The Shaykh’s remarks on the categories of jihad and on jihad in Palestine.
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The Shaykh: It is between that and the lands where jihad was possible and could have continued, and I hope this possibility will continue. Yes.
The questioner: He emphasizes, O our Shaykh, that you say there is no proper Islamic upbringing in Palestine. He tells you it is the same in Afghanistan, that there are many beliefs there, did you see how Maturidi and Ash'ari beliefs are present?
The Shaykh: I have already answered you about this, may Allah reward you.
The questioner: I mean, if there is... Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Look, my brother, there are scholars who divide jihad into two categories:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: An individual obligation and a collective obligation. And there is another division: obligatory by request and obligatory by defense. Jihad by request is preparing the Muslims to carry the call to other lands. Where is the case? The Muslims demand the means to carry the call to lands where Islam has not yet been established, so that they can convey the call to those lands. Do not take that from his hand. These are the ones who want to carry the call to lands of Islam. For those who insist on this, it must be established that they possess two qualities: the spiritual jihad, which is the Islamic upbringing we keep talking about, and the material, armed jihad. However, if the Muslims are attacked in their own homeland, they must go out to meet the attacker and repel him from where he came. Here we do not say, "We must wait until there is upbringing and purification and so on." This is defensive jihad against the aggressing disbeliever who raided the lands of Islam. Here we say, "Go out, all of you." But in the jihad of carrying the call, this is only beneficial if the two conditions are met. Perhaps you remember with me which lands have Muslim populations where Islam did not enter by the sword, as many people think, but rather entered through the migration of Muslims in the name of trade. They conveyed the call through their dealings with the disbelievers, and it became clear to these disbelievers that this Islam is what should be the law for these peoples, so they believed without any pressure and embraced Islam. If we are, as we sometimes hear examples of some Muslims in Western lands, a stain or a black spot on Islam and the Muslims, and even on their religion, because they do not represent Islam in their dealings with the peoples among whom they live, either because they are ignorant of Islam and harm it unintentionally, or because they know Islam to a great extent, knowing what is forbidden and what is lawful, but they do not care about the forbidden and the lawful. So imagine the reality established by the Shari'ah: jihad is of two kinds, the jihad of carrying the call to the lands of the disbelievers, and the jihad of repelling the disbelievers who raided the lands of Islam. Now, when the disbelievers raided Palestine, the Arab armies rose, claiming to defend it, but Allah knows what was there; was there a planned policy for these countries? They returned defeated, fleeing on their heels. So now the page of jihad in Palestine has closed with this painful reality. Jihad in Afghanistan was renewed ten years ago, and the door was opened. It was the opening of this door that made us urge the Muslims to strive in jihad there with the Afghans. But now, what are we urging them to? To fight the Jews with stones, as they boast in some newspapers and magazines, saying, "These are the children of stones." In reality, this means they encourage them but do not support them. They encourage them with words, then contradict them with actions and deeds. Well, who else? Who was there? Please.
The student: Regarding a point, O my Shaykh, yesterday's news: 14,000 in the prisons since the intifada, of young Muslims who are fighting, 14,000 besides the dead.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Helper, and there is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The student: They want to put them in political positions, O my Shaykh... sitting.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: He emphasizes, O our Shaykh, that you say there is no proper Islamic upbringing in Palestine. He tells you it is the same in Afghanistan, that there are many beliefs there, did you see how Maturidi and Ash'ari beliefs are present?
The Shaykh: I have already answered you about this, may Allah reward you.
The questioner: I mean, if there is... Yes, yes.
The Shaykh: Look, my brother, there are scholars who divide jihad into two categories:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: An individual obligation and a collective obligation. And there is another division: obligatory by request and obligatory by defense. Jihad by request is preparing the Muslims to carry the call to other lands. Where is the case? The Muslims demand the means to carry the call to lands where Islam has not yet been established, so that they can convey the call to those lands. Do not take that from his hand. These are the ones who want to carry the call to lands of Islam. For those who insist on this, it must be established that they possess two qualities: the spiritual jihad, which is the Islamic upbringing we keep talking about, and the material, armed jihad. However, if the Muslims are attacked in their own homeland, they must go out to meet the attacker and repel him from where he came. Here we do not say, "We must wait until there is upbringing and purification and so on." This is defensive jihad against the aggressing disbeliever who raided the lands of Islam. Here we say, "Go out, all of you." But in the jihad of carrying the call, this is only beneficial if the two conditions are met. Perhaps you remember with me which lands have Muslim populations where Islam did not enter by the sword, as many people think, but rather entered through the migration of Muslims in the name of trade. They conveyed the call through their dealings with the disbelievers, and it became clear to these disbelievers that this Islam is what should be the law for these peoples, so they believed without any pressure and embraced Islam. If we are, as we sometimes hear examples of some Muslims in Western lands, a stain or a black spot on Islam and the Muslims, and even on their religion, because they do not represent Islam in their dealings with the peoples among whom they live, either because they are ignorant of Islam and harm it unintentionally, or because they know Islam to a great extent, knowing what is forbidden and what is lawful, but they do not care about the forbidden and the lawful. So imagine the reality established by the Shari'ah: jihad is of two kinds, the jihad of carrying the call to the lands of the disbelievers, and the jihad of repelling the disbelievers who raided the lands of Islam. Now, when the disbelievers raided Palestine, the Arab armies rose, claiming to defend it, but Allah knows what was there; was there a planned policy for these countries? They returned defeated, fleeing on their heels. So now the page of jihad in Palestine has closed with this painful reality. Jihad in Afghanistan was renewed ten years ago, and the door was opened. It was the opening of this door that made us urge the Muslims to strive in jihad there with the Afghans. But now, what are we urging them to? To fight the Jews with stones, as they boast in some newspapers and magazines, saying, "These are the children of stones." In reality, this means they encourage them but do not support them. They encourage them with words, then contradict them with actions and deeds. Well, who else? Who was there? Please.
The student: Regarding a point, O my Shaykh, yesterday's news: 14,000 in the prisons since the intifada, of young Muslims who are fighting, 14,000 besides the dead.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Helper, and there is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The student: They want to put them in political positions, O my Shaykh... sitting.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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