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30 June 2010 By Markaz Kavkaz
In the Name of Allah, The Merciful,
The Compassionate!
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds! Peace and blessings be upon the messenger of
Allah Muhammad, upon his family and all his righteous
companions! Whomever Allah guides, cannot be led
astray and whomever Allah misguides, none can guide
him. I bear witness that none has the right to be
worshiped except Allah alone, Who has no associates,
and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, may
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
And then:
• The first rule of
achieving victory lies in the fact that
“victory is only from
Allah”
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. “The Spoils of War”, verse
10. Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse 126)
This verse is a denial of a very
possibility of the existence of any other source of
victory, but from Almighty Allah, Who said:
“If Allah assists you, then
there is none that can overcome you, and if He
forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you
after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
160)
Neither armed power, nor a large
number of troops, as such, is unable to give a desired
result, except as from the Pleasure of Allah. An
instructive historical episode, narrated in the Quran,
is a bright demonstrative argument to this:
“Certainly Allah helped you
in many battlefields and on the day of Hunain, when
your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you
nothing and the earth became strait to you
notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back
retreating. Then Allah sent down His tranquility upon
His Apostle and upon the believers, and sent down
hosts which you did not see, and chastised those who
disbelieved, and that is the reward of the
unbelievers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 9. “The Repentance”, verses
25-26)
The Almighty Allah first gave
Muslims a victory, despite that visible factors
predicted a collapse, and then He gave a defeat, just
when the probability of success was great, so that the
believers set hope only upon Him, Glorious and
Exalted, knowing that “victory is only from
Allah”.
Verily,
“how often has a small
party vanquished a numerous host by Allah’s
permission, and Allah is with the patient”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 2. “The Cow”, verse 249)
As the Prophet (pbuh) said about
that: “…if they gather together to harm you
with anything, they would harm you only with something
Allah had already prescribed for you…”
“That is because Allah is
the Protector of those who believe, and because the
unbelievers shall have no protector for them”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 47. “Muhammad”, verse 11)
and, indeed,
“He is the best of the
helpers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
150)
• The second rule is based
on a promise of victory and help, which the Almighty
Allah gave to His faithful servants:
“And certainly Our word has
already gone forth in respect of Our servants. Most
surely they shall be the assisted ones. And most
surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 37. “Those Who Set The Ranks”,
verses 171-173)
Allah Almighty also said:
“… surely Allah will help
him who helps His cause; most surely Allah is Strong,
Mighty”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 22. “The Pilgrimage”, verse 40)
The Almighty Allah has taken on Him
an obligation to protect the believers:
“And certainly We sent
before you apostles to their people, so they came to
them with clear arguments, then We gave the punishment
to those who were guilty; and helping the believers is
ever incumbent on Us”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 30. “The Romans”, verse 47)
Allah, the Holy and Great, said:
“Apostles before you were
rejected, but they were patient on being rejected and
persecuted until Our help came to them; and there is
none to change the words of Allah, and certainly there
has come to you some information about the apostles”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 6. “The Cattle”, verse 34)
Indeed, “there is none to change
the words of Allah”. There is none to change His
decisions. As stated in the Quran:
“When He decrees an affair,
He only says to it, Be, so there it is”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 2. “The Cow”, verse 117)
The promise of victory over the
enemies, foreordained to the believers, will find an
embodiment not only in the future, but in this life.
Allah the Almighty said:
“Allah has promised to
those of you who believe and do good that He will most
certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made
rulers those before them, and that He will most
certainly establish for them their religion which He
has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly,
after their fear, give them security in exchange; they
shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and
whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are
the. transgressors”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 24. “The Light”, verse 55)
And also:
“And those who disbelieved
said to their apostles: We will most certainly drive
you forth from our land, or else you shall come back
into our religion. So their Lord revealed to them:
Most certainly We will destroy the unjust. And most
certainly We will settle you in the land after them;
this is for him who fears standing in My presence and
who fears My threat”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 14. “Abraham”, verses 13-14)
After all, verily, Allah helped His
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), when he was in a cave,
without army and weapons. And He did not leave His
Messenger (pbuh) and his companions without a support
of in the battle of Badr. And He gave victory to the
Messenger (pbuh) and the Muslims in the Battle of the
Trench. By His angels, by His army, by wind, and
numerous other methods worthy of His majesty Allah
always helped true believers in Him, who do not spare
neither their lives, nor property in the way of Allah
and for the sake of His religion.
