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DECLARATION
OF WAR AGAINST
THE AMERICANS OCCUPYING
THE
LAND OF THE TWO HOLY PLACES
"Expel
the Infidels from the Arab Peninsula"
A Message from Usama bin
Muhammad bin Laden unto his Muslim
Brethren all over the World generally, and in the Arab Peninsula
specifically
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Introduction
During the oil boom of the Middle East during the 1970s, Mohammad
bin Ladin, an ordinary from Yemen came and settled with his family
in Saudi Arabia. He opened a business which later proved to be on of
the biggest construction companies in the entire Middle East: the
Bin Ladin Corporation. This company was involved in the construction
of roads, buildings, mosques, airports and the entire infrastructure
of many of the countries in the Arabian Gulf. Usama was one of the
sons of Mohammad bin Ladin. Being an ordinary young man, he was more
pious than his brothers, and was deeply affected by the involvement
of his family's company in rebuilding the two Holy Mosques in Makkah
and Madinah. Then in 1979, just after he graduated from King Abdul
Aziz University in Jeddah with a degree in Civil Engineering, the
Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and the Mujahideen put out an
international plea for help. Usama bin Ladin responded by packing
himself and several of his family's bulldozers off to Afghanistan.
He was inspired, he said, by the plight of Muslims in a medieval
society besieged by a 20th century superpower. "In our religion,
there is a special place in the Hereafter for those who participate
in Jihad," he was quoted as saying. "One day in
Afghanistan was like 1000 days of praying in an ordinary mosque."
At first his work was political.
He recruited thousands of Arab fighters in the Gulf, paid for their
passage to Afghanistan and set up the main camps to train them. Later
he designed defensive tunnels and ditches along the Pakistani border,
driving a bulldozer and exposing himself to strafing from Soviet
helicopter gunships. Before long, he had taken up a Kalashnikov and
was going into battle. In 1986 he and a few dozen Arab defenders
fought off a Soviet onslaught in town called Jaji, not far off from
the Pakistani border. To the Arab volunteers, it was one of the first
demonstrations that the Russians could actually be beaten. A year
later, Bin Ladin led an offensive against Soviet troops in the battle
of Shaban. Vicious handtohand fighting claimed heavy Mujahideen
casualties, but his men succeeded in pushing the Soviets out of the
area, with the Help of Allah (SWT).
"He was a hero to us
because he was always on the Front Line, always moving ahead of
everyone else," recalls Hamza Mohammed, a Palestinian volunteer
in Afghanistan who now manages one of Bin Ladin's construction
projects in Sudan. "He not only gave his money, but he also gave
himself. He came down from his palace to live with the Afghan peasants
and the Arab fighters. He cooked with them, ate with them, dug
trenches with them. That was Bin Ladin's way."
During the expansion of the Two
Holy Mosques in the 80s, King Fahd himself personally offered Bin
Ladin the contract of expanding the Prophet's (SAW) mosque in Madinah.
This deal would be worth a net profit of $90m to Bin Ladin. Bin Ladin
refused the offer, knowing that it was done to distract him from the
Jihad in Afghanistan and content him with the building of a mosque. He
is quoted as saying that his wealth increased and his business grew
with the amount of money he spent on the Jihad.
Bin Ladin returned home to
discover that he had become a celebrity. But his star appeal swiftly
faded when he began denouncing the Saudi regime. The government had
already come under criticism from Muslim activists for its corruption
and its failure to implement Shariah (Islamic Law). All these failings
offended Bin Ladin. But the real apostacy was King Fahd's decision to
allow Western troops into the Kingdom during the Gulf War. After
publicly criticising the regime and becoming the target of a
harassment campaign, he fled to Sudan in 1991. A sizable contingent of
"Afghan Arabs" Arabs from various countries who fought in
Afghanistan followed him and found work with his companies. He was
declared an outlaw by the Saudi Government and they stripped him of
his Saudi nationality. A price was placed on his head of a substantial
amount of money.
In Sudan, his business grew to a
level even bigger than it ever was in the Middle East, as he began to
assist the country in building its infrastructure. An assasination
attempt was made on him in Sudan, but he escaped with some injuries.
About five years he spent in Sudan, bankrolling the Jihad in various
countries around the world, such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Yemen,
Chechnya and other places, until the Sudanese Government expelled him
under pressure from the United States and under accusations that he
was funding terrorist activities around the world. With a personal
fortune estimated at around $300m, he is, after all, described by the
U.S. State Department as, "one of the most significant financial
sponsors of Islamic extremist activities in the world today." Or,
as put more bluntly by a U.S. official, he is a "big fish"
since his heroic reputation gives him influence. According to this
official, "Bin Ladin is the kind of guy who can go to someone and
say,'I need you to write out a sixfigure cheque,' and he gets it on
the spot."
In the summer of this year,
1996, Bin Ladin moved base permanently from Sudan to Afghanistan. He
is there now, helping to fund and organise Mujahideen around the
world. After the deteriorating situation in Saudi Arabia, after the
imprisonment of scores of Islamic scholars and hundreds of Mujahideen
youths; after the stripping down of the country's resources by the
West and the occupation of the Two Holy Places by American troops; Bin
Ladin decided that enough was enough. On 26 August 1996, he issued his
first Bayan (statement). A twelvepage Arabic document titled,
"The Declaration of War" by Usama bin Muhammad bin Ladin.
This Bayan issued a final warning for all American troops to leave the
Land of the Two Holy Places, otherwise military action would be taken
against them by the same youths who, with the Help of Allah (SWT),
defeated the largest Infidel superpower in the world, in Afghanistan.
Below is the English translation of the Bayan. It is advised for every
Muslim to read the Bayan in detail, as the issues dealt with in this
document concern not only the Muslims in Saudi America, but Muslims
all over the world.
"Muslims burn with
anger at America. For its own good, America should leave [Saudi
Arabia]."
Usama bin Ladin
DECLARATION
OF WAR AGAINST THE AMERICANS
OCCUPYING THE LAND OF THE TWO HOLY PLACES
A
Message from Usama bin Muhammad bin Laden unto
his Muslim Brethren all over the world generally,
and in the Arab Peninsula specifically
Praise be to Allah, we seek His help and ask for
his pardon. we take refuge in Allah from our wrongs and bad deeds. Who
ever been guided by Allah will not be misled, and who ever has been
misled, he will never be guided. I bear witness that there is no
God except Allahno associates with Him and I bear witness that
Muhammad is His slave and messenger.
{O you who believe! be careful
of your duty to Allah with the proper care which is due to Him, and do
not die unless you are Muslim} (Imraan; 3:102), {O people be careful
of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single being and
created its mate of the same kindand spread from these two, many men
and women; and be careful of your duty to Allah , by whom you demand
one of another your rights, and (be careful) to the ties of kinship;
surely Allah ever watches over you} (AnNisa; 4:1), {O you who believe!
be careful of your duty to Allah and speak the right word; He will put
your deeds into a right state for you, and forgive you your
faults; and who ever obeys Allah and his Apostle, he indeed achieve a
mighty success} (AlAhzab; 33:7071).
Praise be to Allah, reporting
the saying of the prophet Shu'aib: {I desire nothing but reform so far
as I am able, and with non but Allah is the direction of my affair to
the right and successful path; on him do I rely and to him do I turn}
(Hud; 11:88). Praise be to Allah, saying: {You are the best of the
nations raised up for the benefit of men; you enjoin what is right and
forbid the wrong and believe in Allah} (AalImraan; 3:110).
Allah's blessing and salutations
on His slave and messenger who said: (The people are close to an all
encompassing punishment from Allah if they see the oppressor and fail
to restrain him)
It should not be hidden from you that the people of
Islam had suffered from aggression, iniquity and injustice imposed on
them by the ZionistCrusaders alliance and their collaborators;
to the extent that the Muslims blood became the cheapest
and their wealth as loot in the hands of the enemies. Their
blood was spilled in Palestine and Iraq. The horrifying pictures
of the massacre of Qana, in Lebanon are still fresh in our memory.
Massacres in Tajakestan, Burma, Cashmere, Assam, Philippine, Fatani,
Ogadin, Somalia, Erithria, Chechnia and in BosniaHerzegovina took
place, massacres that send shivers in the body and shake the
conscience. All of this and the world watch and hear, and not
only didn't respond to these atrocities, but also with a clear
conspiracy between the USA and its' allies and under the cover of the
iniquitous United Nations, the dispossessed people were even prevented
from obtaining arms to defend themselves.
