The War Against The Kuffar
All Thanks and All Praise are for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala to Whom we shall all be returned to be judged on The Last Day.
“Allah does not forbid you from treating honourably those who do not act against you because of your Deen, or who have not driven you from your dwellings, for Allah loves those who act with honour. But Allah forbids you from treating with respect, or befriending, those who act against you because of your Deen, or have driven you from your dwellings or aided others to do this - for those of you who do this are without honour.” 60: 8-9 Interpretation of Meaning
According to Bush, the current figurehead of the Zionist-Crusader alliance, speaking on 7 Shaban 1427:
“The war we fight today is more than a military conflict, it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century…They are successors to fascists, to Nazis, to communists and other totalitarians…The unifying feature of this movement… is the rigid conviction that free societies are a threat to their twisted view of Islam.”
This speech by the Zionist-lackey Bush is interesting for three reasons. First, it affirms what many Muslims have known for some years, which is that the kuffar, realizing that they can never defeat the Mujahideen on equal or even on unequal terms (as in Iraq and Afghanistan where the kuffar have military superiority) are determined to try and change Deen Al-Islam - to subvert Islam from within and set Muslim against Muslim by promoting their kaffir so-called “moderate” version of “Islam” where Muslims imitate the kuffar, accept the domination of the kuffar and abandon their duty of Jihad.
Second, it shows the complete and utter ignorance, and the arrogance, of the kuffar in respect of Deen Al-Islam - for they interpret Deen Al-Islam according to their own kaffir concepts such as “ideology” and “totalitarian”, and according to the ignorant constructs, such as Communism, which some of the kuffar have bowed down to, given their loyalty to and obeyed during the past hundred or so years.
Third, it reveals their arrogant racist-like assumption that the values they uphold are the correct ones which they have a right and a duty to enforce these upon the peoples of this world, against the wishes of those peoples, and if people object, the kuffar will invade their lands, imprison and torture them, overthrow their governments and rulers (regime-change) and impose upon them a Western-puppet government. That is, the kuffar in their arrogance regard the West as superior to any other culture and to any other Way of Life, and they will lie, and deceive, as in Iraq, in order to give themselves some excuse to dominate other peoples and impose their kaffir ways upon them, by force if necessary. They do all this - they have done all this - and then, in their utter contempt for honour and truth, arrogantly announce that they are bringing “freedom” to people and that they themselves represent “freedom” and “justice”.
This speech yet again affirms that the kuffar believe they have a right to tell us what is, and what is not, Islam.
“The kuffar are your declared enemy.” 4: 101 Interpretation of Meaning
Deen Al-Islam:
Given the war the kuffar have launched against us - part of which is their imperialist campaign to divide Muslim against Muslim - it is of great importance that we Muslims understand the need to uphold the pure, simple, authentic Islam of Ahlus Sunnah wa’l Jammah with its affirmation of the duty of Jihad and its affirmation that aiding, assisting, the kuffar in any way, or imitating them, is kufr and nullifies our Islam.
