A young man living in a land of disbelief wants to go to jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina; what is your advice?
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The questioner : O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Where are you from?
The questioner : I am from the Netherlands.
The Shaykh : May Allah save you from it.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, I call upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to accept your supplication and to hear you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Shaykh, I am a mufti here in a region of the Netherlands; we study under the shaykh Abu Suhayb Ahmad Salam.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Your student is he!
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : I tell you, in an academic course, we worked on the hadith of the one who is well-versed in jurisprudence, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I did a project; I did a hadith research on the hadith of al-'Arba'...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : al-'Arba' ibn Sariyah...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The point is, praise be to Allah, the research was successful, and I won the first prize, which is a trip for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : 'Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, Shaykh, I want to go to Bosnia and Herzegovina, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : What would you do there?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : What would you do there?
The questioner : For jihad, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Where is the jihad? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : There is no jihad there?!
The Shaykh : There is no jihad there.
The questioner : Subhan Allah!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, O young men.
The questioner : What is your opinion, our Shaykh, about what is happening?!
The Shaykh : Where is the preparation? These are trials!
The questioner : These are trials?!
The Shaykh : Yes, where is the jihad, and the Arab countries are not moving a finger?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where is the jihad?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; you are taking matters based on emotions.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : You are taking matters based on emotions.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You want to go to jihad; have you prepared the equipment for jihad?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, then, then, the jihad for you is to get out of the Netherlands and return to an Islamic country; that is the greatest jihad for you.
The questioner : Where is the Islamic country, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The one I am in, and others.
The questioner : Can I live in Jordan?!
The Shaykh : Why did you take from my words what suits you and left...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Why did you take from my words what suits you and ignored the rest that does not suit you?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this how one who wants to strive in the cause of Allah acts?!
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : Is this how one who wants to strive in the cause of Allah acts?!
The questioner : No, that is not how he acts.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner : Yes, meaning...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You must strive against your own self, and flee from the land of disbelief to an Islamic country to which you can migrate.
The questioner : Yes, okay, Shaykh, when I come to Saudi Arabia, I might be able to call one of the shaykhs who used to teach me in the course here, and I can stay there in Saudi Arabia?
The Shaykh : I don't know, that is your affair.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am not a state, and a king of a kingdom, and so on.
The questioner : The situation in Egypt, regarding the situation in Egypt, Shaykh!!
The Shaykh : Yes, Shaykh.
The questioner : The situation in Egypt is difficult.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes, this has no relation to what is lawful and what is forbidden; look for the country in which you are at ease.
The questioner : Yes, meaning, they advised us in the course that if we went to Egypt... they would kill us.
The Shaykh : Yes, do not go to Egypt.
The questioner : Yes, yes, okay, what are the countries you choose for me to go to? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Jordan, Yemen, which countries?
The Shaykh : I do not know regarding you; you ask about what concerns your person.
The questioner : Yes, one of the shaykhs advised us to go to the schools of knowledge at the Islamic University there to learn knowledge.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is advice in its proper place, advice in its proper place.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : In Yemen.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : This time, Shaykh, is not specifically for you; it is for Muslims in general.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, yes, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah, yes?
The questioner : Shaykh...
The Shaykh : The solution: Fear Allah and that is all.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: Where are you from?
The questioner : I am from the Netherlands.
The Shaykh : May Allah save you from it.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, I call upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to accept your supplication and to hear you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Shaykh, I am a mufti here in a region of the Netherlands; we study under the shaykh Abu Suhayb Ahmad Salam.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Your student is he!
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : I tell you, in an academic course, we worked on the hadith of the one who is well-versed in jurisprudence, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I did a project; I did a hadith research on the hadith of al-'Arba'...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : al-'Arba' ibn Sariyah...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : The point is, praise be to Allah, the research was successful, and I won the first prize, which is a trip for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : 'Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, Shaykh, I want to go to Bosnia and Herzegovina, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : What would you do there?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : What would you do there?
The questioner : For jihad, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Where is the jihad? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : There is no jihad there?!
The Shaykh : There is no jihad there.
The questioner : Subhan Allah!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, O young men.
The questioner : What is your opinion, our Shaykh, about what is happening?!
The Shaykh : Where is the preparation? These are trials!
The questioner : These are trials?!
The Shaykh : Yes, where is the jihad, and the Arab countries are not moving a finger?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where is the jihad?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; you are taking matters based on emotions.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : You are taking matters based on emotions.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You want to go to jihad; have you prepared the equipment for jihad?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, then, then, the jihad for you is to get out of the Netherlands and return to an Islamic country; that is the greatest jihad for you.
The questioner : Where is the Islamic country, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The one I am in, and others.
The questioner : Can I live in Jordan?!
The Shaykh : Why did you take from my words what suits you and left...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Why did you take from my words what suits you and ignored the rest that does not suit you?!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this how one who wants to strive in the cause of Allah acts?!
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : Is this how one who wants to strive in the cause of Allah acts?!
The questioner : No, that is not how he acts.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner : Yes, meaning...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You must strive against your own self, and flee from the land of disbelief to an Islamic country to which you can migrate.
The questioner : Yes, okay, Shaykh, when I come to Saudi Arabia, I might be able to call one of the shaykhs who used to teach me in the course here, and I can stay there in Saudi Arabia?
The Shaykh : I don't know, that is your affair.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I am not a state, and a king of a kingdom, and so on.
The questioner : The situation in Egypt, regarding the situation in Egypt, Shaykh!!
The Shaykh : Yes, Shaykh.
The questioner : The situation in Egypt is difficult.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes, this has no relation to what is lawful and what is forbidden; look for the country in which you are at ease.
The questioner : Yes, meaning, they advised us in the course that if we went to Egypt... they would kill us.
The Shaykh : Yes, do not go to Egypt.
The questioner : Yes, yes, okay, what are the countries you choose for me to go to? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : Jordan, Yemen, which countries?
The Shaykh : I do not know regarding you; you ask about what concerns your person.
The questioner : Yes, one of the shaykhs advised us to go to the schools of knowledge at the Islamic University there to learn knowledge.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is advice in its proper place, advice in its proper place.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : In Yemen.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : This time, Shaykh, is not specifically for you; it is for Muslims in general.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, yes, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah, yes?
The questioner : Shaykh...
The Shaykh : The solution: Fear Allah and that is all.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
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