The people of Islam awakened and
realised that they arethe main target for the aggression of the
ZionistCrusaders alliance. All false claims and propaganda about
"Human Rights" were hammered down and exposed by the
massacres that took place against the Muslims in every part of the
world. The latest and the greatest of these aggressions,incurred by
the Muslims since the death of the Prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND
SALUTATIONS ON HIM) is the occupation of the land of the two Holy
Places the foundation of the house of Islam, the place of the
revelation, the source of the message and the place of the noble Ka'ba,
the Qiblah of all Muslims by the armies of the American Crusaders and
their allies. (We bemoan this and can only say: "No power and
power acquiring except through Allah").
Under the present circumstances,
and under the banner of the blessed awakening which is sweeping the
world in general and the Islamic world in particular, I meet with you
today. And after a long absence, imposed on the scholars (Ulama)
and callers (Da'ees) of Islam by the iniquitous crusaders movement
under the leadership of the USA; who fears that they, the scholars and
callers of Islam, will instigate the Ummah of Islam against its'
enemies as their ancestor scholarsmay Allah be pleased with them like
Ibn Taymiyyah and Al'iz Ibn AbdesSalaam did. And therefore
the ZionistCrusader alliance resorted to killing and arresting
the truthful Ulama and the working Da'ees (We are not praising or
sanctifying them; Allah sanctify whom He pleased). They killed the
Mujahid Sheikh Abdullah Azzaam, and they arrested the Mujahid Sheikh
Ahmad Yaseen and the Mujahid Sheikh Omar Abdur Rahman (in
America).
By orders from the USA they also
arrested a large number of scholars, Da'ees and young people in
the land of the two Holy Places among them the prominent Sheikh Salman
AlOud'a and Sheikh Safar AlHawali and their brothers;(We bemoan
this and can only say: "No power and power acquiring except
through Allah"). We, myself and my group, have suffered some of
this injustice ourselves; we have been prevented from addressing the
Muslims. We have been pursued in Pakistan, Sudan and Afghanistan,
hence this long absence on my part. But by the Grace of Allah, a
safe base is now available in the high Hindukush mountains in Khurasan
; where_by the Grace of Allahthe largest infidel military force of the
world was destroyed. And the myth of the super power was withered in
front of the Mujahideen cries of Allahu Akbar (God is greater).
Today we work from the same mountains to lift the
iniquity that had been imposed on the Ummah by the ZionistCrusader
alliance, particularly after they have occupied the blessed land
around Jerusalem, route of the journey of the Prophet (ALLAH'S
BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) and the land of the two Holy
Places.We ask Allah to bestow us with victory, He is our Patron and He
is the Most Capable. From here, today we begin the work, talking and
discussing the ways of correcting what had happened to the Islamic
world in general, and the Land of the two Holy Places in particular.
We wish to study the means that we could follow to return the
situation to its' normal path. And to return to the people their own
rights, particularly after the large damages and the great aggression
on the life and the religion of the people. An injustice that had
affected every section and group of the people; the civilians,
military and security men, government officials and merchants, the
young and the old people as well as schools and university students.
Hundred of thousands of the unemployed graduates, who became the
widest section of the society, were also affected.
Injustice had affected the
people of the industry and agriculture. It affected the people of the
rural and urban areas. And almost every body complain about something.
The situation at the land of the two Holy places became like a huge
volcano at the verge of eruption that would destroy the Kufr and the
corruption and its' sources. The explosion at Riyadh and
AlKhobar is a warning of this volcanic eruption emerging as a result
of the sever oppression, suffering, excessive iniquity, humiliation
and poverty.
People are fully concerned
about their every day livings; every body talks about the
deterioration of the economy, inflation, ever increasing
debts and jails full of prisoners. Government employees
with limited income talk about debts of ten thousands and hundred
thousands of Saudi Riyals . They complain that the
value of the Riyal is greatly and continuously deteriorating
among most of the main currencies. Great merchants and
contractors speak about hundreds and thousands of million Riyals owed
to them by the government. More than three hundred forty
billions of Riyal owed by the government to the people in addition to
the daily accumulated interest, let alone the foreign debt.
People wonder whether we are the largest oil exporting country?! They
even believe that this situation is a curse put on them by Allah for
not objecting to the oppressive and illegitimate behaviour and
measures of the ruling regime:
Ignoring the divine Shari'ah law;
depriving people of their legitimate rights; allowing the
American to occupy the land of the two Holy Places; imprisonment,
unjustly, of the sincere scholars. The honourable Ulamah and
scholars as well as merchants, economists and eminent
people of the country were all alerted by this disastrous situation.
Quick efforts were made by each group to contain and
to correct the situation. All agreed that the country is heading
toward a great catastrophe, the depth of which is not known except by
Allah. One big merchant commented : `' the king is leading the
state into `sixtysix' folded disaster'', (We bemoan this and can
only say: "No power and power acquiring except through
Allah"). Numerous princes share with the people their
feelings, privately expressing their concerns and objecting to
the corruption, repression and the intimidation taking place in the
country. But the competition between influential princes for personal
gains and interest had destroyed the country. Through its course of
actions the regime has torn off its legitimacy:
(1) Suspension
of the Islamic Shari'ah law and exchanging it with man
made civil law. The regime entered into a bloody
confrontation with the truthful Ulamah and the righteous youths
(we sanctify nobody; Allah sanctify Whom He pleaseth).
(2) The
inability of the regime to protect the country, and allowing the
enemy of the Ummah the American crusader forces to occupy
the land for the longest of years. The crusader forces
became the main cause of our disastrous condition, particularly in the
economical aspect of it due to the unjustified heavy spending on
these forces. As a result of the policy imposed on the country,
especially in the field of oil industry where production is restricted
or expanded and prices are fixed to suit the American economy
ignoring the economy of the country. Expensive deals were
imposed on the country to purchase arms. People asking what is
the justification for the very existence of the regime then?
Quick efforts were made by
individuals and by different groups of the society to contain the
situation and to prevent the danger. They advised the government
both privately and openly; they send letters and poems, reports
after reports, reminders after reminders, they explored every avenue
and enlist every influential man in their movement of reform and
correction. They wrote with style of passion, diplomacy and wisdom
asking for corrective measures and repentance from the "great
wrong doings and corruption " that had engulfed even the
basic principles of the religion and the legitimate rights of the
people.
But to our deepest regret the regime refused to
listen to the people accusing them of being ridiculous and imbecile.
The matter got worse as previous wrong doings were followed by
mischief's of greater magnitudes. All of this taking place in
the land of the two Holy Places! It is no longer possible to be quiet.
It is not acceptable to give a blind eye to this matter.
As the extent of these
infringements reached the highest of levels and turned into
demolishing forces threatening the very existence of the Islamic
principles, a group of scholarswho can take no more supported by
hundreds of retired officials, merchants, prominent and educated
people wrote to the King asking for implementation of the corrective
measures. In 1411 A.H. (May 1991), at the time of the gulf war,
a letter, the famous letter of Shawwaal, with over four hundred
signatures was send to the king demanding the lift of oppression and
the implementation of corrective actions. The king
humiliated those people and choose to ignore the content of
their letter; and the very bad situation of the country became even
worse. People, however, tried again and send more letters and
petitions. One particular report, the glorious Memorandum Of Advice,
was handed over to the king on Muharram, 1413 A.H (July 1992),
which tackled the problem pointed out the illness and prescribed
the medicine in an original, righteous and scientific style. It
described the gaps and the shortcoming in the philosophy of the regime
and suggested the required course of action and remedy. The
report gave a description of:
(1). The intimidation and
harassment suffered by the leaders of the society, the scholars, heads
of tribes, merchants, academic teachers and other eminent individuals;
(2). The situation of the law
within the country and the arbitrary declaration of what is Halal and
Haram (lawful and unlawful) regardless of the Shari'ah as instituted
by Allah;
(3). The state of the press and
the media which became a tool of truthhiding and misinformation; the
media carried out the plan of the enemy of idolising cult of certain
personalities and spreading scandals among the believers
to repel the people away from their religion, as Allah, the Exalted
said: {surely as for those who love that scandal should circulate
between the believers, they shall have a grievous chastisement in this
world and in the here after} (AnNoor, 24:19).
(4). Abuse and confiscation of
human rights;
(5). The financial and the
economical situation of the country and the frightening future in the
view of the enormous amount of debts and interest owed by the
government; this is at the time when the wealth of the Ummah being
wasted to satisfy personal desires of certain individuals!!
while imposing more custom duties and taxes on the nation. (the
prophet said about the woman who committed adultery: "She
repented in such a way sufficient to bring forgiveness to a custom
collector!!").,
(6). The miserable situation of
the social services and infrastructure especially the water service
and supply , the basic requirement of life.,
(7). The state of the illtrained
and illprepared army and the impotence of its commander in chief
despite the incredible amount of money that has been spent on the army.
