The Banner of Jihad in Kashmir: Is It Legitimate?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Is the banner of jihad in Kashmir a valid banner, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : O brothers, jihad first requires a banner from a Caliph or an Imam, and that is currently absent in reality.
The second thing is that jihad requires that a person’s going to fight brings benefit and spoils. It is well known that in the present time, that does not happen. Planes come from above, and those beneath them are all at the mercy of the air forces; there are no spoils. In the past, war was on land; people fought with swords and spears, and there was benefit and spoils.
Thirdly, people participate in these wars who come to vent their frustrations because they are suppressed in their own countries. They come to vent their frustrations, then they spread poison among the others and make them hate their rulers. So these people return to their countries having come to hate the land, its people, and its leaders. This results in many harms. I do not wish to mention examples, but reflect, reflect on several countries. Then, when security is established in the country and it is saved from invasion, and one of the callers to Allah wants to call according to his methodology and path, there is a known and established sheikhdom in the country that they rely on. Any person who calls in a manner contrary to what they are upon is prevented. In other words, the correct da'wah cannot be established there, and this is a problem. However, our position regarding our brothers is that we ask Allah for their victory and support, and that is what we are able to do. Likewise, if it is possible, we can support them with money, so let us fight with money.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Have you previously issued a ruling on the permissibility or on going to some...
The Shaykh : But matters change with the change of results. That is, when the war in Afghanistan first appeared, we supported it and said, "Go." But the results became the opposite of what we wanted, the opposite along the entire line, as they say. The condition of those who returned from there is well known, except for those whom Allah the Mighty and Majestic delivered. And those who remain there, the fierce wars among them are not hidden from you now; they are fighting among themselves.
The questioner : Shaykh, it has reached us that you have a fatwa circulating among the mujahideen in Kashmir.
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : Among the mujahideen in Kashmir, that you advise jihad in Kashmir and that it is a valid banner.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. It is not correct. This is not correct.
The questioner : This is not correct, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not correct. I do not remember this.
The questioner : Another question, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, there is no other question. This is your question, and that is about three or four!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : O brothers, jihad first requires a banner from a Caliph or an Imam, and that is currently absent in reality.
The second thing is that jihad requires that a person’s going to fight brings benefit and spoils. It is well known that in the present time, that does not happen. Planes come from above, and those beneath them are all at the mercy of the air forces; there are no spoils. In the past, war was on land; people fought with swords and spears, and there was benefit and spoils.
Thirdly, people participate in these wars who come to vent their frustrations because they are suppressed in their own countries. They come to vent their frustrations, then they spread poison among the others and make them hate their rulers. So these people return to their countries having come to hate the land, its people, and its leaders. This results in many harms. I do not wish to mention examples, but reflect, reflect on several countries. Then, when security is established in the country and it is saved from invasion, and one of the callers to Allah wants to call according to his methodology and path, there is a known and established sheikhdom in the country that they rely on. Any person who calls in a manner contrary to what they are upon is prevented. In other words, the correct da'wah cannot be established there, and this is a problem. However, our position regarding our brothers is that we ask Allah for their victory and support, and that is what we are able to do. Likewise, if it is possible, we can support them with money, so let us fight with money.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Have you previously issued a ruling on the permissibility or on going to some...
The Shaykh : But matters change with the change of results. That is, when the war in Afghanistan first appeared, we supported it and said, "Go." But the results became the opposite of what we wanted, the opposite along the entire line, as they say. The condition of those who returned from there is well known, except for those whom Allah the Mighty and Majestic delivered. And those who remain there, the fierce wars among them are not hidden from you now; they are fighting among themselves.
The questioner : Shaykh, it has reached us that you have a fatwa circulating among the mujahideen in Kashmir.
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : Among the mujahideen in Kashmir, that you advise jihad in Kashmir and that it is a valid banner.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. It is not correct. This is not correct.
The questioner : This is not correct, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not correct. I do not remember this.
The questioner : Another question, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, there is no other question. This is your question, and that is about three or four!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.