As Allah the Almighty said:
“O you who believe! if you
help (the cause of) Allah, He will help you and make
firm your feet.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 47. “Muhammad”, verse 7)
The victory of Muslims – is a
promise of Allah, therefore there is no doubt in its
implementation. But sometimes all of us have not
enough patience.
Imam al-Bukhari cites in his
authentic collection (3639) from Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
what he said:
“I went to the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while
he was using his cloak as a pillow in the shade of the
Kaaba, and we had encountered persecution from the
idolaters. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, why do you
not make supplication for us?’
He sat up and his face
had become red and said, ‘Among those before you there
was a man who was raked with metal teeth leaving no
flesh or sinews on his bones, but that did not turn
him from his deen (religion). A saw was planed on the
top of his head and he was sawed in half, but that did
not turn him from his deen. Allah will complete this
business so that a rider will be able to travel from
San’a’ to Hadramawt fearing none but Allah,’ and he
added for clarification, ‘and wolves against his
sheep’”.
One should remember the words of
Allah:
“Surely the help of Allah
is nigh!”
(The Holy Quran, Surah 2. “The Cow”, verse 214)
“(This is) Allah’s promise!
Allah will not fail His promise, but most people do
not know”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 30. “The Romans”, verse 6)
Obviously, this victory will not be
realized by dreams and desires alone, but can become a
reality only with the help of Allah through diligence
in His Way. Allah the Almighty helps His servant, who
is making efforts in the name of Him and His religion.
The man, whom Allah helps, none can overcome him!
Almighty said:
“If Allah assists you, then
there is none that can overcome you, and if He
forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you
after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
160)
• The third rule is that
victory is destined only for true believers.
Sunna of Allah is in the history of
mankind, and His promise point out that the Almighty
Allah has raised up a small group from this Ummah –
scholars, making call (du’aat), thinkers,
intellectuals, and the Mujahideen, who will fight for
the Truth, raising high the banner of Tawheed,
confronting hordes of misguided ignorant, spiteful
servants of Taghut and intriguing infidels who are
trying to extinguish the light of this religion. And
it will always be like that. As it said by the Prophet
(pbuh):
“And not a single group
from my Ummah, standing for protection of the religion
of Allah, will disappear, and those who disagree with
them will not interfere till the Doomsday”.
(Imam Muslim)
They will heal this Ummah from
disease and decay, testifying the Truth, and become a
shield against the concepts, doctrines, ideologies and
innovations, which endanger the beauty of Islam and
distort its foundations. They are
“those who remain
righteous, when people become vicious”
(Narrated by Imam Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and others),
and they are
“a small group of
righteous believers among the majority, steeped in
iniquity”.
(Narrated by Imam Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and others)
They are
“those who strictly follows the
Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet (pbuh), as
well as on what the first generation of Mohajir and
Ansar came together, and those who truly followed
them”.
(Ibn Taymiyyah. Majmu al Fatawa, 2 / 375)
They are those
“who adhere to aqidah, speech
and actions of the Messenger (pbuh) of Allah and his
companions”.
(Ibn Baaz. “Words of Advice Regarding Da’wah”, p. 50)
They are – “the victorious group”
(al-Taifa al-Mansoura), about which the Prophet (pbuh)
said:
“There will never cease
to remain a group from my Ummah fighting upon the
command of Allah, subjugating their enemies. They are
not harmed by those who oppose them, until the Hour
arrives”.
(Narrated by Imam Muslim)
And in the version of Muslim and
Bukhari:
“… those who leave
them”.
And also:
“There will never cease
to exist a group from my Ummah fighting upon the
Truth, manifest against those who oppose them, until
the last of them fight Al-Masih ad-Dajjal”.
(Narrated by Abu Dawud, Kitab Al-Jihad 3/11, and in
Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Kitaab Al-Jihad 2/71; Kitaab Al-Fitan
4/450. This narration was declared “Sahih”, by Ibn
Jarir At-Tabari in “Musnad Umar”, 2/825, Al-Albani in
“Sahih Abi Dawud”, #2484)
It should be noted that all the
hadiths about al-Taifa al-Mansoura referred to the
fact that the jihad in the way of Allah – is
continuous process, and it will be ongoing until the
last Hour, without stopping for a moment.