The gulf war clearly exposed the situation.,
(8). Shari'a law was suspended
and man made law was used instead.,
(9). And as far as the foreign
policy is concerned the report exposed not only how this policy has
disregarded the Islamic issues and ignored the Muslims, but also how
help and support were provided to the enemy against the Muslims; the
cases of GazaAriha and the communist in the south of Yemen are
still fresh in the memory, and more can be said.
As stated by the people of
knowledge, it is not a secret that to use man made law instead of the
Shari'a and to support the infidels against the Muslims is one of the
ten "voiders" that would strip a person from his Islamic
status (turn a Muslim into a Mushrik, non believer status). The
All Mighty said: {and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed,
those are the unbelievers} (AlMa'ida; 5:44), and {but no! by your
Lord! they do not believe (in reality) until they make you a judge of
that which has become a matter of disagreement among them, and then do
not find the slightest misgiving in their hearts as to what you have
decided and submit with entire submission} (AnNissa; 4:65).
In spite of the fact that the
report was written with soft words and very diplomatic style,
reminding of Allah, giving truthful sincere advice, and despite of the
importance of advice in Islam being absolutely essential for
those in charge of the people and the large number who signed this
document as well as their supporters, all of that was not an
intercession for the Memorandum . Its' content was rejected and those
who signed it and their sympathisers were ridiculed, prevented from
travel, punished and even jailed. Therefore it is very clear
that the advocates of correction and reform movement were very keen on
using peaceful means in order to protect the unity of the country and
to prevent blood shed. Why is it then the regime closed all
peaceful routes and pushed the people toward armed actions?!! which is
the only choice left for them to implement righteousness and justice.
To whose benefit does prince Sultan and prince Nayeff push the
country into a civil war that will destroy everything? and why
consulting those who ignites internal feuds, playing the people
against each other and instigate the policemen, the sons of the nation,
to abort the reform movement. While leaving in peace and
security such traitors who implement the policy of the enemy in order
to bleed the financial and the human resources of the Ummah, and
leaving the main enemy in the areathe American Zionist alliance enjoy
peace and security?! The advisor (Zaki Badr, the Egyptian exminister
of the interior) to prince Nayeff minister of interior was not
acceptable even to his own country; he was sacked from his position
there due to the filthy attitude and the aggression he exercised on
his own people, yet he was warmly welcomed by prince Nayeff to assist
in sins and aggressions. He unjustly filled the prisons with the
best sons of this Ummah and caused miseries to their mothers.
Does the regime want to play the civilians against their military
personnel and vice versa, like what had happened in some of the
neighbouring countries?!! No doubts this is the policy of the
AmericanIsraeli alliance as they are the first to benefit from this
situation.
But with the grace of Allah, the majority of the
nation, both civilians and military individuals are aware of the
wicked plan. They refused to be played against each others and to be
used by the regime as a tool to carry out the policy of
the AmericanIsraeli alliance through their agent in our country: the
Saudi regime. Therefore every one agreed that the situation can
not be rectified (the shadow cannot be straighten when its' source,
the rod, is not straight either) unless the root of the problem is
tackled. Hence it is essential to hit the main enemy who divided
the Ummah into small and little countries and pushed it, for the last
few decades, into a state of confusion. The ZionistCrusader
alliance moves quickly to contain and abort any "corrective
movement" appearing in the Islamic countries. Different means and
methods are used to achieve their target; on occasion the "movement"
is dragged into an armed struggle at a predetermined
unfavourable time and place. Sometime officials from the Ministry of
Interior, who are also graduates of the colleges of the Shari'ah, are
leashed out to mislead and confuse the nation and the Ummah (by
wrong Fatwas) and to circulate false information about the movement.
At other occasions some righteous people were tricked into a war
of words against the Ulama and the leaders of the movement, wasting
the energy of the nation in discussing minor issues and ignoring the
main one that is the unification of the people under the divine law of
Allah. In the shadow of these discussions and arguments truthfulness
is covered by the falsehood, and personal feuds and partisanship
created among the people increasing the division and the weakness of
the Ummah; priorities of the Islamic work are lost while the blasphemy
and polytheism continue its grip and control over the Ummah. We
should be alert to these atrocious plans carried out by the Ministry
of Interior. The right answer is to follow what have been
decided by the people of knowledge, as was said by Ibn Taymiyyah (Allah's
mercy upon him): "people of Islam should join forces and support
each other to get rid of the main "Kufr" who is controlling
the countries of the Islamic world, even to bear the lesser damage to
get rid of the major one, that is the great Kufr".
If there are more than one duty
to be carried out, then the most important one should receive
priority. Clearly after Belief (Imaan) there is no more important duty
than pushing the American enemy out of the holy land. No
other priority, except Belief, could be considered before it;
the people of knowledge, Ibn Taymiyyah, stated: "to fight
in defence of religion and Belief is a collective duty; there is no
other duty after Belief than fighting the enemy who is
corrupting the life and the religion. There is no preconditions for
this duty and the enemy should be fought with one best abilities. (ref:
supplement of Fatawa). If it is not possible to push back the
enemy except by the collective movement of the Muslim people, then
there is a duty on the Muslims to ignore the minor differences among
themselves; the ill effect of ignoring these differences, at a given
period of time, is much less than the ill effect of the occupation of
the Muslims' land by the main Kufr. Ibn Taymiyyah had explained
this issue and emphasised the importance of dealing with the major
threat on the expense of the minor one. He described the situation of
the Muslims and the Mujahideen and stated that even the military
personnel who are not practising Islam are not exempted from the
duty of Jihad against the enemy.
Ibn Taymiyyah , after mentioning
the Moguls (Tatar) andtheir behaviour in changing the law of Allah,
stated that: the ultimate aim of pleasing Allah, raising His word,
instituting His religion and obeying His messenger (ALLAH'S BLESSING
AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) is to fight the enemy, in every aspects and in
a complete manner; if the danger to the religion from not
fighting is greater than that of fighting, then it is a duty to fight
them even if the intention of some of the fighter is not pure i.e .
fighting for the sake of leadership (personal gain) or if they do not
observe some of the rules and commandments of Islam. To repel
the greatest of the two dangers on the expense of the lesser one is an
Islamic principle which should be observed. It was the tradition of
the people of the Sunnah (AhlulSunnah) to join and invade fight with
the righteous and non righteous men. Allah may support this religion
by righteous and non righteous people as told by the prophet (ALLAH'S
BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM). If it is not possible to fight
except with the help of non righteous military personnel and
commanders, then there are two possibilities: either fighting will be
ignored and the others, who are the great danger to this life and
religion, will take control; or to fight with the help of non
righteous rulers and therefore repelling the greatest of the two
dangers and implementing most, though not all, of the Islamic laws.
The latter option is the right duty to be carried out in these
circumstances and in many other similar situation. In fact
many of the fights and conquests that took place after the time of
Rashidoon, the guided Imams, were of this type. (majmoo' al Fatawa,
26/506). No one, not even a blind or a deaf person , can deny the
presence of the widely spread mischief's or the prevalence of
the great sins that had reached the grievous iniquity of polytheism
and to share with Allah in His sole right of sovereignty and making of
the law. The All Mighty stated: {And when Luqman said to his son while
he admonish him: O my son! do not associate ought with Allah; most
surely polytheism is a grievous iniquity} (Luqman; 31:13). Man
fabricated laws were put forward permitting what has been forbidden by
Allah such as usury (Riba) and other matters. Banks dealing in usury
are competing, for lands, with the two Holy Places and declaring
war against Allah by disobeying His order {Allah has allowed trading
and forbidden usury} (Baqarah; 2:275). All this taking
place at the vicinity of the Holy Mosque in the Holy Land! Allah (SWT)
stated in His Holy Book a unique promise (that had not been promised
to any other sinner) to the Muslims who deals in usury: {O you who
believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah and relinquish what remains
(due) from usury, if you are believers * But if you do (it) not, then
be appraised of WAR from Allah and His Apostle} (Baqarah; 2:278279).
This is for the "Muslim" who deals in usury (believing that
it is a sin), what is it then to the person who make himself a partner
and equal to Allah, legalising (usury and other sins) what has been
forbidden by Allah. Despite of all of the above we see the government
misled and dragged some of the righteous Ulamah and Da'ees away from
the issue of objecting to the greatest of sins and Kufr. (We bemoan
this and can only say: "No power and power acquiring except
through Allah").