“There is a consensus amongst the scholars that whoever supports the disbelievers against the believers (Dhahar Al-Kuffar ‘Ala Al-Muslimeen) and assists them by any means of assistance, is a disbeliever just like those kuffar.” Sheikh bin Baz: Al-Fatawa 1/274
“Anybody who supports the kuffar in their kufr, or (supports them) against Muslims, then they are a kaffir.” Sheikh Ibn Tamiyyah: Majamou Al-Fatawa
“Whosoever helps the disbelievers or draws them to the country of Ahl Al-Islam, then such a person is clearly an apostate, by consensus.” Sheikh Abdul Latif bin Abdur Rahman bin Hassan al-Sheikh: Ad-Durrar 8/326
“Whoever expresses Tawalli towards the disbelievers (Tawalli Kuffar) and supports and helps them against the believers, then such constitutes apostasy by one’s (proceeding) actions. It is obligatory to apply the rules of apostasy upon such a person as is proved by The Book, the Sunnah and the consensus of the scholars.” Sheikh Abdullah ibn Humaid: Ad-Durrar 15/479
On the practical level this affirmation of authentic Islam means two things. First, that we must aid and assist in whatever way we can - even if it is only through Dua and words of support - the Mujahideen who are engaged in fighting the kuffar and their lackeys in the lands the kuffar have invaded and occupied, and in the lands which are ruled by the apostate lackeys of the kuffar who have abandoned their obedience and duty to Allah and who instead bow down before the kuffar and the Taghut of the kuffar. Sheikh ul-Islam Ibn Tamiyyah (Rahimullah) said:
“It is agreed that it [Jihad] is obligatory to protect our Deen and what is sacred. The first obligation after Eeman is the repulsion of the enemy who demeans and insults our Way of Life and who interferes in our affairs.” (Refer to Al Ikhtiyaraat Al Fuqaha, and Fatawa Kubra 4, 608)
Sheikh Azzam (May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala accept him into the highest realms of Jannah) said:
“If the Kuffar enter a Muslim land [then] the pious predecessors, those who succeeded them, the Ulama of the four Mathhabs, the Muhadditheen, and the Tafseer commentators, are agreed that in all Islamic ages, Jihad under this condition becomes Fard Ayn upon the Muslims of the land which the Kuffar have attacked and upon the Muslims close by, where the children will march forth without the permission of the parents, the wife without the permission of her husband and the debtor without the permission of the creditor. And, if the Muslims of this land cannot expel the Kuffar because of lack of forces, because they slacken, are indolent or simply do not act, then the Fard Ayn obligation spreads in the shape of a circle from the nearest to the next nearest. If they too slacken or there is again a shortage of manpower, then it is upon the people behind them, and on the people behind them, to march forward. This process continues until it becomes Fard Ayn upon the whole world.” (In Defence of Muslim Lands, p.15)
Second, this affirmation of Deen Al-Islam means that we strive to dissociate ourselves from the ways, the ideas, the Taghut, of the kuffar - from the so-called “moderate Islam” - which the kuffar are promoting in order to divide Muslim against Muslim, for this so-called “moderate Islam” is a based upon the ways, the ideas, the Taghut of the kuffar, so evident in the terms and slogans used by the proponents of this distortion, such as “Islamic politics”, and “democracy is compatible with Islam” and “there is no war against Islam” and “Islam condemns terrorism”. This so-called “moderate Islam” aids and encourages Tawalli toward the kuffar and so aids and encourages kufr.
“Let there rise among you a group Calling others to Islam, enjoining others
to Al-Maruf and forbidding Al-Munkar: for these are the ones who
will achieve success (Jannah).” 3:104 Interpretation of Meaning
By adhering to Ahlus Sunnah wa’l Jammah, we return to the perspective of Deen Al-Islam, which is Jannah, and abandon the perspective of the kuffar, which is the temptations and the pleasures of this temporary life. Thus, we Muslims seek the reward that arises from simple obedience to only Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, and turn away from the rewards of this life, from the temptations of the ways of the kuffar.
“What your heart desires and your eyes delight in will be there in that Garden you can inherit through your deeds in your life in this world.” 43: 71-72 Interpretation of Meaning
“Let those who would trade the life of this world for the life Hereafter fight in the Cause of Allah. And those who do fight in the Cause of Allah - whether they be killed or are victorious - will have bestowed on them, by Us, the greatest reward of all.” 4: 74 Interpretation of Meaning
Furthermore, we affirm - we re-affirm - that our obedience is only to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala and His Messenger (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Thus do we refuse to accept and bow down to the Tawagheet of the kuffar, such as their “democracy” which they bown down and worship, and their division of the Unity of Tawheed according to the abstract ideas and concepts that have constructed, such as “politics” and “religion”.
Deen Al-Islam is a complete, and perfect, Way of Life, given to us by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. It does not need to be “updated”, or changed in any way, just as it is not a “religion”. We do not need the ideas, the concepts, the ways, of the kuffar - and to accept such things, is to imitate the kuffar, to set up partners with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, and to abandon the simple purity of our Deen.
“Allah never forgives those who ascribe anything as equal to Him - even though he can forgive other things. For whomsoever ascribes anything as equal to Allah has indeed established extreme dishonour.” 5:48 Interpretation of Meaning
“They long for you to disbelieve even as they disbelieve, so that you may be the same (as them). Therefore, do not choose them as friends, or allies, until they turn (to follow) the way of Allah.” 4:89 Interpretation of Meaning
Declaration of War:
The actions of the kuffar - in places like Al-Sham and Afghanistan - amount to practical war, invasion, of the lands of the Muslims. As Muslims, we are duty-bound to aid our brothers and sisters if they are attacked - their sorrow is our sorrow; their pain in our pain; their suffering is our suffering; their humiliation is our humiliation. We are one Ummah.
