A question about correcting the intention in jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted?
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The questioner : Some people have reduced the issue of the conflict with the Jews to a conflict over land, rather than a doctrinal conflict. What should we say?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a failure of rectitude. It is obligatory for us to fight the Jews and the non-Jews who have disbelieved in Allah, not on the basis of land, but on the basis of creed. This is why they have become stronger. Therefore, the intention must be corrected and the work rectified above all else. If the intention is corrected and the work is rectified, much good will result.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a failure of rectitude. It is obligatory for us to fight the Jews and the non-Jews who have disbelieved in Allah, not on the basis of land, but on the basis of creed. This is why they have become stronger. Therefore, the intention must be corrected and the work rectified above all else. If the intention is corrected and the work is rectified, much good will result.