The Conditions of Individual and Collective Obligation in Jihad
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Question:
Here is a message from the listener: Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba Husayn from the Yemeni Republic, Hadramaut. Our brother has a collection of questions, one of which says: I read in a book by Dr. Abdullah Azzam (may Allah have mercy on him and grant him spacious Paradise) titled (Ayat al-Rahman fi Jihad al-Afghan) that if the disbelievers are in their own lands and do not cross over to fight the Muslims, then fighting them in this case is a collective obligation, and it is known that a collective obligation is obligatory upon some of the Muslims. Do the Muslims today fulfill this?
Answer:
If the disbelievers aggress upon the Muslims, it becomes an individual obligation for all those who are aggressed upon to repel the evil from themselves. It becomes an individual obligation if the two lines of battle meet, or if the enemy attacks them, or if the ruler mobilizes them. In these three matters, it is an individual obligation. If the ruler mobilizes the people, or if the two lines of battle meet, or if the enemy attacks them in their lands, they must defend themselves.
As for fighting the disbelievers by seeking them out and going to them for jihad, this is a collective obligation. It is the duty of the one in authority to prepare for this, to fight the disbelievers according to their capacity, if they are able to do so. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Here is a message from the listener: Muhammad Abu Bakr Ba Husayn from the Yemeni Republic, Hadramaut. Our brother has a collection of questions, one of which says: I read in a book by Dr. Abdullah Azzam (may Allah have mercy on him and grant him spacious Paradise) titled (Ayat al-Rahman fi Jihad al-Afghan) that if the disbelievers are in their own lands and do not cross over to fight the Muslims, then fighting them in this case is a collective obligation, and it is known that a collective obligation is obligatory upon some of the Muslims. Do the Muslims today fulfill this?
Answer:
If the disbelievers aggress upon the Muslims, it becomes an individual obligation for all those who are aggressed upon to repel the evil from themselves. It becomes an individual obligation if the two lines of battle meet, or if the enemy attacks them, or if the ruler mobilizes them. In these three matters, it is an individual obligation. If the ruler mobilizes the people, or if the two lines of battle meet, or if the enemy attacks them in their lands, they must defend themselves.
As for fighting the disbelievers by seeking them out and going to them for jihad, this is a collective obligation. It is the duty of the one in authority to prepare for this, to fight the disbelievers according to their capacity, if they are able to do so. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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