Narrated By Abdullah Ibn Umar: Allah Messenger (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Because a Muslim is a brother to other Muslims, he should neither oppress them, nor hand them over to the enemies of the Muslims. Whoever helps his brother, then Allah will help him; whoever saves his brother from distress, Allah will save from distress, and whoever shields his brother, Allah will shield him.” Bukhari: Vol 3, Book 43, 622
“You who believe! What is wrong with you that you did not rush forth when called [to aid] the Way of Allah? Or is it that you love this Earth so much - that you crave its comforts so much - that you forget the next life where such earthly things are revealed for the insignificant comforts they are?” 9: 38
“And what is wrong with you that you do not fight in the Cause of Allah, and for the weak, ill treated and oppressed - (your) brothers, sisters, and the children (of these) - whose cry is: “You who are our Rabb! Rescue us from this place where we are oppressed; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help. For those who believe, there is fighting in the Cause of Allah… ” 4: 75 - 76. Interpretation of Meaning
The actions of the kuffar against our brothers and sisters - their invasion of our lands, their persistent interference in our affairs - are acts of war. We must understand and affirm this, as we must not allow ourselves to be deceived by the lies of the kuffar and their apostate lackeys, for the kuffar and their lackeys keep repeating their lie that “there is no war on Islam”. Their attempt to change our Deen is an act of war. Their capture, arrest, torture, humiliation and imprisonment of our brothers and sisters is an act of war.
What, for instance, was the error according to Deen Al-Islam, of our brother Moazzam Begg who, striving for Hijra, went to live with his family in Afghanistan and who was captured and tortured by the kuffar and held in humiliating conditions for three years? There was no error, no blame. What, for instance, according to Deen Al-Islam, was the error of Babar Ahmad? There was no error, for he was only striving to aid his brothers and sisters - and yet he was arrested, brutally attacked, humiliated, and has been kept in the prisons of the kuffar for over two years. What, for instance, was the error, according to Deen Al-Islam, of our brother John Walker Lindh? There was no error, for he was only striving to do his duty of Jihad in obedience to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala - and yet he was captured, by the kuffar, tortured, and sentenced to twenty years in a kaffir prison. What, for instance, was the error, according to Deen Al-Islam, of Yaser Esam Hamdi? There was no error, for he was also striving to do his duty to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala - for which he was tortured and humiliated by the kuffar, and spent three years in kaffir prisons. There are hundreds - thousands, tens of thousands - of such examples of the treatment, by the kuffar, of our brothers and sisters. There is the destruction of Falluja. There is the bombing of Chowkar-Karez; the bombing of Khan Agaha; the bombing of Charikar. There is the torture of Muslims at Abu Gharib, and other places, such as Bagram.
Yet the kuffar and their apostate lackeys expect us to believe their lie, their treachery, their dishonesty, that there is no “war against Islam” - no war against the Muslims who refuse to accept and bow down before their Tagawheet; they tell us there is no war against the Muslims who refuse to accept the occupation of their lands by the kuffar and their allies; they tell us there is no war against the Muslims who refuse to abandon their duty of Jihad; they tell us there is no war against the Muslims who refuse to accept the so-called “moderate Islam” that the kuffar and their apostate lackeys are pedaling in their war-strategy to divide us, to set Muslim against Muslim.
“The Jews and Nazarenes will never be satisfied with you until they have changed your Way of Life.” 2: 120 Interpretation of Meaning
Let us be quite clear, therefore, that the deeds, the actions, of the kuffar amount to a declaration of war. For how many more Muslim lands must they invade and occupy before we accept this truth? How many more tens of thousands of Muslims must they capture, torture and imprison? How many more villages and towns, occupied by our brothers and sisters, must they bomb and destroy? How many more hundreds of thousands of Muslims must die, at the hands of the kuffar, before we accept this truth?
