The World's Bravest People
06-08-2008
The history books speak to us of another land that carried upon it believers in
Allah, the army of Alb Arsalaan. Coming home from one of their battles, As they
made their way home to Khuraasan, a messenger rode up to Alb Arsalaan and
whispered to him: "The emperor of Constantiniyya heard of your army and is
bringing an army of 600 thousand to crush you, led by the war general Romanis!"
By Allah, they did not gather than many fighters for no other reason then to
quell the fear they had of Islam, the cowardice they tasted in their hearts.
As Arsalaan swallowed the news he glanced into the eyes of every one of his 15
thousand Mujahideen, knowing that there was little hope of victory. This faction
nursing their wounds, another weeping over the brothers that fell, a third
weeping for losing the chance of Jannah. His head drooped at the sentence the
messenger had brought and then he picked his heart up like a lion.
Look, brothers and sisters, at the numbers. 600 thousand prepared to fight 15
thousand! Is this any physical strength that people speak of? No, by Allah, it
is the strength of Iman, the strength of Aqeedah, the strength of hearts filled
with certainty in Allah and His Messenger and the Final Day. Isn't that enough?
What was Arsalaan to do? Should he continue back to his home and let the forces
of evil destroy his nation with their vice, Shahaawaat? Or should he stand like
a rock in their face even if it meant his and his armies death?
A few moments, and the rays of Iman shone from his heart.
Arsalaan slipped into his tent and dressed himself in the towels he would be
buried in, fragrancing himself with hanoot. He then addressed the entire army,
saying: "Today Islam is in danger! Today Muslims are in danger! And I fear that
Laa ilaaha illaa Allaah will be wiped away from our land!" He then shouted, "Waa
Islaamaah! (O Islaam!!) Waa Islaamaah!! (O Islaam!!). Look at me, I have worn
the towels of my coffin and have fragranced myself with hanoot. Whoever wants
Jannah, let them dress as I have dressed! We are going to fight under the shade
of Laa ilaaha illa Allah until we are destroyed or the flag of Laa ilaaha illaa
Allah is raised!"
In moments the entire army stepped into the quarters and all 15 thousand
Mujahideen came out in the garments of their coffin. The fragrance of Hanoot was
on all their bodies, the wind of Jannat Al firdaws blew in their faces. The sky
erupted with the armies shouts of 'Allahu Akbar!! Allaahu Akbar!! Yaa Khayl
Allah uthbuti!! Yaa Khayl Allah irkabee!!'
Allahu Akbar! Have you ever seen an army stepping onto a plain that they know
with little doubt - they will be resurrected from on the Day of Judgement? Have
you ever seen an army wrapped in the thobes of their coffin before beginning the
battle? Have you ever smelt the fragrance of death, Hanoot, covering 15 thousand
believers in Allah?
That day, the Kuffar did.
The armies clashed, one believing in Allaah and desiring the appointment with
Allaah, the other disbelieving in Allaah and hating to meet him. The fighting
was severe, "Allahu Akbar" cut through the sky. Every Mujahid stepped forward,
on their tongues were the words, "I am coming to you, O Allaah, in haste so that
you may be pleased with me."
Heads flew and skulls fell to the ground and blood flowed. As the dust clouds
softened, the flag of Islam rose high, the crusaders fled in all directions.
Someone shouted, "The Romans are defeated and their general Romanis has been
captured."
Innumerable Muslims were martyred that day insha Allaah, and many were left
crying. They were not crying for war spoils that they lost. No, by He who raised
the heavens without any poles, they were crying because they had to take off
their coffin wrap after they had sold themselves to Allaah. Alb Arsalaan, stood
crying, thanking Allah.
Dear brothers and sisters, this is what is written in the history books, but
pick up the newspaper today and you will see it happening again.
The Romans have now been replaced by the Russians. Those Khuraasaan Muslim army
of Alb Arsalaan has now been replaced by our brothers and sisters in Chechnya. A
Kaafir correspondent writes about the plight our Muslims are facing:
[For the past four months, 5,000 lightly-armed Chechen warriors fighting on
flat, open terrain that favours air, armour and artillery, have held off 160,000
Russian troops, backed by regiments of heavy guns and rockets, helicopter
gunships, ground attack aircraft, and thousands of tanks and armoured vehicles.
Russia's generals have repeatedly vowed to "exterminate" the Chechen. All
Chechen males from 6-65 are being thrown into concentration camps.
