Has jihad now become binding on every Muslim? If so, on what authority?
| Qazi. Hafiz Saeed. Sami. Fazl. Liaquat Baloch. Masood Azhar. Probably six or seven hundred others. Holy men, every one of them. With turbans. And automatic weapons... |
As a matter of fact, no prophet ever started Jihad (i.e. fighting with sword) until and unless he had set up and established an Islamic state. But we have still not been able to set up one.
| But that's the whole objective, isn't it? |
Suppose if Jihad has become incumbent, why is it so that we do not start it in Pakistan while the atrocities and persecution inflicted on the Muslims in Kashmir is a common scene in Pakistan also? Clarify it with sound arguments.
If we cement only the outer parts of the building of Islam but utterly neglect its inner parts and they remain hollow, is it of any use? Please explain.
ANSWERS:
As long as Allah's Messenger (PTUI PBUH) was in Makkah, he was not allowed to fight against the disbelievers, though they (disbelievers) persecuted him and his followers. Then he migrated to Madina. But the disbelievers even then were not ready to abandon the chase and leave him alone. So, at last, Allah made it permissible for him to fight. Sanction is given unto those who fight because they have been wronged; and Allah is indeed able to give them victory. (Al-Hajj: 39)
| If you look hard enough, you can always find some way you've been wronged, even if you have to stretch a little... |
Then, a step forward, Allah made it binding on the Muslims to fight in His way. Warfare is ordained for you, though you dislike it. (Al-Baqarah: 216) And now for all times to come Allah has made it binding on the Muslims to continue their fighting against the disbelievers till the following objectives are achieved. THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF JIHAD: Elimination of Persecution
| "Which means the elimation of the persecutors and their families..." |
THE SECOND OBJECTIVE: Dominance of Islam
| "You're not allowed to go to hell at your own speed. We'll tell you what your beliefs are." |
THE THIRD OBJECTIVE: To Force the Disbelievers to Pay Jizya
| "Because we're Moose limbs, members of the Master Religion™, led by Arabs, members of the Master Race™." |
THE FOURTH OBJECTIVE: To Help the weak and the Oppressed
| "As long as they're not blacks or Hindoos or Buddhists or anybody but us..." |
THE FIFTH OBJECTIVE: To Seek Revenge for the Murder of a Muslim
| "Dire Revenge™ is a central tenet of our religion!" |
THE SIXTH OBJECTIVE: To Punish those who violate their oaths
| "You're required to take the oaths, and you're punished if you violate them. How's that for Catch 22?" |
THE SEVENTH OBJECTIVE: To Fight to Defend
| "No matter what kind of atrocities we commit, we can never be held to account, 'cuz we got turbans!" |
THE EIGHTH OBJECTIVE: To Recapture the Occupied Territory
| "That means anyplace that's ever been Muslim's not allowed not to be Muslim. We want Andalusia back. We want all that space leading up to the gates of Vienna back. We want most of India back. We want Greenland back. We want Samoa back. We want Brazil back... |
This goes on and on. Check out their website. I am amazed this is going on under the nose of Musharraf and he does not do any thing.
| I'm not surprised in the least. His technique seems to be beating them up with one hand and cuddling with them with the other... |
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