Allah swt says, "O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter. " (QS. At Taubah, 9 : 38)
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Brothers, the Mujahideen upon whom Allah bestows his mercy.Remain firm on this path, the path of jihad fie sabilillah. Don't be tempted, influenced and deceived by what will cause you to flinch from taking up arms and fighting the enemies of Allah, the enemies of Rasulullah SAW and the enemies of the believers.
By Allah, O Mujahideen fie sabilillah, even when you are in distress, materially deficient, constricted in terms of space and mobility, but verily when you are still conducting jihad, you are at the highest rank (of all the creatures of Allah), on the pinnacle of desires, the pinnacle of honors as Rasulullah SAW had said , "The head of the matter (religion) is Islam, its pillar is the prayer and its highest peak is Jihad for Allah's cause. It wouldn't be acquired except by those who are amongst them (the Muslims).” (Thobrani).
So you today are the 'afdhol' (main/noble) with the jihad fie sabilillah that you perform.
My Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah who Allah honoured...
I heard our sisters, the Muslimah in Ambon and its surroundings are again becoming the target of the savagery of the kafir la'natullah 'alayh. Then are you going to remain silent?! With an excuse that the situation and condition does not allow? What situation and condition does not allow? Those who do not want to act when their brothers and sisters, their dien (religion) were ill terated and abused, with the reasons :
1. No funds for jihad.
2. No weapons for jihad.
3. No personnels for jihad.
4. Etc.
Then know that all those are FOOLISH, DELUSORY and ILLOGOCAL excuses.
How can you say there was no funds, whereas Allah is The Enricher. Ask from Allah, beg from Allah, make do'a to Allah earnestly followed by some efforts and endeavour (work to the best of your ability).
How can it be said that there are no weapons, whereas Allah's earth is spacious, where you can run here and there to find and acquire them.
How can it be said that there are no personnels who are willing to be invited and go for jihad, whereas jihad can be performed even if you are alone. . Rasulullah SAW said, "By Allah, I will fight alone till this neck is separated from my body." (Bukhari).
And didn't Abu Bakr As Siddiq RA said, "Supposing my right hand is disputing me, I will fight (the murtadeen) with my left hand." (Tafsir Ibnu 'Athiayah 5/153).
Imam Al Qurthubi on his commentary of the verse,
"Then fight in Allah's cause - Thou art held responsible only for thyself - and rouse the believers (to fight)". (QS. An Nisaa' : 84), said : "Those words are as if saying : DO NOT ABANDON JIHAD UPON (TO FIGHT) THE ENEMY AND BE TRIUMPHANT IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THEM, FOR THE SAKE OF DEFENDING THE OPPRESSED MUSLIMS... EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO GO FOR JIHAD ALONE..." (Tafsir Al Qurthubi, 2/256).
My Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah.
Pay attention carefully, the words of Abu Bakr As Siddiq RA, "Supposing my right hand disputing me, I will fight (the murtadeen) with my left hand," showed that at that time there were hesitancies, confusions, differences in opinions amongst the muslims regarding the implementation of jihad. However, with his fortitude, Abu Bakr As Siddiq RA was determined to perform jihad.
It was from that firmness of an individual, that eventually jihad continued to go on and even those muslims who initially refused to do jihad were also rejoining the jihad. Alhamdulillah...
My Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah.
Say to the other men, "Don’t we perform jihad for the sake of Islam's dignity and the muslims, to defend the muslimeen/muslimah who are oppressed; or if refusing to perform jihad, it's better to have a sex change plastic operation!"
In reality even the women, if they are capable to perform jihad, should do it to the best of their ability!
"And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help!" (QS. An Nisaa' : 75)
My Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah.
If you can be silent or mobile, and you are going to be killed, oppressed, fought by the kafir, murtadeen and munafiqeen, what possibile actions would you take? Will you be silent, act stupid, pretend that you do not know until your left and right are bullied, humiliated, abused and after they have done with it, it will be your turn to be slaughtered and humiliated. And then you'll cry for help, but not even one person is coming, so what would you do?! Remain silent or fight?
Go for jihad from now on and continue the jihad that you have already been doing all these while. Waiting for death to come about or be active and dynamic, and move forward abstaining from retreat? Keep on struggling in the way of Allah until we meet with Him in an honorable state, die as a SHUHADA'.
"Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah. That is best for you, if ye (but) knew." (QS. At Taubah : 41)
My Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah.
Indeed, the humiliations that are befalling upon us (the muslims) today are no other than because, we are ABANDONING THE JIHAD FIE SABILILLAH for the love of this world!! From Ibnu Umar RA, Rasulullah SAW said, "...When you enter into the inah (a kind of riba) transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion." (Abu Daud with Hasan sanad).
The above hadith is very clear as a reminder, that the love of this world and abandoning jihad is the reason for our humiliation which Allah would not alleviate from us except by returning to our dien! The above hadith also serves as a lesson for us that the action of leaving jihad is the same as LEAVING THE DIEN , because Rasulullah had said, "...until you return to your original religion." Meaning, until you return to the jihad that you had abandoned. (See Masyaari'ul Asy Syaq, by Syaikh Ibnu Nuhaas).
This confirmation was also mentioned by Abu Bakr As Siddiq RA, "No people abandon jihad fie sabilillah except Allah will pass on them humiliation and degradation." Moreover, Allah will place punishment on the people who abandon jihad fie sabilillah!!
"Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty!" (QS. At Taubah : 39)
Due to that, O my Brothers, the Mujahideen fie sabilillah, keep on conducting jihad to defend our opressed brothers and sisters, establishing Islamic Shariah. Don't take heed and don't pay attention to the criticisms and insults by the people who like to criticize and insult.
Free the ummah from this humiliation. Awaken the sleeping ones. Race towards obtaining the pleasure of Allah and Jannah (Paradise). Remember that amongst the characteristics of the believers are portrayed in the verses of Allah,
"... whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault.." (QS. Al Maa'idah : 54).
And lastly, O my Brothers, the Muslimeen and Mujahideen fie sabilillah. When you are feeling less enthusiastic in conducting the jihad fie sabilillah, remember your brothers who had been shaheed, and some others are imprisoned. Indeed those who had become shaheed wished to return to this world (wanted to be alive again), wished to fight again and then get killed (martyred) again!!!
As for those who are imprisoned and are true in their faith, they wished to be immediately free from the prisons and continue the jihad fie sabilillah until they are shaheed. So now you are in a free world, your feet and hands are not shackled in chains, there is no excuse for not conducting jihad!!!
Therefore if we are destined to be killed (shaheed), executed by the dzolimeen (the oppressors) and the murtadeen, do not waste our blood. There should be from amongst the muslimeen people who avenge the oppression that they have committed against us.
"O Allah... Help us over Your enemies, the enemies of this dienul Islam". Ameen
Allah’s slave who begs only Him,
Imam Samudra
Dzulhijjah, 1428 H
Submitted by a Mujahid