Under such circumstances, to push the enemythe
greatest Kufr out of the country is a prime duty. No other duty
after Belief is more important than the duty of had . Utmost
effort should be made to prepare and instigate the Ummah against
the enemy, the AmericanIsraeli alliance occupying the country of the
two Holy Places and the route of the Apostle (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on him) to the Furthest Mosque (AlAqsa Mosque).
Also to remind the Muslims not to be engaged in an internal war among
themselves, as that will have grieve consequences namely:
1consumption of the Muslims
human resources as most casualties and fatalities will be among the
Muslims people.
2Exhaustion of the economic and
financial resources.
3Destruction of the country
infrastructures
4Dissociation of the society
5Destruction of the oil
industries. The presence of the USA Crusader military forces on
land, sea and air of the states of the Islamic Gulf is the greatest
danger threatening the largest oil reserve in the world. The existence
of these forces in the area will provoke the people of the country and
induces aggression on their religion, feelings and prides and push
them to take up armed struggle against the invaders occupying the
land; therefore spread of the fighting in the region will expose the
oil wealth to the danger of being burned up. The economical interest
of the States of the Gulf and the land of the two Holy Places will be
damaged and even a greater damage will be caused to the economy of the
world. I would like here to alert my brothers, the Mujahideen, the
sons of the nation, to protect this (oil) wealth and not to include it
in the battle as it is a great Islamic wealth and a large economical
power essential for the soon to be established Islamic state, by
Allah's Permission and Grace. We also warn the aggressors, the USA,
against burning this Islamic wealth (a crime which they may commit in
order to prevent it, at the end of the war, from falling in the
hands of its' legitimate owners and to cause economical damages to the
competitors of the USA in Europe or the Far East, particularly
Japan which is the major consumer of the oil of the region).
6Division of the land of the two
Holy Places, and annexing of the northerly part of it by Israel.
Dividing the land of the two Holy Places is an essential demand of the
ZionistCrusader alliance. The existence of such a large country
with its huge resources under the leadership of the forthcoming
Islamic State, by Allah's Grace, represent a serious danger to the
very existence of the Zionist state in Palestine. The Nobel
Ka'ba, the Qiblah of all Muslims makes the land of the two Holy Places
a symbol for the unity of the Islamic world. Moreover, the presence of
the world largest oil reserve makes the land of the two Holy Places
an important economical power in the Islamic world. The sons of
the two Holy Places are directly related to the life style (Seerah) of
their forefathers, the companions, may Allah be pleased with them.
They consider the Seerah of their forefathers as a source and an
example for reestablishing the greatness of this Ummah and to
raise the word of Allah again. Furthermore the presence of
a population of fighters in the south of Yemen, fighting in the cause
of Allah, is a strategic threat to the ZionistCrusader alliance in the
area. The Prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) said: (around
twelve thousands will emerge from Aden/Abian helping the cause
of Allah and His messenger, they are the best, in the time, between me
and them) narrated by Ahmad with a correct trustworthy reference.
7An internal war is a great
mistake, no matter what reasons are there for it. the presence
of the occupierthe USA forces will control the outcome of the battle
for the benefit of the international Kufr.
I address now my brothers of the
security and military forces and the national guards may Allah
preserve you hoard for Islam and the Muslims people: O you protectors
of unity and guardians of Faith; O you descendent of the ancestors who
carried the light (torch) of guidance and spread it all over the
world. O you grandsons of Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqaas ,
Almothanna Ibn Haritha AshShaybani , Alga'ga' Ibn Amroo AlTameemi and
those pious companions who fought Jihad alongside them; you competed
to join the army and the guard forces with the intention to carry out
Jihad in the cause of Allah raising His word and to defend the faith
of Islam and the land of the two Holy Places against the invaders and
the occupying forces. That is the ultimate level of believing in
this religion "Deen". But the regime had reversed
these principles and their understanding, humiliating the Ummah and
disobeying Allah. Half a century ago the rulers promised the Ummah to
regain the first Qiblah, but fifty years later new generation arrived
and the promises have been changed; AlAqsa Mosque handed over to the
Zionists and the wounds of the Ummah still bleeding there. At the time
when the Ummah has not regained the first Qiblah and the rout of the
journey of the Prophet (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on
him), and despite of all of the above, the Saudi regime had stunt the
Ummah in the remaining sanctities, the Holy city of Makka and
the mosque of the Prophet (AlMasjid AnNabawy), by calling the
Christians army to defend the regime. The crusaders were permitted to
be in the land of the two Holy Places. Not surprisingly though, the
King himself wore the cross on his chest. The country was widely
opened from the northto the south and from easttothe west for the
crusaders. The land was filled with the military bases of the USA
and the allies. The regime became unable to keep control without the
help of these bases. You know more than any body else about the size,
intention and the danger of the presence of the USA military
bases in the area. The regime betrayed the Ummah and joined the
Kufr, assisting and helping them against the Muslims. It is well known
that this is one of the ten "voiders" of Islam, deeds of
deIslamisation . By opening the Arab peninsula to the crusaders the
regime disobeyed and acted against what has been enjoined by the
messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him),
while he was at the bed of his death: (Expel the polytheists out
of the Arab Peninsula); (narrated by AlBukhari) and: (If I survive,
Allah willing, I'll expel the Jews and the Christians out of the Arab
Peninsula); saheeh Aljame' AsSagheer.
It is out of date and no longer
acceptable to claim that the presence of the crusaders is necessity
and only a temporary measures to protect the land of the two Holy
Places. Especially when the civil and the military infrastructures of
Iraq were savagely destroyed showing the depth of the ZionistCrusaders
hatred to the Muslims and their children, and the rejection of the
idea of replacing the crusaders forces by an Islamic force composed of
the sons of the country and other Muslim people. moreover the
foundations of the claim and the claim it self were demolished and
wiped out by the sequence of speeches given by the leaders of the
Kuffar in America. The latest of these speeches was the one given by
William Perry, the Defence Secretary, after the explosion in AlKhobar
saying that: the presence of the American solders there is to protect
the interest of the USA. The imprisoned Sheikh Safar AlHawali, may
Allah hasten his release, wrote a book of seventy pages; in it he
presented evidence and proof that the presence of the Americans in the
Arab Peninsula is a preplaned military occupation. The regime want to
deceive the Muslims people in the same manner when the Palestinian
fighters, Mujahideen, were deceived causing the loss of AlAqsa Mosque.
In 1304 A.H (1936 CE) the awakened Muslims nation of Palestine started
their great struggle, Jihad, against the British occupying forces.
Britain was impotent to stop the Mujahideen and their Jihad, but their
devil inspired that there is no way to stop the armed struggle
in Palestine unless through their agent King Abdul Azeez, who managed
to deceives the Mujahideen. King Abdul Azeez carried out his duty to
his British masters. He sent his two sons to meet the Mujahideen
leaders and to inform them that King Abdul Azeez would guarantee
the promises made by the British government in leaving the area and
responding positively to the demands of the Mujahideen if the latter
stop their Jihad. And so King Abdul Azeez caused the loss of the first
Qiblah of the Muslims people. The King joined the crusaders against
the Muslims and instead of supporting the Mujahideen in the cause of
Allah, to liberate the AlAqsa Mosque, he disappointed and humiliated
them
Today, his son, king
Fahd, trying to deceive the Muslims for the second time so as to loose
what is left of the sanctities. When the Islamic world resented the
arrival of the crusader forces to the land of the two Holy Places, the
king told lies to the Ulamah (who issued Fatwas about the arrival of
the Americans) and to the gathering of the Islamic leaders at the
conference of Rabitah which was held in the Holy City of Makka.
