Do the people of sins receive victory over their disbelieving enemy?
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The questioner : What is the position of the mujahid who fights, while he and his companions are disobeying Allah the Exalted?
The Shaykh : In any case, these people do not deserve victory. Those who disobey Allah the Glorious and Exalted do not deserve victory, because disobedience is a cause of defeat. However, they may be granted victory because of the injustice of their opponent. Sometimes the oppressor is granted victory over another oppressor in order to humiliate the second one, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:129] For example, the victory of the Jews over the people of Palestine is of this type. Otherwise, if the people of Palestine are Muslims, they are more deserving of victory than the Jews. In fact, the Muslim is more deserving of victory.
We say: This is the secret of prostration, the perfection of worship of Allah and humility before Him. For this reason, the reward of the one who prostrates is that he becomes closest to his Lord the Glorious and Exalted, because he humbled himself before Allah and lowered himself, so Allah raised him, and he became as close as possible to his Lord. It was reported in the hadith: regarding those who enter the Fire from among the disobedient believers. Because if Allah does not accept the repentance of the disobedient believers, and their good deeds do not outweigh their bad deeds, they will be punished in the Fire according to their sins. However, the limbs used in prostration are respected; the Fire does not consume them nor affect them. For this reason, some of them said:
O Lord, You have protected the limbs of prostration from Your abundant grace, and You are the Everlasting One.
And the release equates in wealth, O You who possess wealth, they are upon the brink of the release of the Everlasting One.
He sought nearness to Allah that He might release all of him, by the extension of his release to the release of the entire body. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Even if there is a barrier between his limbs of prostration, and he keeps his armpits apart. The doer of this is the one who prays. The questioner asks: He keeps his upper arms apart from his sides, meaning he distances them.
The Shaykh : In any case, these people do not deserve victory. Those who disobey Allah the Glorious and Exalted do not deserve victory, because disobedience is a cause of defeat. However, they may be granted victory because of the injustice of their opponent. Sometimes the oppressor is granted victory over another oppressor in order to humiliate the second one, as Allah the Exalted said:
And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
وكذلك نولي بعض الظالمين بعضا بما كانوا يكسبونWe say: This is the secret of prostration, the perfection of worship of Allah and humility before Him. For this reason, the reward of the one who prostrates is that he becomes closest to his Lord the Glorious and Exalted, because he humbled himself before Allah and lowered himself, so Allah raised him, and he became as close as possible to his Lord. It was reported in the hadith:
That Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the limbs of prostration.
أن الله حرم على النار أن تأكل أعضاء السجودO Lord, You have protected the limbs of prostration from Your abundant grace, and You are the Everlasting One.
And the release equates in wealth, O You who possess wealth, they are upon the brink of the release of the Everlasting One.
He sought nearness to Allah that He might release all of him, by the extension of his release to the release of the entire body. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Even if there is a barrier between his limbs of prostration, and he keeps his armpits apart. The doer of this is the one who prays. The questioner asks: He keeps his upper arms apart from his sides, meaning he distances them.