And from that follows that
regardless of the condition of the Muslims – whether
they are strong or weak, sublimed or humiliated, a
group, fighting in the way of Allah, does not cease to
exist until the Day of Judgment comes. And, indeed, it
will be victorious!
Despite the apparent might of
infidelity and seeming weakness of this Ummah today,
really, One Allah knows the true state of affairs. And
as He, Glorious and Exalted, said:
“It is only the Shaitan that causes you to
fear from his friends, but do not fear them, and fear
Me if you are believers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
175)
And also:
“For the present Allah has
made light your burden, and He knows that there is
weakness in you; so if there are a hundred patient
ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if
there are a thousand they shall overcome two thousand
by Allah’s permission, and Allah is with the patient”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. “The Spoils of War”, verse
66)
And also:
“Those to whom the people
said: Surely men have gathered against you, therefore
fear them, but this increased their faith, and they
said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is
the Protector. So they returned with favor from Allah
and (His) grace, no evil touched them and they
followed the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is the Lord
of mighty grace”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”,
verses 173-174)
Obviously the power of Allah is
extended also over the infidels. They are reachable
for Him. However, the essence of this life – is a
test. As it said by Almighty Allah:
“What! do you think that
you will be left alone while Allah has not yet known
those of you who have struggled hard and have not
taken any one as an adherent besides Allah and His
Apostle and the believers; and Allah is aware of what
you do”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 9. “The Repentance”, verse 16)
And also:
“If a wound has afflicted
you (at Ohud), a wound like it has also afflicted the
(unbelieving) people; and We bring these days to men
by turns, and that Allah may know those who believe
and take witnesses from among you; and Allah does not
love the unjust. And that He may purge those who
believe and deprive the unbelievers of blessings. Do
you think that you will enter the garden while Allah
has not yet known those who strive hard from among
you, and (He has not) known the patient”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”,
verses 140-142)
It is through jihad that Allah
tests the truthfulness of His servants. Indeed,
“if Allah had pleased He
would certainly have exacted what is due from them,
but that He may try some of you by means of others;
and (as for) those who are slain in the way of Allah,
He will by no means allow their deeds to perish”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 47. “Muhammad”, verse 4)
At the same time, the jihad is not
only a test but also the greatest mercy of Allah for
His servants and a guarantor of the best prospects. As
it said about by the Sheikh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah in
his book Kitab al-Jihad (2 / 63):
“Either victory and triumph or
martyrdom and paradise. So those who will live out of
the Mujahideen, honor and reward of Dunya to them, as
well as a great reward in Ahyra. And those of them who
will die, go to Jannat”.
Almighty Allah said:
“And whoever strives hard,
he strives only for his own soul; most surely Allah is
Self-sufficient, above (need of) the worlds”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 6. “The Spider”, verse 6)
So, the best preparation for the
believers is to fix the soul and bringing acts into
conformity with the norms of Islam, the fundamental
basis necessary for victory is the God-fearing. That,
in other matters, does not hinder in any way the
strategic planning and formation of resources.
As the Almighty said about it:
“And let not those who
disbelieve think that they shall come in first; surely
they will not escape. And prepare against them what
force you can and horses tied at the frontier, to
frighten thereby the enemy of Allah and your enemy and
others besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah
knows them; and whatever thing you will spend in
Allah’s way, it will be paid back to you fully and you
shall not be dealt with unjustly”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. “The Spoils of War”, verses
59-60)
Material, military training is a
precondition for success. This is the same base on
which the Muslims will gain opportunity to fight on
the Path of Allah, thus bringing the realization of
Allah’s promises. But above all, Allah made the
victory depending on conviction and iman, as He,
Exalted, said:
“And whoever takes Allah
and His apostle and those who believe for a guardian,
then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be
triumphant”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 5. “The Spoils of War”, verse
56)
• The fourth rule. Weakness
as a characteristic of the current condition of the
Ummah – the fruit of a lack of conditions for the
implementation of the promises of Allah. In other
words, the absence of a victory is the result of
failure to properly measure two aspects of its
achievement – the spiritual and material.
It is a religious degradation, and
as a consequence, a lack of understanding of this
religion. The spread of sin and disobedience led to
weakness and passivity inherent today in Muslims. Many
abandon jihad on the Path of Allah, therefore, steeped
in misconceptions and fear before created, prefer
submission to infidelity instead of the illusion of
its own security.