The King said that: "the issue is simple, the American and the
alliance forces will leave the area in few months". Today it is
seven years since their arrival and the regime is not able to move
them out of the country. The regime made no confession about its
inability and carried on lying to the people claiming that the
American will leave. But nevernever again ; a believer will not
be bitten twice from the same hole or snake! Happy is the one who
takes note of the sad experience of the others!! Instead of motivating
the army, the guards and the security men to oppose the occupiers the
regime used these men to protect the invaders, and further
deepening the humiliation and the betrayal. (We bemoan this and can
only say: "No power and power acquiring except through
Allah"). To those little group of men within the army,
police and security forces, who have been tricked and pressurised by
the regime to attack the Muslims and spill their blood, we would like
to remind them of the narration: (I promise war against those who take
my friends as their enemy) narrated by Al_Bukhari. and his saying (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him) saying of: ( In the day of
judgement a man comes holding another and complaining being slain by
him. Allah, blessed be His Names, asks: Why did you slay him?! The
accused replies: I did so that all exaltation may be Yours. Allah,
blessed be His Names, says: All exaltation is indeed mine! Another man
comes holding a fourth with a similar complaint. Allah, blessed be His
Names, asks: Why did you kill him?! The accused replies: I did so that
exaltation may be for Mr. X! Allah, blessed be His Names, says:
exaltation is mine, not for Mr. X, carry all the slain man's sins (and
proceed to the Hell fire)!). In another wording of AnNasa'i: "The
accused says: for strengthening the rule or kingdom of Mr. X"
Today your brothers and sons,
the sons of the two Holy Places, have started their Jihad in the cause
of Allah, to expel the occupying enemy out of the country of the two
Holy places. And there is no doubt you would like to carry out this
mission too, in order to reestablish the greatness of this Ummah
and to liberate its' occupied sanctities. Nevertheless, it must be
obvious to you that, due to the imbalance of power between our armed
forces and the enemy forces, a suitable means of fighting
must be adopted i.e using fast moving light forces that work
under complete secrecy. In other word to initiate a guerrilla
warfare, were the sons of the nation, and not the military forces,
take part in it. And as you know, it is wise, in the present
circumstances, for the armed military forces not to be engaged in a
conventional fighting with the forces of the crusader enemy (the
exceptions are the bold and the forceful operations carried out by the
members of the armed forces individually, that is without the movement
of the formal forces in its conventional shape and hence the responses
will not be directed, strongly, against the army) unless abig
advantage is likely to be achieved; and great losses induced on the
enemy side (that would shaken and destroy its foundations and
infrastructures) that will help to expel the enemy defeated out
of the country. The Mujahideen, your brothers and sons, requesting
that you support them in every possible way by supplying them with
the necessary information, materials and arms. Security men are
especially asked to cover up for the Mujahideen and to assist them as
much as possible against the occupying enemy; and to spread rumours,
fear and discouragement among the members of the enemy forces. We
bring to your attention that the regime, in order to create a friction
and feud between the Mujahideen and yourselves, might resort to take a
deliberate action against personnel of the security, guards and
military forces and blame the Mujahideen for these actions. The
regime should not be allowed to have such opportunity. The regime is
fully responsible for what had been incurred by the country and the
nation; however the occupying American enemy is the principle
and the main cause of the situation . Therefore efforts should be
concentrated on destroying, fighting and killing the enemy until, by
the Grace of Allah, it is completely defeated. The time will come by
the Permission of Allahwhen you'll perform your decisive role so that
the word of Allah will be supreme and the word of the
infidels (Kaferoon) will be the inferior. You will hit with iron
fist against the aggressors. You'll reestablish the normal course and
give the people their rights and carry out your truly Islamic duty.
Allah willing, I'll have a separate talk about these issues.
My Muslim Brothers (particularly those of the Arab
Peninsula):
The money you pay to buy
American goods will be transformed into bullets and used against our
brothers in Palestine and tomorrow (future) against our sons in the
land of the two Holy places. By buying these goods we are
strengthening their economy while our dispossession and poverty
increases.
Muslims Brothers of land
of the two Holy Places:
It is incredible that our
country is the world largest buyer of arms from the USA and the area
biggest commercial partners of the Americans who are assisting
their Zionist brothers in occupying Palestine and in evicting and
killing the Muslims there, by providing arms, men and financial
supports. To deny these occupiers from the enormous revenues of their
trading with our country is a very important help for our Jihad
against them. To express our anger and hate to them is a very
important moral gesture. By doing so we would have taken part in (the
process of ) cleansing our sanctities from the crusaders and the
Zionists and forcing them, by the Permission of Allah, to leave
disappointed and defeated.
We expect the woman of the
land of the two Holy Places and other countries to carry out their
role in boycotting the American goods. If economical boycotting is
intertwined with the military operations of the Mujahideen, then
defeating the enemy will be even nearer, by the Permission of Allah.
However if Muslims don't cooperate and support their Mujahideen
brothers then , in effect, they are supplying the army of the enemy
with financial help and extending the war and increasing the suffering
of the Muslims.
The security and the
intelligence services of the entire world can not force a single
citizen to buy the goods of his/her enemy. Economical boycotting of
the American goods is a very effective weapon of hitting and
weakening the enemy, and it is not under the control of the security
forces of the regime. Before closing my talk, I have a very important
message to the youths of Islam, men of the brilliant future of the
Ummah of Muhammad (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM). Our
talk with the youths about their duty in this difficult period in the
history of our Ummah. A period in which the youths and no one
else came forward to carry out the variable and different duties.
While some of the well known individuals had hesitated in their duty
of defending Islam and saving themselves and their wealth from the
injustice, aggression and terror exercised by the government the
youths (may Allah protect them) were forthcoming and raised the banner
of Jihad against the AmericanZionist alliance occupying the sanctities
of Islam. Others who have been tricked into loving this materialistic
world, and those who have been terrorised by the government choose to
give legitimacy to the greatest betrayal , the occupation of the land
of the two Holy Places (We bemoan this and can only say: "No
power and power acquiring except through Allah"). We are not
surprised from the action of our youths. The youths were the
companions of Muhammad (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on
him), and was it not the youths themselves who killed AbaJahl, the
Pharaoh of this Ummah?. Our youths are the best descendent of the best
ancestors.
AbdulRahman Ibn Awf may Allah be
pleased with himsaid: (I was at Badr where I noticed two youths one to
my right and the other to my left. One of them asked me quietly (so
not to be heard by the other) : O uncle point out AbaJahl to me. What
do you want him for? , said Abdul Rahman. The boy answered: I have
been informed that he AbaJahl abused the Messenger of Allah (SAW), I
swear by Allah, who have my soul in His hand, that if I see AbaJahl
I'll not let my shadow departs his shadow till one of us is dead. I
was astonished, said Abdul Rahman; then the other youth said the same
thing as the first one. Subsequently I saw AbaJahl among
the people; I said to the boys do you see? this is the man you
are asking me about. The two youths hit AbaJahl with their swords till
he was dead. Allah is the greatest, Praise be to Him: Two youths
of young age but with great perseverance, enthusiasm, courage and
pride for the religion of Allah's, each one of them asking about the
most important act of killing that should be induced on the enemy.
That is the killing of the pharaoh of this Ummah Aba Jahl, the
leader of the unbelievers (Mushrikeen) at the battle of Badr. The role
of Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf , may Allah be pleased with him, was to direct
the two youths toward AbaJahl. That was the perseverance and the
enthusiasm of the youths of that time and that was the perseverance
and the enthusiasm of their fathers. It is this role that is now
required from the people who have the expertise and knowledge in
fighting the enemy. They should guide their brothers and sons in this
matter; once that has been done, then our youths will repeat what
their forefathers had said before: "I swear by Allah if I see him
I'll not let my shadow to departs from his shadow till one of us is
dead".
And the story of AbdurRahman Ibn Awf about Ummayyah
Ibn Khalaf shows the extent of Bilal's (may Allah be pleased
with him) persistence in killing the head of the Kufr: "the head
of Kufr is Ummayyah Ibn Khalaf.... I shall live not
if he survives" said Bilal.
Few days ago the news agencies
had reported that the Defence Secretary of the Crusading Americans had
said that "the explosion at Riyadh and AlKhobar had taught him
one lesson: that is not to withdraw when attacked by coward terrorists".
We say to the Defence Secretary
that his talk can induce a grieving mother to laughter! and shows the
fears that had enshrined you all. Where was this false courage of
yours when the explosion in Beirut took place on 1983 CE (1403
A.H). You were turned into scattered pits and pieces at that time; 241
mainly marines solders were killed. And where was this courage of
yours when two explosions made you to leave Aden in less than twenty
four hours!
But your most disgraceful case
was in Somalia; whereafter vigorous propaganda about the power of the
USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order you moved
tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight
thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of
your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was
dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying
disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you.
Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising
revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal.
You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your
impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the
"heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests"
of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities
of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.
