Which is better for me: seeking knowledge in Islamic institutes, or going to jihad if it is an individual obligation and I am able to reach the battlefield?
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The questioner : But there is a second question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : You just said that jihad in Afghanistan is an individual obligation, and it is closer to us, and we are able to enter, correct?
The Shaykh : Of course, my brother, correct. What is behind the question?
The questioner : ... the point now.
The Shaykh : Say what you want, correct, correct, I told you.
The questioner : Some of the brothers are saying now, if the obligation of jihad is an individual obligation and I am able to reach the battlefield, which is more worthy for me: to study and seek knowledge in Islamic institutes, or to go to jihad?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you. Seeking knowledge at the Islamic University, I ask you, is it an individual obligation or a collective obligation?
The questioner : A collective obligation.
The Shaykh : Good, so your question is not applicable.
The questioner : So he wants this point.
The Shaykh : What I want, I have presented it, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is enough. What do you want from me? May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I beg you, may Allah bless you. Preserve your youth, your strength, and your blood for the Day of Judgment, the day when Allah permits these Muslims to be the victorious group, whom Allah will support with both tongue and teeth.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me again, I am saying.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, I understood you.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you want anything else from me?
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, hello.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : I am telling you, peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : And greet those with you.
The questioner : If Allah wills, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : You just said that jihad in Afghanistan is an individual obligation, and it is closer to us, and we are able to enter, correct?
The Shaykh : Of course, my brother, correct. What is behind the question?
The questioner : ... the point now.
The Shaykh : Say what you want, correct, correct, I told you.
The questioner : Some of the brothers are saying now, if the obligation of jihad is an individual obligation and I am able to reach the battlefield, which is more worthy for me: to study and seek knowledge in Islamic institutes, or to go to jihad?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you. Seeking knowledge at the Islamic University, I ask you, is it an individual obligation or a collective obligation?
The questioner : A collective obligation.
The Shaykh : Good, so your question is not applicable.
The questioner : So he wants this point.
The Shaykh : What I want, I have presented it, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is enough. What do you want from me? May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I beg you, may Allah bless you. Preserve your youth, your strength, and your blood for the Day of Judgment, the day when Allah permits these Muslims to be the victorious group, whom Allah will support with both tongue and teeth.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me again, I am saying.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, I understood you.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you want anything else from me?
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, hello.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : I am telling you, peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh : And greet those with you.
The questioner : If Allah wills, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
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