Almighty Allah said:
“Whatever benefit comes to
you (O man!), it is from Allah, and whatever
misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. “The Women”, verse 79)
And also:
“And whatever affliction
befalls you, it is on account of what your hands have
wrought, and (yet) He pardons most (of your faults)”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 42. “The Consultation”, verse
30)
“Surely Allah does not do
any injustice to men, but men are unjust to
themselves”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 10. “Jonah”, verse 44)
But this rule was not an exception
even for the best generation of this Ummah.
Disobedience of individual Muslims will certainly hurt
the entire community. So, in the Day of Uhud the
defeat, wounds and death were the result of
disobedience to the commandment of the Prophet (pbuh)
in the some fighting. As the Almighty Allah said about
that:
“What! when a misfortune
befell you, and you had certainly afflicted (the
unbelievers) with twice as much, you began to say:
Whence is this? Say: It is from yourselves; surely
Allah has power over all things”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
165)
Obviously the power of infidels
over the Muslims and the military superiority of the
enemy – is a punishment of Allah for disobedience. By
their disobedience to Allah people give Satan an
opportunity to humiliate them in front of the enemy.
As Almighty Allah said:
“(As for) those of you who
turned back on the day when the two armies met, only
the Shaitan sought to cause them to make a slip on
account of some deeds they had done, and certainly
Allah has pardoned them; surely Allah is Forgiving,
Forbearing”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
155)
Obviously the reasons of the
current situation of Muslims are of a purely internal
matter. As it was said by the Messenger (pbuh) of
Allah, who told about the promise of Almighty Allah,
precluding a possibility of the fall of the Ummah from
the enemy.
Against this background error of
those becomes obvious, who explain the lack of success
of the Muslims of their weakness by intrigues of
infidels. Muslims are obliged to know that for all the
failures that have befallen them, they are responsible
in the first place themselves. As Allah Almighty said
about that:
“Whatever benefit comes to
you (O man!), it is from Allah, and whatever
misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. “The Women”, verse 79)
As for the plans of infidels,
Almighty Allah said:
“They shall by no means
harm you but with a slight evil; and if they fight
with you they shall turn (their) backs to you, then
shall they not be helped”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
111)
And also:
“Those who believe fight in
the way of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight in
the way of the Shaitan. Fight therefore against the
friends of the Shaitan; surely the strategy of the
Shaitan is weak”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. “The Women”, verse 76)
And that is – a clear text that
fully characterizes the real capacity of the enemies
of Allah. And
“that is because Allah is
the Protector of those who believe, and because the
unbelievers shall have no protector for them”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 47. “Muhammad”, verse 11)
Thus, the current situation of the
Ummah is primarily a consequence of religious
decadence within the Muslim community, and only then a
result of enemy’s action. And Muslims thus gave the
enemy a chance to succeed at the moment. After all,
the Sunna of Allah was predetermined so that in the
battles there can be successes and failures, but the
main victory is destined for the believers.
This fourth rule should be a
measure of responsibility of Muslims for their
situation. Since there are no other misfortune for the
Muslims, except from themselves.
Nevertheless, everything that is
happening to Muslims are literally imbued with the
grace of Allah’s plan. Even if it is a destruction and
deprivation. As Almighty Allah say about that:
“Corruption has appeared in
the land and the sea on account of what the hands of
men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part
of that which they have done, so that they may
return”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 30. “The Romans”, verse 41)
And also:
“And most certainly We will
make them taste of the nearer chastisement before the
greater chastisement that haply they may turn”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 32. “The Prostration”, verse
21)
This rule was confirmed in all the
Shariahs of all the Prophets (peace be upon them),
because when they were suffering defeat on the Path of
Allah, they knew that this was because of their
mistakes and shortcomings, and they were seeking
forgiveness from Allah and were returning to Him. As
Almighty Allah said about that:
“And how many a prophet has
fought with whom were many worshippers of the Lord; so
they did not become weak-hearted on account of what
befell them in Allah’s way, nor did they weaken, nor
did they abase themselves; and Allah loves the
patient. And their saying was no other than that they
said: Our Lord! forgive us our faults and our
extravagance in our affair and make firm our feet and
help us against the unbelieving people”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”,
verses 146-147)
• The fifth rule is formulated in the Quran,
where Allah says:
“Surely Allah does not
change the condition of a people until they change
their own condition”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 13. “The Thunder”, verse 11)
So, if the fourth rule explains
that the reason lies in the weakness of Muslims
themselves – in defiance of the requirements of the
Almighty and the loss of understanding of this
religion, the in sins and delusions – then the fifth
rule specifies that the obligation to change the
situation, in which the Ummah living today, also lies
upon the Muslims.