Chechen Mujahideen, most without any formal military training, have no heavy
weapons and are chronically short of radios, anti-tank rockets and even
small-arms ammunition. There is almost no medicine or morphine for their
wounded, and no shelter from massive Russian bombardment that includes banned
fuel air explosives, toxic gas, and napalm. If taken alive by the Russians, they
will be tortured, then executed.
In the first Chechen war, 1994-96, Russia killed over a 100,000 Chechen
civilians, razed much of the small country, and, in an act of monumental
terrorism, scattered 17 million anti-personnel land mines across the tiny
nation. Russia was driven from Chechnya in 1996, but its hardliners and
communists vowed to "exterminate the Chechen bandits." Their man Putin's first
act as president was to declare a crusade - blessed by the Russian Orthodox
Church - against Chechnya. Moscow demanded revenge for 1996 and for defeat at
the hands of Muslim mujahedin in Afghanistan.While Russian troops fought their
way into Grozny, elite Russian forces were pushing into the southern mountains.
Chechen units are battling ferociously, under intense shelling and bombing, to
defend the strategic Shatoi and Vedeno gorges. Outnumbered 20-1, the Chechens'
defend the mountain passes]
Allaah questions us all sitting here in this Masjid: [but if they seek your aid
in (the name) of the Deen (al-Islam), it is your duty to help them,] surah Anfal,
8, 72. Have you heard, dear brothers and sisters, the word of one of the Muslim
defenders of Chechnya:
"At a time when the world has left us entirely, we ask Muslims around the world
not to forget the ordeal of their brothers in Chechnya fighting jihaad against
Russian oppression."
Allaah Ta'aala revealed:
[And never think of those who have been killed in the
cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving
provision.] - 3, 169.
When Jaabir's (RAA) father was martyred on the day of Uhud, he sat over his
slain body and uncovered the sheet from his face and weeped. He narrates, "The
Companions forbade me of my excessive weeping, but Rasul Allah did not say
anything. He then said, `Do not cry for him, for verily the angels shaded him
with their wings until (his soul) was raised to the heavens.'" Tafseer ibn
Katheer and Zaad Al-Ma'aad, 6/p.33.
Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - later told him, "Allah raised your
father and spoke to him directly! And told him, `My slave, ask whatever you
want!'" (Hasan, narrated by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).
'Abdullah (RAA) was asked about that verse [And never think of those who have
been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their
Lord, receiving provision.] He said: We asked the same question to Rasul Allah -
Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - and he told us, The souls (of the Shuhaadaa') are
in the bodies of green birds with nests hanging from the Throne (of Allaah).
They travel (back and forth) in Paradise as they wish, then they return to their
nests. Allaah looked towards them and asked, 'Do you wish for anything?' They
said, `What else shall we desire when we are allowed to travel (back and forth)
in Paradise as we wish.' Allaah allows them to go and come three times and
repeats the question every time. When they realize that they must ask for
something, they say, `O Allaah! Return our souls to our bodies so that we may
return to the Dunya and be martyred again!' - Ibn Katheer
Dear brothers and sisters, for what reason was this reward so high, the highest
honor in Islam. To understand, all one must do is look and experience the fear
and pain and blood that Muslims go through in this path. In Chechnya, the Muslim
soldiers are being sodomized, raped by the Russians. And often, they make them
rape themselves. They do this to entire villages, arresting up to 700 seniors,
young men, and young boys, beating them, torturing them, murdering them, just to
filter out 7 Mujaahideen they claim.
You may have seen the pictures of our brothers being dragged on their naked
bodies by Russian tanks to their death. Those are not random people, that is
your mother and father, your brother and sister, your son and daughter. When
their leg is blown off, it is your leg that was amputated. When their mother is
raped, it is your mother that was raped. When their throats are slit, it is your
throat that was slit. The Muslims are one, ONE, body!
[And what is (the matter) with you that you fight not
in the cause of Allah and (for) the oppressed among men, women, and children who
say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us
from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper.]
Surah 4, 75.
A friend of mine spoke to the son of a Muslim family that had left Canada to
live amongst the struggles of their brothers and sisters in one of the boiling
Muslim countries. He asked that little boy, "Aren't you afraid your father will
be killed when he goes for Jihaad?" That little boy understood the issue when he
replied, "I am not scared, because Baba promised that if he dies Shaheed he's
going to take us to Jannah with him."
Part II
When I was young, I listened to a clip of a speech in which the Shaykh
concluded, "Verily I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten." It stuck in my
mind those words, and years later someone explained it to me.
There once lived three bulls, a white bull, a black bull, and a red bull.