I say to Secretary of Defence:
The sons of the land of the two Holy Places had come out to fight
against the Russian in Afghanistan, the Serb in BosniaHerzegovina and
today they are fighting in Chechenia and by the Permission of Allah
they have been made victorious over your partner, the Russians. By the
command of Allah, they are also fighting in Tajakistan.l I'll
not let my shadow departs his shadow till one of us is dead. I was
astonished, said Abdul Rahman; then the other youth said
the same thing as the first one. Subsequently I saw AbaJahl
among the people; I said to the boys do you see? this is
the man you are asking me about. The two youths hit AbaJahl with their
swords till he was dead. Allah is the greatest, Praise be to Him:
Two youths of young age but with great perseverance, enthusiasm,
courage and pride for the religion of Allah's, each one of them asking
about the most important act of killing that should be induced on the
enemy. That is the killing of the pharaoh of this Ummah Aba Jahl,
the leader of the unbelievers (Mushrikeen) at the battle of Badr. The
role of Abdul Rahman Ibn Awf , may Allah be pleased with him, was to
direct the two youths toward AbaJahl. That was the perseverance
and the enthusiasm of the youths of that time and that was the
perseverance and the enthusiasm of their fathers. It is this
role that is now required from the people who have the expertise and
knowledge in fighting the enemy. They should guide their brothers and
sons in this matter; once that has been done, then our youths will
repeat what their forefathers had said before: "I swear by Allah
if I see him I'll not let my shadow to departs from his shadow till
one of us is dead".
And the story of AbdurRahman Ibn Awf about Ummayyah
Ibn Khalaf shows the extent of Bilal's (may Allah be pleased
with him) persistence in killing the head of the Kufr: "the head
of Kufr is Ummayyah Ibn Khalaf.... I shall live not
if he survives" said Bilal.
Few days ago the news agencies
had reported that the Defence Secretary of the Crusading Americans had
said that "the explosion at Riyadh and AlKhobar had taught him
one lesson: that is not to withdraw when attacked by coward terrorists".
We say to the Defence Secretary
that his talk can induce a grieving mother to laughter! and shows the
fears that had enshrined you all. Where was this false courage of
yours when the explosion in Beirut took place on 1983 CE (1403
A.H). You were turned into scattered pits and pieces at that time; 241
mainly marines solders were killed. And where was this courage of
yours when two explosions made you to leave Aden in less than twenty
four hours!
But your most disgraceful case
was in Somalia; whereafter vigorous propaganda about the power of the
USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order you moved
tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight
thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of
your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was
dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying
disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you.
Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising
revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal.
You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your
impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the
"heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests"
of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities
of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.
I say to Secretary of Defence:
The sons of the land of the two Holy Places had come out to fight
against the Russian in Afghanistan, the Serb in BosniaHerzegovina and
today they are fighting in Chechenia and by the Permission of Allah
they have been made victorious over your partner, the Russians. By the
command of Allah, they are also fighting in Tajakistan.
I say: Since the sons of the
land of the two Holy Places feel and strongly believe that fighting
(Jihad) against the Kuffar in every part of the world, is absolutely
essential; then they would be even more enthusiastic, more powerful
and larger in number upon fighting on their own land the place of
their births defending the greatest of their sanctities, the noble
Ka'ba (the Qiblah of all Muslims). They know that the Muslims of
the world will assist and help them to victory. To liberate their
sanctities is the greatest of issues concerning all Muslims; It is the
duty of every Muslims in this world. I say to you William (Defence
Secretary) that: These youths love death as you loves life. They
inherit dignity, pride, courage, generosity, truthfulness and
sacrifice from father to father. They are most delivering and
steadfast at war. They inherit these values from their ancestors
(even from the time of the Jaheliyyah, before Islam). These values
were approved and completed by the arriving Islam as stated by the
messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him):
"I have been send to perfecting the good values". (Saheeh
AlJame' AsSagheer). When the pagan King Amroo Ibn Hind
tried to humiliate the pagan Amroo Ibn Kulthoom, the latter cut the
head of the King with his sword rejecting aggression,
humiliation and indignation.
If the king oppresses the people
excessively, we rejectto submit to humiliation.
By which legitimacy (or command)
O Amroo bin Hind you want us to be degraded?!
By which legitimacy (or command)
O Amroo bin Hind you listen to our foes and disrespect us?!
Our toughness has, O Amroo,
tired the enemies before you, never giving in! Our youths
believe in paradise after death. They believe that taking part in
fighting will not bring their day nearer; and staying behind
will not postpone their day either. Exalted be to Allah who said:
{And a soul will not die but with the permission of Allah, the term is
fixed} (Aal Imraan; 3:145). Our youths believe in the saying of
the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on
him): "O boy, I teach a few words; guard (guard the cause of,
keep the commandments of) Allah, then He guards you, guard (the cause
of ) Allah, then He will be with you; if you ask (for your need) ask
Allah, if you seek assistance, seek Allah's; and know definitely that
if the Whole World gathered to (bestow) profit on you they will
not profit you except with what was determined for you by Allah, and
if they gathered to harm you they will not harm you except with what
has been determined for you by Allah; Pen lifted, papers dried, it is
fixed nothing in these truths can be changed" Saheeh AlJame'
AsSagheer.
Our youths took note of the
meaning of the poetic verse:
"if death is a
predetermined must, then it is a shame to die cowardly"
and the other poet saying:
"who do not die by the
sword will die by other reason;many causes are there but one death".
These youths believe in what has
been told by Allah and His messenger (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on him) about the greatness of the reward for the
Mujahideen and Martyrs; Allah, the most exalted said: {and so
far those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will by no means allow
their deeds to perish. He will guide them and improve their condition.
and cause them to enter the garden paradise which He has made known to
them}. (Muhammad;47:46). Allah the Exalted also said: {and do not
speak of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead; nay they are
alive, but you do not perceive} (Bagarah; 2:154). His messenger (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him) said: "for those who
strive in His cause Allah prepared hundred degrees (levels) in
paradise; inbetween two degrees as the inbetween heaven and earth".
Saheeh AlJame' AsSagheer. He (Allah's Blessings and Salutations
may be on him) also said: "the best of the martyrs are those who
do NOT turn their faces away from the battle till they are killed.
They are in the high level of Jannah (paradise). Their Lord
laughs to them ( in pleasure) and when your Lord laughs to
a slave of His, He will not hold him to an account". narrated by
Ahmad with correct and trustworthy reference. And : "a
martyr will not feel the pain of death except like how you feel when
you are pinched". Saheeh AlJame' AsSagheer. He also said :
"a martyr privileges are guaranteed by Allah; forgiveness
with the first gush of his blood, he will be shown his seat in
paradise, he will be decorated with the jewels of belief (Imaan),
married off to the beautiful ones, protected from the test in the
grave, assured security in the day of judgement, crowned with the
crown of dignity, a ruby of which is better than this whole world (Duniah)and
its' entire content, wedded to seventy two of the pure Houries
(beautiful ones of Paradise) and his intercession on the behalf of
seventy of his relatives will be accepted". narrated by Ahmad and
AtTirmithi (with the correct and trustworthy reference).
Those youths know that their
rewards in fighting you, the USA, is double than their rewards in
fighting some one else not from the people of the book. They
have no intention except to enter paradise by killing you. An infidel,
and enemy of God like you, cannot be in the same hell with his
righteous executioner. Our youths chanting and reciting the word of
Allah, themost exalted:
{fight them; Allah will punish
them by your hands and bring them to disgrace, and assist you against
them and heal the heart of a believing people} (AtTaubah; 9:14) and
the words of the prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM):
"I swear by Him, who has my soul in His hand, that no man get
killed fighting them today, patiently attacking and not retreating ,surely
Allah will let him into paradise". And his (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on him) saying to them: "get up to a paradise
as wide as heaven and earth".
The youths also reciting the All Mighty words of: {so
when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks........}
(Muhammad; 47:19).
Those youths will not ask you
(William Perry) for explanations, they will tell you singing there is
nothing between us need to be explained, there is only killing and
neck smiting.
And they will say to you what
their grand father, Haroon ArRasheed, AmeerulMu'meneen, replied to
your grandfather, Nagfoor, the Byzantine emperor, when he threatened
the Muslims: "from Haroon ArRasheed, AmeerulMu'meneen, to Nagfoor,
the dog of the Romans; the answer is what you will see not what you
hear". Haroon ElRasheed led the armies of Islam to the battle and
handed Nagfoor a devastating defeat.
The youths you called cowards
are competing among themselves for fighting and killing you. reciting
what one of them said:
The crusader army became dust
when we detonated alKhobar With courageous youth of Islam fearing no
danger.
If (they are) threatened: The
tyrants will kill you, they reply my death is a victory
I did not betrayed that king, he
did betray our Qiblah
And he permitted in the holy
country the most filthy sort ofhumans. I have made an oath by Allah,
the Great, to fight who ever rejected the faith
For more than a decade, they
carried arms on their shoulders in Afghanistan and they have made vows
to Allah that as long as they are alive, they will continue to carry
arms against you until you are Allah willingexpelled, defeated and
humiliated, they will carry on as long as they live saying:
O William, tomorrow you will
know which young man is confronting your misguided brethren!
A youth fighting in smile,
returning with the spear coloured red.
