The Islamic
Shari’ah has been filled with clear-cut texts that obligate giving
victory to the oppressed Muslims (as well as obligating) the safeguard
of their honour and wealth and this has come in the framework of the
five necessities that all of the legislations have agreed upon, and they
are the Deen, the life, the intellect, the wealth and the
honour.
The Most High said: “The believing men and women are allies to one another.” [9:71]
Al-Bukhari,
Muslim, and others reported from the route of az-Zuhri, from Salim ibn
‘Abdillah, from his father who reported that the Prophet (saws) said: “The Muslims is the brother of (his) fellow Muslim. He does not oppress him, nor does he surrender him.”
And he (saws)also said: “Help
your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed.” A man
enquired: “O Messenger of Allah! I help him when he is oppressed, but
how can I help him when he is an oppressor?” He (saws) said: “You can
keep him from committing oppression. That will be your help to him.” [al-Bukhari from the Hadith of Anas in Muslim from the hadith of Jabir]
This
aid and help is from the beautiful things of Islam and is a door from
the doors for Struggle for His sake. The Most High said: “And if they seek your assistance in the Deen then you must help them.” [8:72]
In that there is a strengthening of the bonds of love and firmness for those that believe. Therefore, there is no room for abandonment, idleness and sitting with those that lag behind. Certainly, when the bonds of love between them were strengthened and they assisted each other, Islam and its people were honoured, and its nation established, its affair made mighty and their enemies fierced them.
The Prophet (saws) likened the believers, in their mutual love,
concern and mercy to that body where if one part of it suffers the whole
body suffers with sleeplessness and fever. This has been recorded from
him in the Sahihayn [1] from the hadith of Nu’man ibn Bashir.
And in Sahih Muslim there appears: “The Muslims are like one man. If his eyes hurt him his whole body suffers and if his head hurts his whole body suffers.”
Islam calls
for the unification of this brotherhood that is established upon the
purity of ‘Aqeedah and love, and it wages war against
abandonment and disputations that tear apart the Ummah and drag it into
humiliation and shame. In our current times, the legions of Kuffr and the heads of the Devils (America, Britain and their
allies) have struck an alliance to wage war against Islam and its people in the Islamic lands, all under the guise or
name: “The War on Terrorism.”
It is
obligatory upon all of the Muslims, everyone according to his capacity,
to assist our brothers in the Path of Allah with wealth,
life and tongue. The Most High said: “March
forth, whether you are light (being healthy, young and wealthy) or
heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive hard with your wealth and your
lives in the Cause of Allāh. This is better for you, if you but knew.” [9:41]
Abandonment
of assistance to the weak Muslims is not permissible for that is
humiliation, shame and oppression. As for aiding the Kuffaar against the
Muslim with any type of assistance is Nifaq and apostasy
from the Deen. The Most High said: “Give tidings to the
Munafiqeen that for them there is a painful punishment, those that take
the Kafirun as allies besides the believers. Do they seek honor with
them? Verily all Honor is with Allah.” [4:138-139]
And the Most High said: “And whoever is an ally to them (the disbelievers) among you – then, indeed, he is (one) of them.” [5:51] Meaning: A Kaafir like them and the people of Knowledge do not differ concerning that.
So beware!
Beware of giving victory to the Kuffaar against the Muslims with any type
of victory for this is Kuffr, Nifaq, sickness in the hearts, and
corruption. It is not from the conditions of Kufr that his Mudhaharah
[2] of the Kuffaar be out of love for their Deen or pleasure with it. This
condition is nothing. That is because loving the Deen of the Kuffaar and
pleasure with it is major Kuffr by the consensus of the people with out
Mudhaharah of them against the Muslims for this is another case of Kuffr.
If the one performing Mudhaharah claimed to love the Deen and hate the
Kuffaar and Mushrikun (we say): Many of the Kuffaar and apostates did not
abandon the truth out of hatred for it nor out of displeasure with their
Deen. It is only that they have a worldly interest so they preferred it
to the Deen. The Most High said: “That is because they
preferred the life of this world over the Hereafter and verily Allah
does not guide the people that are the Kaffirun.” [16:107]
In Sahih
Muslim from the quote of Tariq ibn al-’Ala ibn ‘Abdir-Rahman from his
father from Abu Hurayrah who narrated the the Messenger of Allah (saws said: “Rush to good deeds before a
tribulation like the dark nights comes wherein a person will awaken as a
believer and enter the evening as a Kaafir or will enter the evening as a
believer and awaken as Kaafir. He will sell His Deen for a portion of the
world.”
And the
criminal legal verdict that was issued by some of the defeated ones that
allow those that are counted among the Muslims working in the American
government to participate in fighting the Afghani Fighters. (This legal
ruling) is as far removed from the Fiqh of Islam and spirit of Imaan as
can be. It was not connected to the truth in any shape or form nor was
it built upon principles of Fiqh and Usool. It is in opposition to the
path of the believers, for the believers are in unanimous agreement that
whoever assists a Kaafir against a Muslim then he has committed a
nullifiers from the nullifiers of Islam.
Justifying
this with compulsion is not correct because the blood of the one who is
killed is certainly not cheaper than the blood of the killer, nor is the
blood of the killer more expensive than the blood of the one killed.
The jurists
are in agreement that if a man compelled another man to kill a Muslim
whose blood is sacred then it is forbidden for him to kill him. Hence,
it is not allowed for the Muslim to safeguard himself from being killed
by means of shedding the blood of others. The Most High said: “And do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden except with right.” [6:151]
And the Most High said: “And
whoever intentionally kills a believer then his reward is Hell-Fire
permanently residing therein and the anger of Allah is upon him and He
has cursed him and prepared for him a tremendous punishment.” [4:93]
I have established this issue in another place and I have pointed out the important issues in this area.
Now, in your hands is a precious book entitled: [At-Tibyan fi Kufr man a’an al-Amrikan التبيان في كفر من أعان الأمريكان
] by the Sheikh, Nasir Ibn Hamad al-Fahd may Allah grant him success
and increase him in knowledge and action. In it, he warned the Muslims
from being in assistance to the Jews and Christians against their Muslim
brothers. Certainly, he has gathered himself and expended his strong
effort in clarifying the ruling in this issue. He placed eager focus in
gathering the words of the Imams, both the earlier and later ones, from
them in order for the Muslim to be upon clarity in his Deen and (so that)
there is no dispute regarding the apostasy of those that perform
Mudhaharah of the Kuffaar against the Muslims.
In this
valuable piece there are beneficial researches, rare points of benefit,
and large meanings, not to mention its aid to the people of Tawheed and
its justice to them as opposed to the people of dissension and Nifaq.
Verily, this aid is a door from the doors of Jihad and a sign from the
signs of Imaan, so may Allah strengthen this Sheikh. How good it is that
which his hands have written! It is worthy of a good reception from the
People of Knowledge and seekers of the truth. So without further due,
this is the book that has actualized ‘Aqeedah and Fiqh upon the path of
those that have passed from the Imams of guidance and the People of
Knowledge and Taqwa, and all praise is for Allah the Lord of the worlds.
Footnotes:
- Sahihayn – means the two Authentic Books of Hadith [Sahih Bukhari and Muslim].
- Mudharah [مظاهرة] – Giving aid, assistance, succour, victory, and relief to a person or a group of people. This is the maid word used by the author through out this book. For that reason, we have chose to leave it untranslated.
Written by Sheikh Sulaymaan bin Naasir al-‘Alwaan
8/10/1422 H
This is an extract from the book ‘At-Tibbyan fi Kufr man A’ana al-Amrikan‘
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