The Response to Those Who Say That Jihad Is an Individual Obligation Rather Than a Collective One
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The student : Regarding the obligation of jihad, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said when he went out: "By Allah, I will fight them alone as long as I can hold the sword in my hand." He takes this statement from Abu Bakr and his going out alone to mean that Abu Bakr did not go out with the Muslim community.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : This is strange, my brother. He says this is also evidence that the individual is addressed regarding jihad, not the community.
The Shaykh : My lord, we are relieved of this ignorance, unfortunately, by saying to him: My brother, practice what you believe.
The student : Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Practice what you believe. Why does he not do it?
The student : No, he practices what he does not believe.
The Shaykh : Because, he says to you, why does he not do it? Because he does not believe in what he says. He does not believe, unfortunately, like the Jews I mentioned earlier.
The student : Yes, indeed, by Allah.
The Shaykh : That is, they say what they do not do. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:146], so they know the truth of the Messenger but openly declare the opposite of what they know. May Allah help us, and there is no power or strength except in Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, the brothers who believe in this methodology.
The student : The same advice.
The Shaykh : The advice has already been given.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : This is strange, my brother. He says this is also evidence that the individual is addressed regarding jihad, not the community.
The Shaykh : My lord, we are relieved of this ignorance, unfortunately, by saying to him: My brother, practice what you believe.
The student : Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Practice what you believe. Why does he not do it?
The student : No, he practices what he does not believe.
The Shaykh : Because, he says to you, why does he not do it? Because he does not believe in what he says. He does not believe, unfortunately, like the Jews I mentioned earlier.
The student : Yes, indeed, by Allah.
The Shaykh : That is, they say what they do not do. Allah the Exalted said:
know him as they know their own sons
يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْThe questioner : Shaykh, the brothers who believe in this methodology.
The student : The same advice.
The Shaykh : The advice has already been given.
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