Is it sufficient to equip a mujahid in place of the obligatory jihad?
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Question:
If jihad is an individual obligation, is it sufficient for a person to support the mujahideen or equip the mujahideen?
Answer:
If there is a pressing need, yes. But if the need is for him to participate directly, he must participate; because the situation may call for him to fight personally against an enemy attack. However, if it is feasible for him to fulfill the necessary role, and his brother, his uncle, or someone else, or his neighbor fights, and this is sufficient, there is nothing wrong with it. But if dire necessity calls for him to participate directly, he must not lag behind; he must fight, even women fight.
Q: Similarly, representing a scholar in fulfilling his needs and transactions?
The Shaykh: This falls under the hadith:.
Q: Is it not from this category?
The Shaykh: No. It is from the category of cooperation in good.
Q: From the category of assisting the scholar...?
The Shaykh: It depends on the condition of the helper and the one being helped. The more the one being helped is in need and beneficial to the Muslims, and the more the helper is perfect in sincerity and good intention, the greater the reward.
If jihad is an individual obligation, is it sufficient for a person to support the mujahideen or equip the mujahideen?
Answer:
If there is a pressing need, yes. But if the need is for him to participate directly, he must participate; because the situation may call for him to fight personally against an enemy attack. However, if it is feasible for him to fulfill the necessary role, and his brother, his uncle, or someone else, or his neighbor fights, and this is sufficient, there is nothing wrong with it. But if dire necessity calls for him to participate directly, he must not lag behind; he must fight, even women fight.
Q: Similarly, representing a scholar in fulfilling his needs and transactions?
The Shaykh: This falls under the hadith:
Whoever is in the need of his brother, Allah will be in his need. And Allah is in the aid of the servant as long as the servant is in the aid of his brother.
من كان في حاجة أخيه كان الله في حاجته والله في عون العبد ما كان العبد في عون أخيهQ: Is it not from this category?
The Shaykh: No. It is from the category of cooperation in good.
Q: From the category of assisting the scholar...?
The Shaykh: It depends on the condition of the helper and the one being helped. The more the one being helped is in need and beneficial to the Muslims, and the more the helper is perfect in sincerity and good intention, the greater the reward.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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