Jihad in Afghanistan.
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The questioner : My Shaykh, regarding the issue of jihad in Afghanistan, some scholars whose knowledge is trusted warn very strongly against the issue of jihad. They say there is no jihad. What is your opinion on this issue? Some of them even say, "Do not fight under the banner of a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah)," saying that the leader of the mujahideen is reportedly a Sufi. What do you say?
The Shaykh : I believe that the ruling on jihad in Afghanistan is still as strong as it can be, because the group fought for ten years, and when they reached the point of reaping the fruit, the entire Western world turned against them. Therefore, assistance is more obligatory than ever before, so, may Allah forbid, it becomes clear to us the word you are quoting from some of the shaykhs, for he says, "a banner of shirk (associating partners with Allah)." Where is this banner of shirk? Are all the Afghans, all these banners, all the parties, and all the groups mushrikin? By Allah, this is one of the great sins.
The questioner : We hear good things about them.
Another questioner : Our brother Abdullah says something very good.
Al-Halabi : Is he from the group of Jamil al-Rahman?
The Shaykh : No, Jamil al-Rahman is a well-known Salafi. No, Osama bin Laden is very good.
Al-Halabi : Do you know what he looks like?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is with them; he works with them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Al-Halabi : Today, my Shaykh, in a newspaper, it was reported that he donated one hundred million dollars to Sudan in response to the American decision to stop providing American wheat to Sudan.
The Shaykh : Who?
Al-Halabi : Osama bin Laden.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
Al-Halabi : My Shaykh, America has a law among its aid laws that states it does not support any revolution against democracy. So they consider Bashir's revolution to be against democracy; it was before him.
The Shaykh : May the curse of Allah be upon them.
Al-Halabi : It is said that Bashir is a man with great good in him now, meaning he is a man of religion, meaning he does not ask about America or anyone else.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
Al-Halabi : More than one person mentions this.
The questioner : He says so; this Bashir says that what we understood is that the Islamic groups...
Al-Halabi : The leader of the Christians in the south.
The Shaykh : This Osama visited me more than once there and asked me to visit the home for the disabled. He built a house for them there in Jeddah, gathering all those whose hands or legs were broken by the mujahideen there. He houses them, feeds them, and gives them water for free; everything is free.
Al-Halabi : It is said he is the leader of the Arab mujahideen afterThe Shaykh : Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, because he is the leader of the army.
The questioner : They say, what Allah willed, he pays money... Afghanistan
Al-Halabi : The Arab mujahideen there...
The questioner : He fights battles, by the way.
The Shaykh : Then, he is moderate regarding his position on the groups of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever); he has no deviation.
Abu Layla : He is old, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : A young man...
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... the disagreement among the mujahideen
Al-Halabi : ... it is interesting, my Shaykh, speaking of disagreement and such, this Benazir Bhutto, the president of Pakistan, naturally has connections with America. It is said that Pakistan planned the assassination of Abdullah Azzam to suppress jihad and kill him. So it is strange that when she came to visit Jordan a while ago, they brought her on television to meet ministers and such. She refused to shake hands with anyone; she did this, doing this and that. The prime minister was next to her, and she would not shake hands with anyone. I said, Glory be to Allah, how strange this terrible contradiction is. She had a shawl on her head and said, "If I were a Muslim..." naturally. And when she came, she said, "We, as two Muslim peoples, want to cooperate in religion and such..." meaning he is perhaps one of the people who opened the eyes of the youth to jihad the most.
The Shaykh : Ah, certainly.
Al-Halabi : Allahu Akbar, what Allah willed...
The questioner : ... we always take the pledge... for the continuous establishment of the Islamic state... we always take the pledge from them...
Al-Halabi : My Shaykh, I do not know, I am telling you, some of the brothers... with Abdullah Azzam before his death, in a very recent period, one person seems to be asking him... about the methodology, and it is said about you that you are against the Salafis. He said, Allahu Akbar, how can this be? Salafiyyah is the foundation; it is not possible for a Muslim to be a Salafi. They said to him... he said... he is searching, I want to say to him, "O Ash'ari!" I raised them on the Salafi da'wah (calling) and on loving the Salafi 'aqidah (creed)... an article, meaning four or five pages, all in this... minute, meaning...
