Continuation of the discussion on the repentance that Saddam displayed.
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The Shaykh : The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) adopted the possibility, even if it was only one in a thousand, that perhaps this polytheist, at this very moment, had decided to believe. Why? I am reminding you of the story of the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) wrestling with Rukanah, who was a lone wrestler in his time during the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. When Rukanah asked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to wrestle with him, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had barely placed his hands on him before he threw him to the ground the first time, the second time, and the third time—may Allah have mercy on you—until Rukanah said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah." Why? Because he saw a strength beyond what he could imagine. So this vision of the strength he saw in the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) drove him to submit in Islam. It is possible that this polytheist, when he faced that Muslim in combat, thought, "This is a Bedouin, a man with thin legs, who cannot withstand a single round before I throw him dead on the ground." But instead, he endured, struggled, and circled, and the outcome was that he was defeated under the blow of a sword, saying, "There is no god but Allah." So there is this possibility. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3450, 3451 As for Saddam, his history is black, without doubt, and to this day the name of the Ba'ath Party has not been erased. What did you hear? Yes, I wanted to say something. I heard the news.
The questioner : The statement number seven indicates this.
The Shaykh : That was not my intention. I heard the news today. I think you reminded me, O Abd al-Rahman, that they announced the cancellation of some decisions. So I commented on them, thinking that he would abolish the Ba'ath Party. Do you understand? I said that, meaning he changed things. The important point is that I commented, and I thought he had changed, meaning the Ba'ath Party and so on. So I put a joke here. The point is that no action has appeared from him to support this claim up to this hour, which is the hour of what? The hour of defeat, which you remember more than he returns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We still follow the apparent Shari'ah: whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah, we rule that he is a Muslim, unless something comes from his tongue that contradicts his testimony, like what you mentioned earlier. Where was this statement? Statement number seven. When was it?
The questioner : After he declared "Allahu Akbar" on the public street during the battle.
The Shaykh : What was the statement?
The questioner : I do not remember its exact wording.
The Shaykh : In any case.
The questioner : The news that Abu Ma'adh told you about, during the battle, that he met with this Jordanian National Democratic Front and said this great word: "People rise to Islam, then they rise to the level of humanity." I remembered it.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. We ask Allah to guide all the misguided. So the result is, in nature, because he was not with Allah, but this is not in our interest as Muslims; it is not in the interest of the Muslims.
The questioner : His words that he said in the video: that one rises to Islam, and after that, one rises to humanity.
The Shaykh : This is disbelief, of course, and other things.
Why did you not split his heart?
هلا شققت عن قلبهThe questioner : The statement number seven indicates this.
The Shaykh : That was not my intention. I heard the news today. I think you reminded me, O Abd al-Rahman, that they announced the cancellation of some decisions. So I commented on them, thinking that he would abolish the Ba'ath Party. Do you understand? I said that, meaning he changed things. The important point is that I commented, and I thought he had changed, meaning the Ba'ath Party and so on. So I put a joke here. The point is that no action has appeared from him to support this claim up to this hour, which is the hour of what? The hour of defeat, which you remember more than he returns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We still follow the apparent Shari'ah: whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah, we rule that he is a Muslim, unless something comes from his tongue that contradicts his testimony, like what you mentioned earlier. Where was this statement? Statement number seven. When was it?
The questioner : After he declared "Allahu Akbar" on the public street during the battle.
The Shaykh : What was the statement?
The questioner : I do not remember its exact wording.
The Shaykh : In any case.
The questioner : The news that Abu Ma'adh told you about, during the battle, that he met with this Jordanian National Democratic Front and said this great word: "People rise to Islam, then they rise to the level of humanity." I remembered it.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. We ask Allah to guide all the misguided. So the result is, in nature, because he was not with Allah, but this is not in our interest as Muslims; it is not in the interest of the Muslims.
The questioner : His words that he said in the video: that one rises to Islam, and after that, one rises to humanity.
The Shaykh : This is disbelief, of course, and other things.
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