Why did you say in a previous meeting that there is no jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. In a previous meeting, you said that there is no jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. What are the reasons, I mean?
The Shaykh : The reasons are that there is no readiness for jihad. Our Lord said:[Al-Anfal 8:60]; so do you believe that this preparation was carried out by the Muslims? I am asking you, not just you asking me; I also have the right to ask. Do you believe that this verse has been fulfilled? So, on the day this verse is fulfilled, there will be jihad. But as for the jihad of individuals who throw themselves into destruction, while the rulers and all the states and their weapons do not move a finger, there is no jihad, except the jihad of the self, which is His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): This is the jihad of today.
The questioner : The criteria for achieving strength, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : These are the criteria for achieving strength.
The Shaykh : The criteria for achieving what?
The questioner : Strength.
The Shaykh : Strength.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The strength that exists with the rulers, which they do not use except against Islam and Muslims.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The reasons are that there is no readiness for jihad. Our Lord said:
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْThe mujahid is the one who strives against his own self or his desires for the sake of Allah
المجاهد مَن جاهد نفسه أو هواه للهThe questioner : The criteria for achieving strength, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : These are the criteria for achieving strength.
The Shaykh : The criteria for achieving what?
The questioner : Strength.
The Shaykh : Strength.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The strength that exists with the rulers, which they do not use except against Islam and Muslims.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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