What is the limit within which Muslims can engage in jihad and resist the Zionist enemy and others?
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The questioner : A group has risen, O Shaykh, and has gained strength and fortification. Do you see that they are fighting the Jews or others who have transgressed upon the lands of Islam?
The Shaykh : The important thing, my brother, is the ability!
The questioner : The ability?
The Shaykh : That it is the predominant opinion of the Muslims that they are able to overcome the disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for having taken the equipment that makes it the predominant opinion that they are able, as is the case today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, there is no jihad here.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, but the jihad, the jihad that we are always talking about: it is the organized jihad, which aims to expand the circle of Islamic jihad on one hand, and to preserve the blood of Muslims on the other hand, because the defense we are talking about, and saying is obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This cannot be achieved with the existence of conflicting Islamic parties in methodology on one hand, and non-Islamic parties on the other hand, as is the case, for example, in the Liberation Organization, which has Ba'athists, Communists, and so on. These people cannot engage in jihad.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The matter, I mean, has precision, and has detail. People have gotten involved merely with unbridled emotions. Let us proceed, O people.
The student : Good, O Shaykh, please proceed.
The questioner : So, the matter of the Caliph, O Shaykh, and the Imam whose existence you condition, is this for the organized armies that conquer the lands of Muslims?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the issue of defense, if there is a believing group, on one heart, with the equipment and arms, and with the ability to resist, you do not object to this, rather you say that this is obligatory, O Shaykh, for them to defend their lands?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The important thing, my brother, is the ability!
The questioner : The ability?
The Shaykh : That it is the predominant opinion of the Muslims that they are able to overcome the disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for having taken the equipment that makes it the predominant opinion that they are able, as is the case today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, there is no jihad here.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, but the jihad, the jihad that we are always talking about: it is the organized jihad, which aims to expand the circle of Islamic jihad on one hand, and to preserve the blood of Muslims on the other hand, because the defense we are talking about, and saying is obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This cannot be achieved with the existence of conflicting Islamic parties in methodology on one hand, and non-Islamic parties on the other hand, as is the case, for example, in the Liberation Organization, which has Ba'athists, Communists, and so on. These people cannot engage in jihad.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The matter, I mean, has precision, and has detail. People have gotten involved merely with unbridled emotions. Let us proceed, O people.
The student : Good, O Shaykh, please proceed.
The questioner : So, the matter of the Caliph, O Shaykh, and the Imam whose existence you condition, is this for the organized armies that conquer the lands of Muslims?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the issue of defense, if there is a believing group, on one heart, with the equipment and arms, and with the ability to resist, you do not object to this, rather you say that this is obligatory, O Shaykh, for them to defend their lands?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
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