shaykh : By Allah, we agreed that jihad in the path of Allah requires taking the causes, as you said in the details of your speech, first spiritual causes, then material causes. And the material causes, we can excuse them for them because they are not possible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But the spiritual causes are available because they do not require fighting the enemy with material fighting, but rather they require that they care about Islam in study, understanding, and application within the limits of what they can. And for this, we must remember that the success of the Ummah is not the Ummah that numbers in the millions, but the Ummah that is hoped to establish the Muslim state through its hands. It is the Ummah that realizes the two words we always sing about: purification and education. If we do not keep this reality in mind, it means that we will continue to live with the Muslims scattered and dispersed, and we will remain like this for as many years as Allah wills, until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, permits a group from this Ummah to unite on this solid foundation of understanding Islam correctly and beginning to apply it, each within the limits of his ability, and then uniting on that with the largest possible quantity, so that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, grants victory to this Ummah.
The questioner : And they have purification and education, so on the same methodology.
The Shaykh : And they have nothing but stones.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is, if they do what they do, they will not be Salafis, because the same Salaf we defend said that this is contrary to the Sunnah.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, what happened in the Battle of Hunayn, and some of the people from the Companions, the story is known.
The Shaykh : It is known, but I say, how do you imagine the victory of a group of Muslims who differ in creed?
The questioner : If this disagreement occurs, does it prevent us from participating in jihad?
The Shaykh : The discussion now is not about whether it prevents us or not.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They may participate in this issue, this matter, just as Abu Yahya said, will we succeed or not? And therefore our discussion now is whether the group that differs on fundamental principles of the Shari'ah will succeed, and perhaps there is, as we said, the permissibility of many rulings and disagreement in some Islamic morals, and so on, which we have touched upon. In my opinion, we have mentioned the most important thing, and what is below that is easy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The question is, how do you imagine, if you imagine that thousands of Muslims, despite the differences among them in beliefs and ideas, will be victorious over their enemy if they adopt all the material means of jihad?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now the topic has developed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They will be victorious despite that.
The questioner : I mean, first of all, I confirm that your surprise is justified. I say this.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : But the thing I want to confirm now is that if there is a front for fighting, whether in Palestine or in Afghanistan, the situation now in Afghanistan, we have received many news reports, reaching the level of mutawatir, that some of the mujahideen are wearing amulets.
The Shaykh : You are repeating my merchandise, and the point is beside you.
Another questioner : Yes, correct.
The questioner : Allow me, this time I will repeat the merchandise.
The Shaykh : ... our topic.
The questioner : Yes, we now adopt jihad in Afghanistan as an individual obligation, even though we believe that among them are those who fall into shirk.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The matter of success is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The Shaykh : Subhan Allah, but it has causes.
The questioner : I do not believe that the stone that resists the Jew's rifle is what we believe, but the matter of the success of this jihad or its failure is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So it is obligatory for us to perform this duty, whether in Afghanistan or in Palestine, and the results are with Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a deviation and another tax from you.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : My question to you is to know that you have deviated. Did we discuss a settled matter that success is in the hand of Allah or in the hand of other than Allah, so that you say and we hear repeatedly that success is in the hand of Allah? Or is the discussion about the causes by which we deserve Allah's victory?
The questioner : As for the first, we agree on it. The second discussion is the causes that lead us to Allah's victory.
The Shaykh : Do you not feel with me that your resorting to the discussion of this issue is not first of all part of our discussion, and then it is a settled matter known to every Muslim? Do you not feel that this weakens your position when you resort to discussing an issue that is not the subject of the discussion, and you leave the original subject, which is taking the causes, including agreement, as in the well-known verse known to everyone:
and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart
و لا تنازعوا فتفشلوا و تذهب ريحكمThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where do we go with the causes we are talking about, and you imagined just now, at least, and perhaps the error has become clear to you, how do you imagine the success of a group there that has a correct principle uniting them?
The questioner : No, I do not imagine success. We agreed that these actions they perform do not lead to anything in the result. But calling them that they are, meaning, fighting in the path of Allah as much as they are able, this is the beginning of the discussion.
The Shaykh : By Allah, we agreed that jihad in the path of Allah requires taking the causes, as you said in the details of your speech, first spiritual causes, then material causes. And the material causes, we can excuse them for them because they are not possible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But the spiritual causes are available because they do not require fighting the enemy with material fighting, but rather they require that they care about Islam in study, understanding, and application within the limits of what they can. And for this, we must remember that the success of the Ummah is not the Ummah that numbers in the millions, but the Ummah that is hoped to establish the Muslim state through its hands. It is the Ummah that realizes the two words we always sing about: purification and education. If we do not keep this reality in mind, it means that we will continue to live with the Muslims scattered and dispersed, and we will remain like this for as many years as Allah wills, until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, permits a group from this Ummah to unite on this solid foundation of understanding Islam correctly and beginning to apply it, each within the limits of his ability, and then uniting on that with the largest possible quantity, so that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, grants victory to this Ummah.
The questioner : And they have purification and education, so on the same methodology.
The Shaykh : And they have nothing but stones.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is, if they do what they do, they will not be Salafis, because the same Salaf we defend said that this is contrary to the Sunnah.
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