The Shaykh : I believe that the ruling on jihad in Afghanistan is still as strong as it can be, because the group fought for ten years, and when they reached the point of reaping the fruit, the entire Western world turned against them. Therefore, assistance is more obligatory than ever before, so, may Allah forbid, it becomes clear to us the word you are quoting from some of the shaykhs, for he says, "a banner of shirk (associating partners with Allah)." Where is this banner of shirk? Are all the Afghans, all these banners, all the parties, and all the groups mushrikin? By Allah, this is one of the great sins.
The questioner : We hear good things about them.
Another questioner : Our brother Abdullah says something very good.
Al-Halabi : Is he from the group of Jamil al-Rahman?
The Shaykh : No, Jamil al-Rahman is a well-known Salafi. No, Osama bin Laden is very good.
Al-Halabi : Do you know what he looks like?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is with them; he works with them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Al-Halabi : Today, my Shaykh, in a newspaper, it was reported that he donated one hundred million dollars to Sudan in response to the American decision to stop providing American wheat to Sudan.
The Shaykh : Who?
Al-Halabi : Osama bin Laden.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
Al-Halabi : My Shaykh, America has a law among its aid laws that states it does not support any revolution against democracy. So they consider Bashir's revolution to be against democracy; it was before him.
The Shaykh : May the curse of Allah be upon them.
Al-Halabi : It is said that Bashir is a man with great good in him now, meaning he is a man of religion, meaning he does not ask about America or anyone else.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
Al-Halabi : More than one person mentions this.
The questioner : He says so; this Bashir says that what we understood is that the Islamic groups...
Al-Halabi : The leader of the Christians in the south.
The Shaykh : This Osama visited me more than once there and asked me to visit the home for the disabled. He built a house for them there in Jeddah, gathering all those whose hands or legs were broken by the mujahideen there. He houses them, feeds them, and gives them water for free; everything is free.
Al-Halabi : It is said he is the leader of the Arab mujahideen afterThe Shaykh : Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, because he is the leader of the army.
The questioner : They say, what Allah willed, he pays money... Afghanistan
Al-Halabi : The Arab mujahideen there...
The questioner : He fights battles, by the way.
The Shaykh : Then, he is moderate regarding his position on the groups of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever); he has no deviation.
Abu Layla : He is old, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : A young man...
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : ... the disagreement among the mujahideen
Al-Halabi : ... it is interesting, my Shaykh, speaking of disagreement and such, this Benazir Bhutto, the president of Pakistan, naturally has connections with America. It is said that Pakistan planned the assassination of Abdullah Azzam to suppress jihad and kill him. So it is strange that when she came to visit Jordan a while ago, they brought her on television to meet ministers and such. She refused to shake hands with anyone; she did this, doing this and that. The prime minister was next to her, and she would not shake hands with anyone. I said, Glory be to Allah, how strange this terrible contradiction is. She had a shawl on her head and said, "If I were a Muslim..." naturally. And when she came, she said, "We, as two Muslim peoples, want to cooperate in religion and such..." meaning he is perhaps one of the people who opened the eyes of the youth to jihad the most.
The Shaykh : Ah, certainly.
Al-Halabi : Allahu Akbar, what Allah willed...
The questioner : ... we always take the pledge... for the continuous establishment of the Islamic state... we always take the pledge from them...
Al-Halabi : My Shaykh, I do not know, I am telling you, some of the brothers... with Abdullah Azzam before his death, in a very recent period, one person seems to be asking him... about the methodology, and it is said about you that you are against the Salafis. He said, Allahu Akbar, how can this be? Salafiyyah is the foundation; it is not possible for a Muslim to be a Salafi. They said to him... he said... he is searching, I want to say to him, "O Ash'ari!" I raised them on the Salafi da'wah (calling) and on loving the Salafi 'aqidah (creed)... an article, meaning four or five pages, all in this... minute, meaning...
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