Looking for food, a lion watched them graze together and realized he could not
contend with all three. So he went to the black and red bull and made a deal
with them. He told them that he was very ferocious and powerful and that if they
let him eat the white bull, he would leave them in peace. The black and red bull
agreed, and the lion murdered and then ate the white bull.
Time passed and the lion became hungry again. He went to the red bull and argued
that he was ferocious and powerful and that if he let him eat the black bull he
would leave him in peace. The red bull agreed and the lion murdered and then ate
the black bull.
As time passed and the lion became hungry, he visited the red bull again. As the
red bull saw death in the lions eye, as the teeth dug deep into it's neck, it
shouted, "Verily I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten!"
[And they will continue to fight you until they make you turn back on your Deen
(al-Islam) if they can.]
Many people justify having a television in their house, surround sound, leather
couches with a satellite dish connection so that they can watch the news. I ask
you dear brothers and sisters, where are these Muslims when they see what they
see on that news. Have they come forward to tell us where Chechnya is on the
map? Have they told us of what is happening? Have they stood in all seriousness
Iman shining - to make a difference?
Or did they watch and then change the channel to pass time on a basketball game?
In the month of Safar, 4 years after Hijrah, Abu Baraa' Aamir ibn Maalik came to
Madinah to meet Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Rasul Allah invited
him to Islam, but he refused. He requested however that Rasul Allah send some
scholars to teach them about Islam, perhaps his tribe may be guided. Rasul Allah
- Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - said, "I fear for them from the people of Najd."
He said, "I shall protect them." Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam -
sent 70 of the most knowledgeable Sahaabah, Al-Mundhir ibn `Amr was their Ameer.
They travelled until they arrived at Bi'r Ma'oonah (the Well of Ma'oonah). From
there they sent Haraam ibn Malhaan with the message of Rasul Allah to Aamir ibn
At-Tufayl. When Aamir received the letter, he did not read it. He merely winked
to someone. From the back Rasul Allah's messenger was speared through his entire
back. He shouted in his last words, "By the lord of the Ka'bah I have won!"
Aamir then called for the assitance of some tribes, and Usayyah, Ri'l, and
Dhakwaan answered his vile request. They ambushed the companions waiting at the
well of Ma'oonah and slit all their throats.
For an entire month, Rasul Allah - after Ruku' in Salat Al-Maghrib - would raise
his hand in Qunoot, seeking the curse of Allah upon those people.
In the Qunoot Rasul Allah prayed: [O Allah forgive the believers, men and women.
And the Muslims, men and women. Join their hearts, correct that which is between
them, and grant them victory over their enemies and Your enemies. O Allah! Curse
the Kuffar of the people of the book, those that disbelieve in Your Messengers,
and fight your beloved ones. O Allah! Divide their word, shake the earth from
under their feet, and rain upon them your wrath which the criminals can never
repel. In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Allah! We seek
your help!] - Al-Baihaqi in As-Sunan Al-Kubraa.
If Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - heard of what is happening to our
Ummah in Chechnya, ask yourself, what would he do? And what would he expect from
you? Are you waiting for Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - to come and
carry the banner? Listen:
[Muhammad in nothing but a Messenger. (Other) Messengers have passed on before
him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels. And he
who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward
the grateful.] 3, 144.
What can we do?
- We should follow authentic news coming from Chechnya. One of the best places
to get that news is from the Muslim Website: Qoqaz.net Encourage others to read
from there and link to that page on your own websites.
- Learn about what is happening and teach as many people as you can of the
situation, causing a stir of authentic and unbiased information.
- Boycott any products that come from Russia.
- And at the least - something that if we do not do Allaah only knows to what
low our Iman has dropped - we must make Dua for our brothers, praying to Allah
to curse the Kafir Russian Army as Rasul Allah - Sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam -
cursed the tyrants involved in the murder of the Muslims at Bi'r Ma'oonah.
O Allah! destroy the Russian army.
O Allah! Make the ground shake in an earthquake from under them.
O Allah, they do not glorify you, show them the blackest day of their lives, as
you showed the People of Aad and Thamud.
O Allah, destroy them all, not leaving anyone to escape.
O Allah make their wives widows, their children orphans.
O Allah! Grant victory to our brothers and sisters in Chechnya and everywhere in
the world, Yaa Allah!
O Allah! Have mercy on their widowed women and their orphaned children!
O Allah! Whoever died from them, enter them into Jannat Al-Firdaws with your
Mercy!
O Allah! Forgive us, forgive us, forgive us, for doing nothing but watch.
Ameen!!
Allahumma Hal Ballaght. Allaahumma fashhad
From the Khutba of our brother Muhammad Al-Shareef
Submitted by a Mujahid