Al Aqd Al Amaan:
There are those who say that we must not rush forth to aid, by Jihad, our brothers and sisters, that we must not support the Mujahideen, that we must not undertake Jihad against the kuffar, and that instead we should abide peacefully in the lands of the kuffar - even though the kuffar are invading and occupying our land, killing, imprisoning and torturing Muslims, world-wide, and even though they have committed many acts of war upon us, which acts amount to a declaration of war.
They say this because they assume or believe that there exists a Covenant of Security, Aqd al-Amaan, between the kuffar and the Muslims who live in Dar al-Harb. While there may have been such a Covenant, due to Muslims entering the lands of the kuffar or dwelling in the lands of the kuffar, the kuffar themselves have broken this, by their acts of war, by their deceit, by their lies, by their treachery, their dishonesty, by their utterly dishonourable behaviour towards the Muslims. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala says:
“If you expect dishonesty from any people, throw back their covenant at them, for Allah dislikes dishonesty.” 8: 58 Interpretation of Meaning
Furthermore, Sheikh ul-Islam Ibn Tamiyyah (Rahimullah) said:
“There is a difference between someone who only violated the covenant, and the one who (also) has harmed the Muslims. He (the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa salaam) when he heard of anyone who harmed the Muslims, ordered his killing, and indeed incited this, and praised many of those who killed the ones who only broke their covenants.” (al-Saaram al Masul, 2: 503)
Therefore, it is possible to conclude that we are no longer bound by this covenant with the kuffar in Dar al-Harb - especially, if, like Sheikh ul-Mujahideen Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin (hafidhahullah) we openly state that such a state of war exists by issuing a formal Declaration of War, following an invitation for them to accept Deen Al-Islam, which they declined.
“They thought that their towers would protect them from Allah, but Allah struck them from where they had not expected, causing great fear to enter their hearts.” 59:2
“[Know] that defensive Jihad is an individual obligation upon each Muslim until we liberate the land of Palestine, and that Jihad is an individual obligation upon all Muslims until we liberate Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, the Philippines, Kashmeer [and] the other Muslim countries, and that this duty will only be completed once every single Muslim prisoner has been released from the hands of the kuffar.” Sheikh Yusuf al-Uyaari
“Those who say that Jihad is not obligatory must fear Allah in regard to their own selves, and they must say nothing about Allah except the truth. For, in truth, the saying that it is not obligatory is baseless…” Ibn Qayyim (Rahimullah).
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: A section of my Ummah will continue to fight for what is honourable and overcome their opponents till the last of them fights against the Dajjal. (Abu Dawud, 14, 2478)
“Do not feel sorrow for the Fasiqun.” 5: 26 Interpretation of Meaning
“Do not feel sorrow for those who do not believe.” 5: 68 Interpretation of Meaning
Let us say, therefore, in reply to Bush, in reply to the Zionist-Crusader alliance, that we are fighting you out of loyalty and duty to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, in the Way of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, in order to establish the Deen of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, and that all your lies, all your deceit, all your arrogance, all your dishonesty, all your attempts to change and undermine our Deen will never succeed, for as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala says:
“You who believe! If anyone turns away from this Deen, then Allah will replace that person with many whom He loves, who love Him - those who are loyal to the Believers, stern toward the kuffar, who fight in the Way of Allah, and who do not heed the criticism of their critics. For this is the honour that He bestows upon whomsoever He wills… In truth, your champions are Allah, His Messenger, and the Believers: those who undertake As-Salat, who give Zakat and who submit [in loyalty to Allah]. For whomsoever has Allah, His Messenger, and Believers as their Champion, are the ones who will achieve victory.” 5: 54-56 Interpretation of Meaning
“They [the kafiroon] want to extinguish Allah’s Light with their deceit, their lies, but Allah will never allow this - for His Light will be seen even though they the Kafiroon hate (it). For it is He Who has sent His Messenger to reveal the Way of truth, to make it triumph over all other Ways even though they, the Mushrikun, hate (it).” 9: 32-33 Interpretation of Meaning
May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala protect us from all forms of Al-asabiyyah Al-Jahiliyyah, forgive us for our mistakes, and guide us to and keep us on the Right Path.
Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt
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circa 10 Dec 2007 or circa 7 Shaban 1427