May Allah keep me close to
knights, humans in peace, demons in war.
Lions in Jungle but their teeth
are spears and Indian swords.
The horses witness that I push
them hard forwarded in the fire of battle.
The dust of the battle bears
witnesses for me, so also the fighting itself, the pens and the books!
So to abuse the grandsons of the
companions, may Allah be pleased with them, by calling them cowards
and challenging them by refusing to leave the land of the two Holy
Places shows the insanity and the imbalance you are suffering from.
Its appropriate `remedy ,however, is in the hands of the youths of
Islam, as the poet said:
I am willing to sacrifice self
and wealth for knights who never disappointed me Knights who are never
fed up or deterred by death, evenif the mill of war turns
In the heat of battle they do
not care, and cure the insanity of the enemy by their 'insane' courage.
Terrorising you, while you are
carrying arms on our land, is a legitimate and morally demanded duty.
It is a legitimate right well known to all humans and other creatures.
Your example and our example is like a snake which entered into a
house of a man and got killed by him. The coward is the one who
lets you walk, while carrying arms, freely on his land and provides
you with peace and security.
Those youths are different from
your soldiers. Your problem will be how to convince your troops to
fight, while our problem will be how to restrain our youths to wait
for their turn in fighting and in operations. These youths are
commendation and praiseworthy.
They stood up tall to defend the
religion; at the time when the government misled the prominent
scholars and tricked them into issuing Fatwas (that have no
basis neither in the book of Allah, nor in the Sunnah of His prophet (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him)) of opening the land of the
two Holy Places for the Christians armies and handing the AlAqsa
Mosque to the Zionists.
Twisting the meanings of the
holy text will not change this fact at all. They deserve the praise of
the poet:
I rejected all the critics, who
chose the wrong way
I rejected those who enjoy
fireplaces in clubs discussing eternally
I rejected those, who inspite
being lost, think they are at the goal
I respect those who carried on
not asking or bothering about the difficulties
Never letting up from their
goals, inspite all hardships of the road
Whose blood is the oil for the
flame guiding in the darkness of confusion
I feel still the pain of (the
loss) AlQuds in my internal organs.
That loss is like a burning fire
in my intestines
I did not betray my covenant
with God, when even states did betray it!
As their grand father Assim Bin
Thabit said rejecting a surrender offer of the pagans:
What for an excuse I had to
surrender, while I am still able, having arrows and my bow having a
tough string?!
Death is truth and ultimate
destiny, and life will end any way.
If I do not fight you, then my
mother must be insane!
The youths hold you responsible for all of the
killings and evictions of the Muslims and the violation of the
sanctities, carried out by your Zionist brothers in Lebanon; you
openly supplied them with arms and finance. More than 600,000
Iraqi children have died due to lack of food and medicine and as a
result of the unjustifiable aggression (sanction) imposed on Iraq and
its nation.
The children of Iraq are our
children. You, the USA, together with the Saudi regime are responsible
for the shedding of the blood of these innocent children. Due to all
of that, what ever treaty you have with our country is now null and
void.
The treaty of Hudaybiyyah was
cancelled by the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations
may be on him) once Quraysh had assisted Bani Bakr against Khusa'ah ,
the allies of the prophet (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on
him). The prophet (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him)
fought Quraysh and concurred Makka. He (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on him) considered the treaty with Bani Qainuqa'
void because one of their Jews publicly hurt one Muslim woman, one
single woman, at the market. Let alone then, the killing you caused to
hundred of thousands Muslims and occupying their sanctities. It is now
clear that those who claim that the blood of the American solders (the
enemy occupying the land of the Muslims) should be protected are
merely repeating what is imposed on them by the regime; fearing the
aggression and interested in saving themselves. It is a duty now on
every tribe in the Arab Peninsula to fight, Jihad, in the cause of
Allah and to cleanse the land from those occupiers. Allah knows
that there blood is permitted (to be spilled) and their wealth is a
booty; their wealth is abooty to those who kill them. The most
Exalted said in the verse of AsSayef, The Sword: {so when the sacred
months have passed away, then slay the idolaters where ever you find
them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them
in every ambush} (AtTauba; 9:5). Our youths knew that the humiliation
suffered by the Muslims as a result of the occupation of their
sanctities can not be kicked and removed except by explosions and
Jihad. As the poet said:
The walls of oppression and
humiliation cannot be demolished except in a rain of bullets
The freeman does not surrender
leadership to infidels and sinners
Without shedding blood no
degradation and branding can be removed from the forehead
I remind the youths of the
Islamic world, who fought in Afghanistan and BosniaHerzegovina with
their wealth, pens, tongues and themselves that the battle had not
finished yet. I remind them about the talk between Jibreel (Gabriel)
and the messenger of Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be
on both of them) after the battle of Ahzab when the messenger of Allah
(Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him) returned to Medina
and before putting his sword aside; when Jibreel (Allah's Blessings
and Salutations may be on him) descend saying: "are you putting
your sword aside? by Allah the angels haven't dropped their arms yet;
march with your companions to Bani Quraydah, I am (going) ahead
of you to throw fears in their hearts and to shake their fortresses on
them". Jibreel marched with the angels (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on them all), followed by the messenger of Allah (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him) marching with the immigrants,
Muhajeroon, and supporters, Ansar. (narrated by AlBukhary).
These youths know that: if
one is not to be killed one will die (any way) and the most honourable
death is to be killed in the way of Allah. They are even more
determined after the martyrdom of the four heroes who bombed the
Americans in Riyadh. Those youths who raised high the head of the
Ummah and humiliated the Americansthe occupier by their
operation in Riyadh. They remember the poetry of Ja'far, the
second commander in the battle of Mu'tah, in which three thousand
Muslims faced over a hundred thousand Romans:
How good is the Paradise and its
nearness, good with cool drink
But the Romans are promised
punishment (in Hell), if I meet them
I will fight them.
And the poetry of Abdullah Bin Rawaha, the third
commander in the battle of Mu'tah, after the martyrdom of Ja'far, when
he felt some hesitation:
O my soul if you do not get
killed, you are going to die, anyway.
This is death pool in front of
you!
You are getting what you have
wished for (martyrdom) before, and you follow the example of the two
previous commanders you are rightly guided!
As for our daughters, wives,
sisters and mothers they should take prime example from the prophet (Allah's
Blessings and Salutations may be on him) pious female companions, may
Allah be pleased with them; they should adopt the life style (Seerah)
of the female companions of courage, sacrifice and generosity in the
cause of the supremacy of Allah's religion. They should remember the
courage and the personality of Fatima, daughter of Khatab, when
she accepted Islam and stood up in front of her brother, Omar Ibn
AlKhatab and challenged him (before he became a Muslim) saying:
"O Omar , what will you do if the truth is not in your religion?!"
And to remember the stand of Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, on the day
of Hijra, when she attended the Messenger and his companion in the
cave and split her belt in two pieces for them. And to remember the
stand of Naseeba Bent Ka'b striving to defend the messenger of
Allah (Allah's Blessings and Salutations may be on him) on the day of
Uhud, in which she suffered twelve injuries, one of which was so deep
leaving a deep lifelong scar! They should remember the generosity of
the early woman of Islam who raised finance for the Muslims army by
selling their jewellery. Our women had set a tremendous example
of generosity in the cause of Allah; they motivated and encouraged
their sons, brothers and husbands to fight in the cause of Allah in
Afghanistan, BosniaHerzegovina, Chechenia and in other countries.
We ask Allah to accept from them these deeds, and may He help their
fathers, brothers, husbands and sons. May Allah strengthen the belief
Imaan of our women in the way of generosity and sacrifice for
the supremacy of the word of Allah. Our women weep not, except over
men who fight in the cause of Allah; our women instigate their
brothers to fight in the cause of Allah.
Our women bemoan only fighters
in the cause of Allah, as said:
Do not moan on any one except a
lion in the woods, courageous in the burning wars
Let me die dignified in wars,
honourable death is better than my current life
Our women encourage to Jihad
saying:
Prepare yourself like a
struggler, the matter is bigger than words!
Are you going to leave us else
for the wolves of Kufr eating our wings?!
The wolves of Kufr are
mobilising all evil persons from every where!
Where are the freemen defending
free women by the arms?!
Death is better than life in
humiliation! Some scandals and shames will never be otherwise
eradicated.