Almighty Allah will grant victory
to Muslims only when they change themselves, which
will inevitably affect the level of religious identity
and, consequently, will change the attitude towards
jihad and preparation for it. And these are the
spiritual and material factors that are prerequisites
for the promise of Almighty Allah.
In conclusion it must be emphasized
that Allah gives victory not to those who fight,
staying in delusions, even if they are assured of
their rightness. Verily, Allah made the victory
guaranteed only for true believers with the right
Islamic beliefs, motivation, adequate perception of
the goals, objectives and perspectives. For those who
follow the path of the Prophet (pbuh), and for the
best of the Muslims, who combine knowledge, belief and
action.
Almighty Allah said:
“And be not infirm, and be
not grieving, and you shall have the upper hand if you
are believers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
139)
The status of Muslims and a degree
of their superiority depends on their iman. As
Almighty Allah said:
“And to Allah belongs the
might and to His Apostle and to the believers, but the
hypocrites do not know”.
(The Holy Quran,
Surah 63. “The Hypocrites”, verse)
Allah Also protects His servant in
accordance with his/her iman.
“Surely Allah will defend
those who believe”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 22. “The Pilgrimage”, verse 38)
“And Allah is the guardian of the believers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
68)
“Allah is the guardian of
those who believe”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 2. “The Cow”, verse 257)
“And (know) that Allah is
with the believers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. “The Spoils of War”, verse
19)
Allah also calms hearts of
believers, who perceive reality through the prism of
iman.
“O Prophet! Allah is
sufficient for you and (for) such of the believers as
follow you”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 8. “The Spoils of War”, verse
64)
Support and help of Allah are also
meant for true believers. As He, the Exalted, said:
“Most surely We help Our
apostles, and those who believe, in this world’s life
and on the day when the witnesses shall stand”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 40. “The Forgiver”, verse 51)
And also:
“We aided those who
believed against their enemy, and they became
uppermost”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 61. “The Ranks”, verse 14)
Thus, a decrease in iman is
directly proportional to a decrease in the degree of
support and assistance promised to Muslims by Almighty
Allah. If Muslims are weak, they are persecuted by
disasters and hardships, they suffer defeat from the
infidels, their lands are seized, and they themselves
are oppressed, it is a consequence of religious
degradation within the Ummah.
And by the Almighty Allah, it was
promised that He, the Exalted,
“will by no means give the
unbelievers a way against the believers”,
(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. “The Ranks”, verse 141)
that concerns only the people with
the full iman. Once the level of religiosity of the
masses of Muslims is reduced, they become weak and
vulnerable to enemies.
Rather, true believers, even if
they are few in numbers, have tremendous power – help,
protection and support of Almighty Allah – Lord of the
worlds! Even if all human beings and the jinns
gathered against them, victory would be predetermined
by Allah only for His sincere servants! Almighty Allah
said:
“And be not infirm, and be
not grieving, and you shall have the upper hand if you
are believers”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 3. “The Family of Imran”, verse
139)
And also:
“And be not slack so as to cry for peace and
you have the upper hand, and Allah is with you, and He
will not bring your deeds to naught”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 47. “Muhammad”, verse 35)
Disbelievers are already humiliated
only because of their disbelief. As it was said by
Almighty Allah:
“Do you not see that Allah
is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and
whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and
the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the
animals and many of the people; and many there are
against whom chastisement has become necessary; and
whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make
him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 22. “The Pilgrimage”, verse 18)
Thus, an absence of victory and of
superiority of believers over infidels are signs of
serious defects in the actions and beliefs of the
Muslims. And one of them is the refusal of doing jihad
on the path of Allah.
As it is said by Almighty Allah
“Fight them, Allah will
punish them by your hands and bring them to disgrace,
and assist you against them and heal the hearts of a
believing people. And remove the rage of their hearts;
and Allah turns (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and
Allah is Knowing, Wise”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 9. “The Repentance”, verses
14-15)
And in conclusion praise be to
Allah – the Lord of the worlds!
Author: Imam Abdul-Qadir ibn Abdul-Aziz
Translation: Kavkaz Center
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