My Muslim Brothers of The
World:
Your brothers in Palestine and in the land of the two
Holy Places are calling upon your help and asking you to take
part in fighting against the enemy your enemy and their enemy the
Americans and the Israelis. they are asking you to do whatever
you can, with one own means and ability, to expel the enemy,
humiliated and defeated, out of the sanctities of Islam. Exalted be to
Allah said in His book: { and if they ask your support, because they
are oppressed in their faith, then support them!} (Anfaal; 8:72)
O you horses (soldiers) of Allah
ride and march on. This is the time of hardship so be tough. And
know that your gathering and cooperation in order to liberate the
sanctities of Islam is the right step toward unifying the word of the
Ummah under the banner of "No God but Allah" ).
From our place we raise our
palms humbly to Allah asking Him to bestow on us His guide in every
aspects of this issue.
Our Lord,
we ask you to secure the release of the truthful scholars, Ulama,
of Islam and pious youths of the Ummah from their imprisonment.
O Allah, strengthen them and help their families.
Our Lord,
the people of the cross had come with their horses (soldiers)and
occupied the land of the two Holy places. And the Zionist Jews
fiddling as they wish with the AlAqsa Mosque, the route of the
ascendance of the messenger of Allah (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS
ON HIM). Our Lord, shatter their gathering, divide them among
themselves, shaken the earth under their feet and give us control over
them; Our Lord, we take refuge in you from their deeds and take
you as a shield between us and them
Our Lord,
show us a black day in them!
Our Lord,
show us the wonderment of your ability in them!
Our Lord ,
You are the Revealer of the book, Director of the clouds,
You defeated the allies (Ahzab);
defeat them and make us victorious over them.
Our Lord,
You are the one who help us and You are the one who assist us, with
Your Power we move and by Your Power we fight. On You we rely and You
are our cause. Our Lord, those youths got together to make Your
religion victorious and raise Your banner. Our Lord, send them Your
help and strengthen their hearts.
Our Lord,
make the youths of Islam steadfast and descend patience on them and
guide their shots!
Our Lord,
unify the Muslims and bestow love among their hearts!
Our Lord,
pour down upon us patience, and make our steps firm and assist us
against the unbelieving people!
Our Lord,
do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us; Our
Lord, do not impose upon us that which we have no strength to bear;
and pardon us and grant us protection and have mercy on us, Thou art
our patron, so help us against the unbelieving people.
Our Lord,
guide this Ummah, and make the right conditions (by which) the people
of your obedience will be in dignity and the people of
disobedience in humiliation, and by which the good deeds are enjoined
and the bad deeds are forebode.
Our Lord, bless
Muhammad, Your slave and messenger, his family and descendants, and
companions and salute him with a (becoming) salutation.
And our last supplication is:
All praise is due to Allah .
Usamah bin Muhammad bin Laden
Friday, 9/4/1417 A.H
(23/8/1996 CE) Hindukush Mountains, Khurasan, Afghanistan.
September 12, 2001
Commentary
Yael Shahar
ICT Internet Site Director
Earlier this week, in the Kuwaiti paper, Al-Watan an article
appeared that explained the "justification" in the eyes of
"Orthodox" Islam for the killing of innocent non-combatants
in time of war. In the briefest possible terms, the justification
hinges on the fact that -- at least in the case of Israel -- all
non-combatants are either "potential fighters" or "are
involved in complementary activities."
The following translation of this article, published in the
September 9 edition of the Jerusalem Post, is now more relevant than
any could have foreseen two days ago. The article opens a window into
the thinking of those behind yesterday's murderous terrorist acts in
New York and in Washington DC.
The questions: "how could it happen? Who would do such a thing?"
seem to come up again and again whenever people try to encompass the
enormity of what has happened in the United States. This article, if
read with attention, may provide at least part of the answer: there
are cultures and religious streams that place no limits on what they
consider "justified in time of war."
As the finger of suspicion swings more and more surely to point at
Ossama bin Ladin's "International Front for Jihad against the
Crusaders and the Jews," it would seem more than likely that
those behind yesterday's attacks subscribe to just such a school of
thought as that represented by this article, published only days
before in a mainstream Kuwaiti newspaper.
This article presents the justification, from the standpoint of
"Orthodox" Islam, for the killing of Jewish non-combatants
in war. Although these justifications directly refer to "Jewish
women and children," the arguments presented could just as easily
apply to all non-combatants living in democracies.
The justification, indeed, hinges on the fact that citizens in
democracies are to be held responsible for the actions of their
government. After all, they vote for the government of their choice,
and pay taxes to support this government's policies. In fact all
citizens of a democracy are potential soldiers. What's more, all
citizens can be seen as "involved in complimentary activities":
operating computer systems, running the telephone systems, the
electric power grids, and indeed the entire economic foundation on
which the military might of the "enemy" is based.
The casual reader could be forgiven for believing that this article
reflects the opinions of a radical minority in the Arab World. However,
to see the full extent to which such a reading would be mistaken, one
need only recall the scenes of people dancing in the streets in
countries all over the Muslim World, at word of the death of more than
10,000 innocent Americans -- all non-combatants, and all, according to
the article quoted below, valid targets for murder.
There should be no mistake: the events of yesterday, may be the
work of a small minority of extremists, but they were met with acclaim
by many who, though not directly involved, openly proclaimed their
wish that it had been their fingers on the trigger. These views do not
reflect the views of a "radical minority;" they reflect a
military doctrine for war -- a war which must be seen for what it is,
a war of civilization against civilization.
Translated From The Arabic
By Shira Gutgold
Reprinted with permission
from the Jerusalem Post
Column, "What the Papers Say."
(September 9) (Al-Watan,
Kuwait, August 31)
Religious scholars do not
dispute that Islamic law fundamentally forbids the killing of
women and children in Jihad [holy war], and the evidence for
it is in the Hadith [prophetic tradition] of Ibn-Umar [Vol. 4,
Book 52, No. 257]: "A slain woman was found during one of
the Prophet's military campaigns, and following this the
prophet forbade the killing of women and children."
The scholars have also found
evidence for the prohibition of killing those who are not
involved in warfare in the Prophet's message to Khaled
Ben-Al-Walid telling him that they shall not kill a woman or a
non-fighting laborer. There are also other sources for the
prohibition of killing civilians.
The scholars have excluded
two cases in which the killing of civilians and women is
permitted.
The first one is when they
take part in the fighting, or if they witness it or are
involved in complementary activities such as giving council or
propagandizing. The scholars base their decision on the words
of the Prophet who, when seeing the slain woman said: "She
was not capable of fighting," meaning that had she been
fighting, it would have been permitted to kill her.
It should be noted that in
the modern age, when an army is engaged in war, non-fighters
join it who are involved in complementary activities and, at
times, the course of war depends mainly on them. These are,
for example, activators of the army's computer systems that
direct military activities, such as civilian-manufactured
computer systems for directing missiles or sophisticated bombs.
They also include those who
work for agencies that carry out military projects; the
reserve forces responsible for summoning soldiers and
preparing them for fighting, even administratively;
intelligence people, and so forth.
All those mentioned fall
under the category of those who fight the Muslims and
therefore can be targeted and killed in war, especially on
occupied Muslim lands such as Palestine.
It also ought to be noted
that all Jewish women in the Zionist entity are fighters,
since they are also required to serve in the army. It is
common knowledge that the Zionist society is a military
society, and every one of them takes part in warfare, whether
as a soldier in the army, as a reservist, by paying taxes to
the Jewish state and its army which kills Muslims, or by
voting to put [Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon in a position to
give the orders to kill [Mohammed] Al-Dura [the child killed
in his father's arms in Gaza last September] and other
Palestinian children.
The second case when the
killing of civilians and women is permitted is when Muslims
must launch a comprehensive attack against their enemies or
shoot them from afar. If civilians, women or children are to
be killed in such attacks - although they must not be
deliberately targeted - there is no blame on those who kill
them, as these things happen in wars when bombs are fired at
military posts situated between residential buildings,
especially when these are the posts of the occupying army
situated on Muslim lands. In such incidents civilians, women,
and children are unintentionally killed, but Muslims get
killed as well.
Among these attacks are the
martyrdom attacks that aim to kill the occupiers in order to
strike terror in their hearts and force them to end their
occupation and withdraw from the country of the Muslims. In
these attacks some women and children are unintentionally
killed, of course, but this is with full right. Places that
are designated for children and frequented only by them are
not to be targeted.
The prophet has shot at the
people of Taif with a catapult during his siege to their town
when there were women and children inside. Had he forbidden
his warriors to attack them or shoot at any place where there
were people who were not fighters, it would have led to the
paralyzing of Jihad for the sake of Allah.
It is impossible to avoid
killing civilians in a war, especially in the kind of fighting
taking place in Palestine where settlements and occupied lands
are side by side with Muslim areas, and therefore it suffices
that they should not be intentionally targeted.
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Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism