Generally the military training ought to be acquired by every healthy Muslim. Even the disabled Muslim could perform various military duties, due to the modern method of warfare. Specifically, each and every member of the Jihaad Movements and organisations, must obtain the highest standard of military training and ought to acquire first-hand experience of actual combat. After this necessary training they ought to serve whichever section they are assigned.
The most vital, important and sensitive section among the Jihaad organisation is the armed forces section. The activities of this section is spread from the training centres to the interiors of the enemy territories. The area of its activities is very wide. This is the heart of every Jihaad activity, while all the other sections exist for the promotion and development of this section. Therefore it also carries heavy responsibilities.
After the compulsory requirement of the Imaan and the Taqwa, the Mujahid ought to pay careful attention to the following three points:
1. Highest standard of military training. 2. Obedience. 3. Prudence and Contrivance.
The more a Mujahid with the Imaan and the Taqwa, concentrates on these points, the more he will gain strength and blessing.
Highest Standard of Military Training.
Every Mujahid should possess the highest standard of military training, whether it is physical training, or training for the use of weapons, or frontal assault, or guerrilla warfare. In short a Mujahid should acquire the highest calibre of professional training that would able him to perform a multitude of tasks. Without such professional training it would be naive to enter the war. Insufficient training is not much useful either. Today the world has made tremendous progress in the art of warfare. The Muslimeen must try to acquire superiority in this field. A Mujahid ought to be trained to such an extent, that when he is sent without any weapons to the enemy country, he would be able to inflict heavy losses upon the enemy. If he is armed then he would be able to wipe out large numbers of the enemy’s soldiers.
The training for the Jihaad could be divided into two parts.
1st Part: Purely mental and psychological training which will result in producing self-confidence, valour, secrecy and serenity. A Mujahid is mentally prepared for any eventualities. A Mujahid is as solid as a rock, while faced with difficult situations. A Mujahid is totally in command of his faculties, whether in sorrow or in joy and most importantly he would never divulge secret information that is embedded into the deepest recess of his soul.
2nd Part:
Physical and armament training. Every Mujahid ought to be physically as strong as possible. His physical fitness ought to reach to the stage, that physical torture of the whole world could not make him spill the secrets. He ought to be strong enough to fight with his bare hands. He ought to be trained to such an extent that he can use what ever weapons he can lay his hands on. He ought to possess enough knowledge and skill to repair various weapons. He ought to be trained to make potent weapons from ordinary materials, freely available from the market place.
Every Mujahid ought to know the fact, that as the Jihaad is compulsory for the protection of the Muslimeen, so is the training for the Jihaad.
Allah Ta`ala has commanded us in the Holy Quraan, to prepare for the Jihaad as much as we can. Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam has put great emphasis on the training for the Jihaad.
Therefore if the Mujahideen have the desire to perform the best and to defeat the enemy, then they should work un-tiringly for the preparation of the Jihaad and should not be content with anything less than the best.
Obedience
The second important requirement for a Mujahid is obedience. By obedience we mean the obedience of Allah Ta`ala and His Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam and the obedience of the Ameer. A Mujahid is not fighting for his community, his clan, or his homeland, but he is fighting for the Blessings of Allah Ta`ala and to spread the Word of Allah Ta`ala and the commandments. Therefore it is necessary for him, that at every step, he should follow the commandments of Allah Ta`ala and the Revered Sunnah of Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam . May it be the joy of victory, or the sorrow of losing his best friend, may it be the passion for revenge for the murders and the rape of the innocent Muslimeen by the Kuffaar, or the calmness and control during the enemy’s surrender. Whether the spoils of war are heaped upon his feet, or he is in the state of hunger and thirst. He always acts according to Allah’s commandments and the Revered Sunnah of His Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam.
A Mujahid never gets intoxicated by his power and his might, he never lays his hands upon the very old, the innocent children and the women. The thought of dishonest acquisition of the spoils of war never crosses his mind. He does not spill any blood at the joyous occasion of victory, because he is the Soldier of Allah Ta`ala and the Soldier of Allah Ta`ala always keeps his distance from oppression, embezzlement and excesses of any kind.
Prudence and Contrivance
The third important ingredient for a Mujahid is contrivance and prudence. A Mujahid, may he be a commander or a soldier, ought to enter into the war armed with a careful and well thought out plan and strategy, to cause maximum damage to the enemy and minimum loss to him and his side. The Mujahideen ought to be aware and informed of the enemy’s weaknesses. Their intelligence system ought to have gained the deepest access into the enemy’s plans and strategies. The Mujahideen also ought to be familiar with the enemy’s psychology. For example the psychology of some enemies is as such, that the loss of one hundred of their men is less important to them than the loss of one hundred dollars or pounds. Thus it would be prudent for them to destroy the enemy’s economy. The reason behind the enemy’s such psychology is, their idolatry. Idolatrous beliefs result in the loss of values and the importance of other human beings, not only in their own eyes but also in the eyes of others. Yes, the only value the Mushrikeen understand is the value of worldly possessions. This lesson is deduced by the Ghazwat ul Badar, when Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam left Madinat ul Munawwarah with the intention of capturing Abu Sufyaan’s loaded trade caravan. This threat forced the Mushrikeen to put the lives of their nearest and the dearest at stake, just to protect their worldly possessions. The consequence of such a folly was the slaughter of their kith and kin by the honoured Sahabahs RadhialLahu-`anhu of Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`alayhi Wasallam.
The third important ingredient for a Mujahid is contrivance and prudence. A Mujahid, may he be a commander or a soldier, ought to enter into the war armed with a careful and well thought out plan and strategy, to cause maximum damage to the enemy and minimum loss to him and his side. The Mujahideen ought to be aware and informed of the enemy’s weaknesses. Their intelligence system ought to have gained the deepest access into the enemy’s plans and strategies. The Mujahideen also ought to be familiar with the enemy’s psychology. For example the psychology of some enemies is as such, that the loss of one hundred of their men is less important to them than the loss of one hundred dollars or pounds. Thus it would be prudent for them to destroy the enemy’s economy. The reason behind the enemy’s such psychology is, their idolatry. Idolatrous beliefs result in the loss of values and the importance of other human beings, not only in their own eyes but also in the eyes of others. Yes, the only value the Mushrikeen understand is the value of worldly possessions. This lesson is deduced by the Ghazwat ul Badr, when Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`Alayhi Wasallam left Madinat ul Munawwarah with the intention of capturing Abu Sufyaan’s loaded trade caravan. This threat forced the Mushrikeen to put the lives of their nearest and the dearest at stake, just to protect their worldly possessions. The consequence of such a folly was the slaughter of their kith and kin by the honoured Sahabah RadhialLahu-`Anhu of Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`Alayhi Wasallam. The death of whom has demoralised the Kuffaar to such an extent, that within a very short period they surrendered to Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`Alayhi Wasallam for ever.
If the Mushrikeens’ psychology was not materially orientated then they would not have put all their best soldiers into the battle, and Allah’s Last Rasool SallalLahu-`Alayhi Wasallam might have had to fight many more battles, in order to wipe out the cream of the Mushrikeens’ army, but as soon as their economical interest was perceived to be under threat, the Mushrikeen lost all their reasoning and intellect, and inflicted upon themselves irrecoverable damage by losing their most able and brave fighters in the Battle of Badr.
On the other hand when the confrontation is against the Jews, then the Jews value their lives more than their worldly possessions. The Jews are not perturbed by the loss of millions of pounds but would be concerned greatly if they lost a few lives. Though the love of worldly possessions is rampant in them as well, but after the emergence of Islam the value of ever decreasing manpower have acquired enormous value to the Jews. Therefore the clans of Banu QainuQa’ and Banu Nadheer of the holy city of Madinah had sacrificed their properties and economical resources in order to save the lives of their members. This is declared in the Holy Quraan
“that the Jews would offer Fidyah for the release of their prisoners”.
Therefore it would be prudent to concentrate on the destruction of the Mushrikeens’ economical and financial establishments. This will demoralise their resolve to fight and soon they will bow to the Muslimeen. But if the enemy are the Jews then their men are to be targeted, which would demolish their resolve.
Similarly the Mujahideen ought to trace those persons who are considered as the brains of the enemy, whom the Holy Quraan has called as “Ai’mmatul Kufr”.
Behind the war effort of every nation lies certain powerful people who devise the war strategy and oversee the progress of the war. The Mujahideen should adopt the strategy of eliminating these war lords, instead of sacrificing numerous Mujahideen’s lives, in order to wipe out the ordinary enemy soldiers. This will Insha-Allah be much more beneficial.
All the Anti-Islam forces, may they be Mushrikeen or the Jews, have one common factor among them. This common factor is their reliance upon few individuals. This personality worshipping epidemic is the greatest weakness of the enemy. Thus to break the enemy’s Anti-Islam resolve, a plan to remove these warlords from the scene, would offer untold advantages to the Mujahideen. Once the enemy’s leading lights disappear from the scene, the whole nation becomes a rudderless ship.
In contrast, the Muslimeen are the only Ummah in the whole Universe, who become stronger when more and more of its commanders and leaders sacrifice their lives in the path of Allah Ta`ala. Every drop of a martyr’s blood produces a new life, vitality and strength to the Muslimeen. The Ummah becomes more united and committed more than ever.
The Armed wing of the Jihaad organisations therefore, ought to consider these facts very carefully and devise their strategy in the light of the above passages. Today many movements for the liberation in India are, either failing in their objectives, or prolonging their struggle, because they have confined their activities to targeting only the soldiers and civilians, while the fact of the matter is that India’s every increasing population is a grave problem for its leaders. The Indian government was forced to spend 168,000,000,000 Rupees in the last year alone, on its birth control programme. Thus the death of a few thousand of her inhabitants would have a negligible affect upon the leaders and the country, on the contrary they might perceive such a loss as an advantage and a divine dividend to their population containment efforts.
True, if India would have been a prosperous nation and the lives of her citizens would have been considered precious, then by now a mutiny might have flared in the streets of India, as a result of the losses they suffered in Kashmir, Punjab, Nagaland, Manipur, Asam and Behaar. The true situation in India is somewhat different. Unemployment is so rampant that the Indian soldiers, even after daily cleansing of thousands of their comrade’s bodies for burial, do not raise their voices in protest, because the sum of 1800 Rupees or so of their salary is the only means of income they have, which provides the meagre basic necessities of their lives. If this source of income disappears then they will endure the same hunger and poverty as the other millions of Indian citizens are suffering. They are also well aware of the fact, that there is a long queue of hungry and starving people awaiting for their job, if they ever dare to question the mad and suicidal policies of their superiors.
In such circumstances, if the various Movements would have concentrated their efforts towards the economical targets, then by now many a region would have been freed from the yoke of slavery. If these Movements would have targeted the people with silky Dhotees and white Sampan shaped Topees and those leaders whose profession is to abuse the voter’s trust, under the pretence of humility and the intelligence organisation of India, then these Movements might have been enjoying their successes by now.
To conclude this statement, we emphasise that the people in charge of the military wing ought to be highly skilled in various branches of warfare and ought to be extremely capable of formulating and devising practical strategies and astute planning. They ought to be well equipped in the implementation and enforcement of such tactics and methods, which would cause the greatest chaos and demoralisation, amongst the populace of the enemies. They should always make sure that their strategies and plans would not cause unnecessary loss of the Mujahideen’s lives.
The Mujahideen ought to be bursting with passion for Martyrdom. The Martyrdom is the greatest Honour bestowed upon them by Allah Ta`ala, but it is not the final objective. Therefore the Mujahideen should always be aware of those aims and objectives for which the Jihaad was made compulsory. They should not engage in any imprudent act and unwise activities because of their eagerness to obtain the Martyrdom.
The Administrative Division Of The Armed Wing
It is necessary for the strength and effectiveness of this section, that its responsibilities and personnel ought to be divided into three groups and sections, or the armed wing ought to be divided into three sections.
1. The Department of Training. 2. The Department of Intelligence. 3. The Department of War.
1. The Armed Wing must include some such personnel who are at the peak of their physical fitness, they possess first-hand experience of all kinds of weapons and are in tune with the fundamental principles of the Jihaad. They also have the experience of managing the training centres and could teach the art of warfare.
They should be designated solely for the training and coaching of the new Mujahideen. They should also be given the responsibilities of establishing new, permanent and mobile training centres, with the approval of the Central Organisation. They ought to travel to different countries and provide training to the Muslims of various regions and countries.
This section ought to have a list of all trained personnel with their addresses, their organisational position and status and the record of the standard and the level of training they possess.
This section ought to arrange intermittently, special sessions of training for the leaders of the organisation and the personnel of other sections, thus providing them with complete and up-to-date training.
This section ought to be in regular contact with other organisations’ military wings, with the view of improving the existing system.
2. The Intelligence Section should appoint those people to its section who are physically strong, agile, selfless and experienced and who are totally trustworthy and loyal. They are not tainted with the disease of popularism and personal vendetta. The tasks and responsibilities of this department are as follows:
· Complete intelligence gathering of the enemy’s strength and its sensitive places. · To be fully informed of the weaknesses of the enemy. · To successfully instigate misinformation campaigns, in order to disguise the true strength and war strategy of the Jihaad organisation. · To prevent infiltration of the enemy agents and unearthing the moles within their organisation. · Completion of all the necessary arrangement before commencing any military activities in the new theatre of war and to pinpoint sensitive targets. · To keep a strict watch upon any internal mutiny. · To establish contact with the Mujahideen who are held prisoners in the enemy jails. · To win support for the Mujahideen within the enemy territory and to establish channels for the Mujahideen. · To arrange clandestine supplies to the Mujahideen, fighting in the theatre of war. · To discover any national or international conspiracies against the organisation and to thwart it prior to their implementation.
3. The Department of war: Finally a Jihaad Shura, consisting of the members of the military wing and the experienced commanders, with the consent of the Ameer and the organisation ought to be established, in order to pursue a cohesive course of action, for the most affective means of the Mujahideen’s war efforts and for the preparation of devastating attacks upon the enemy. The Distinction Between The Jihaad And Acts of Violence The honoured Mujahideen ought not to forget, that the Jihaad is an act of Divine Worship and at the core of every Act of Worship, lie the vital requirements of purity and sincerity of the heart. Every Act of Devotion must be performed for the sole purpose of obtaining Approval and blessings of Allah Ta`ala and must be totally in accord with the Revered Sharee`ah. The Mujahideen’s intentions always ought to be to please Allah Ta`ala alone. Their hearts and souls ought to be free from false pride, arrogance, haughtiness and insolence, so that their great Act of Devotion and Worship remains protected and acceptable in the Court of Allah Ta`ala. Anyone who sacrifices his life with the sole intention of becoming famous, would be the first person to be shoved into the hellfire, therefore the Mujahideen ought not to be haughty and insolent because of their great deeds and ought not advertise their deeds without any necessary reasons. The pronouncement of the events of the Jihaad, for the sole purpose of propagation ought to be narrated with the minimal mentioning of personal achievements, instead the greatness of the Jihaad and the help and the victory of Allah Ta`ala ought to be prominent in all such propagation.
Once the Mujahid believes, that every achievement and success is not due to his effort and endeavour, but due to Allah’s Will and the commandments, then none of the satanic tricks will penetrate his heart and soul. Regardless of whether he narrates each and every event and achievement of the Jihaad, or publishes them. Indeed Allah Ta`ala will grant to this Mujahid untold and unimaginable Thawab for such narration and publication, as they would be a means to bring thousands of Muslims into the Jihaad.
If the narration of the events of the Jihaad in the above prescribed manner is not pursued and it is instigated due to an act of false pride and insolence, then the deeds of the honoured Sahabah RadhialLahu `Anhum and the Salaf Saliheen would have never reached us.
On the other hand (Allah Ta`ala orbits) if any thought of self-importance penetrates into any Mujahid’s heart and soul and he considers himself as an indispensable old hand and an extremely valuable experienced Mujahid and believes that all the achievements are due to his personal effort and endeavour and demands certain rights, then the situation becomes threatening, which need to be reformed urgently. Therefore the Mujahideen ought to check thoroughly and correct their intentions before any public statements and publications are made.
One other important point to be remembered is, that holding and carrying the weapons is a great blessing, thus Satan tries his utmost to tempt the armed Mujahid to abuse this blessing, by prompting the wrongful usage of his weapons, in order to cause ill-feelings against the Jihaad and the Mujahideen. Therefore those lucky Mujahideen who are armed, should understand very clearly and precisely that the usage of these weapons are governed by the Revered Sharee`ah and if the usage of these weapons are carried out in accordance with the Revered Sharee`ah then only it would be called the Jihaad and they will reap the Thawab for this great Act of Worship and Devotion. But if he uses his weapons, contrary to the Revered Sharee`ah and in the wake of some temporary emotional outbursts, then this will not be the Jihaad, but it will be an act of violence, and Allah Ta`ala detests those who spread chaos and violence on the earth. Some people who are shallow minded and possess uncontrolled emotions, are propelled by Satan, to act irresponsibly and the satanic influences instigate negative feelings in them against the organised Movement of the Mujahideen and their policies which are based upon the Revered Sharee`ah. These people start complaining that nothing important is happening. But in reality the only act they themselves are capable of accomplishing is, lobbing a grenade into the places of worship of the enemy, or to disrupt a public gathering, or to kill some unconnected and unworthy or defenceless person. These meaningless and despicable acts of violence are considered by them to be their greatest achievement.
Sadly the enormous achievements and task of the Jihaad Movements, such as the snatching of freedom and independence for the million of the Muslims from the clutches of the barbaric Soviet occupying forces and the virtuous cause of protecting the future of 200,000,000 Indian Muslim’s from the racist Hindus, does not seem to them as a great achievement and endeavour. Such superficial and shallow minded youths could be found in the four corners of the world. Some of whom spend their lives day-dreaming of some invincible great plans which never sees the light of the day, while some will be carried away by their silly and aimless emotions to commit some act of violence which might push some of the greatest organisations to the precipice of destruction.
These type of youths could be seen either asking daft and silly questions to the respected `Ulama, or bothering the leadership of the Jihaad Movements, with their imaginary schemes. The usual contents of their verbosity includes such statements “that excluding the Jihaad, if there is any other need for their services, then they are willing to serve”, “you are wasting the resources by fighting such and such enemies, while the real enemy is around you”, “is it permissible to kill a prostitute?”, “could we have your permission to rob all those who do not take part in the Jihaad?”, “certain banks are the properties of certain sects, could we be allowed to rob them as it will be profitable to the religion?”, and so on and on and on.
These type of people are neither encouraged by the respected ‘Ulama, nor by the leadership of the Mujahideen. Disappointed, they turn against the respected ‘Ulama and the leadership of the Jihaad Movement, they then start spreading false and distasteful accusations and innuendoes against the respected ‘Ulama and the leadership of the Jihaad Movements and finally they turned to other people for help for their superficial and imaginary perception and schemes. Occasionally they manage to form a group of like-minded mentally disturbed people and start some short-lived subversive activities, then they fade away quietly.
It is a binding duty of the Jihaad organisations, to inform very precisely, emphatically, and very clearly, to every Mujahid, before handing the weapons to him, the sanctity of the weapons, and the Revered Sharee`ah relating to the proper usage of these weapons. The Jihaad organisation ought to make sure that those who are entitled to carry arms and ammunition, are well drilled in the following of the commands of their the commanders and the Ameer. They are to be thoroughly checked against any germs of self-importance and the shallow disruptive emotions.
The strict policy of discouragement ought to be enforced for any one, perceived to be harbouring any notion of abusing the weapons and are prone to momentary personal initiatives. Such people should be kept away from the organisation and the Mujahideen. As we have described earlier that the Jihaad is not synonymous with hooliganism, armed robberies, murders and mayhem, but a holy deed of Worship and Devotion, which is solely performed for Allah’s approval and blessings, and Allah’s approval and blessings can only be obtained by the obedience of the Ameer and by the strict adherence to the Revered Sharee`ah.
The purpose of the Jihaad is the reformation of the individuals and the society. The aim of the Jihaad is to establish peace on Earth. The objective of the Jihaad is to instil obedience and subjugation to Allah Ta`ala only. The Jihaad is synonymous with the Da’awat ul Haq. Thus a Mujahid should acquire the attributes and qualities befitting the Soldier of Allah Ta`ala.
Today conspiracies against Islam and Muslims are rearing their ugly heads in many quarters of the world, therefore a tightly knit organisation and an extremely careful approach to the Jihaad is required. This can only be achieved, when unsuitable persons do not enter into the fold of the Jihaad organisation and the Movement until they conform to the hilt to all the Islamic principles and commandments. This conformation will result in Allah’s blessings descending upon those who are participating in the Jihaad and all the goals of the Movement will be fulfilled and Insha’Allah, the words of Allah would be supreme once again in every nook and cranny of the world, and Islam will regain its superiority over the Kafirs and the Mushrikeen. Oh Mujahid in the Path of Allah Ta`ala! Remember ! That the Jihaad is not a mean to bring human beings into the subjugation of other human beings, nor is the Jihaad for the purpose of achieving personal gains or honour. We are sacrificing our lives in order to end all the mischief, discord, sedition, inequity, wretchedness and wickedness from the world, our sole expectation by the virtuous deed of the Jihaad is the success in the Hereafter. Therefore whenever we are armed, then our hearts and souls should be attentive to the Holy Words of Allah Ta`ala. This hereafter world, we have specifically made for those who do not intend to high-handedness and mischief on earth. And good result is (bestowed) to people of Taqwa. (Surah-al-Qisas:28, Alaayah 83) An armed and trained Mujahid’s heart and mind is not only occupied with the twenty-eight Ghazwaat, the bravery and chivalry of the honoured Sahabahsy, the faith enhancing military campaign of the honoured Sahabahs in the width and breadth of the Roman and the Persian Empires, the invasion of Sindh (presently in Pakistan) in response to the cry of a child and the attack of Tariq bin Ziyad (RahimahulLahu) on Spain in order to protect the dignity and honour of a non-Muslim lady, Sultan Salaahuddeen’s (RahimahulLahu) war against the Christian (so called) Crusaders for the liberation of the holy Masjid of the Bait ul Maqdis, and the war of Mahmood Al Ghaznvi with the Hindus for the destruction of the Mandir of Sumnath (where in the name of religion every conceivable oppression was carried out against humanity), but the Mujahid at the same time should also remember that Allah’s Last Rasool did not grant the permission to fight the Munafiqs of Madinat ul Munawwarah. Hazrat ’Uthmaan (inspite of ruling the then half the regions of the world) did not allow Muslims to attack the few hundred Christians.
The Leader of the Mujahideen, RasoolulLah , on every occasion of sending the groups of Mujahideen for the Jihaad assignment, used to emphasise to them:
· Depart with the name of Allah and with the help from Allah and in the Deen of Allah's Rasool SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam. · Do not kill any old age person. · Do not kill any invalids and disabled. · Do not harm babies. · Do not harm children. · Do not harm women. · Do not steal from the booty and the spoils of war. · Accumulate all the spoils of war in one place (take your share after its division). · Maintain proper & correct mutual dealings. Sometimes the following declaration was also issued: · keep your words and do not go back on your commitments. · Do not mutilate the corpses. We should also memorise that Allah’s Last Rasool has pronounced “the threat of the Jahannam for those Muslims who raise their swords against each other, in such a case the murderer and the murdered both will be assigned to the Jahannam”.
We must also preserve it into our hearts and minds, that even a single life is immensely valuable to Allah , thus extinguishing a life on the suspicion of being an agent or informer alone should not be practised. The Earth shudders with the sin of extinguishing an innocent soul and Allah’s help and blessing is suspended.
The honoured brave soldiers of the Ummah! Those youths deserving the Jannah! The courageous battlefield heroes! Memorise well! Your fight is not for a specific nation, community, group or organisation. You are not spilling your blood for the dominance of one nation upon another. The reason for your Jihaad is not to elevate one organisation above another. You do not wave the banner of Arab nationalism or Asian nationalism. You are not fighting to protect the powers of the few. Your fight is to obtain Allah’s favour, and acceptance of your deeds by Allah . That’s why this war is called the Jihaad.
You are sacrificing your lives for the greatness of Islam and for the protection of the Muslims, therefore even the dust and the sand on your feet is the guarantee of the Jannah. You are striving for the establishment of the greatness of the Holy Quraan and for Allah’s commandments, in order to guide mankind to the right path.
You are performing the greatest task of liberating mankind from their own slavery and bringing them to the subjugation of Allah Ta`ala alone. You are those fortunate people who are providing the proof of the Oneness of Allah Ta`ala and the righteousness of His Deen, Islam, by spilling of your crimson blood. Therefore after your death, you are bestowed with the honour of the Shaheed.
It is strictly not permissible for you to put a bullet in the body of any Muslim.
Therefore:
It is criminal to use your youthful energy and power to usurp one nation against another.
It is not allowed for you to use your sacred weapons for the advancement of one organisation at the cost of another.
Do always remember that you are the Mujahid in the Path of Allah Ta`ala, the soldiers of Islam, the guardians and protectors of the Imaan and the Deen.
These honours are your precious possessions of this world and the Hereafter.
The Psychological Preparation of the Probable Consequences of the Jihaad
Whenever Muslims enter into the Jihaad with the Blessings and the Help of Allah Ta`ala, then immediately many a diverse consequences emerge. Therefore a Mujahid must always be psychologically and mentally prepared for them.
Presently after the campaigns of the Jihaad, an instant victory and the immediate establishment of the Khilafah is assumed as a fact.
We assume that as soon as we start the Jihaad, we will be victorious immediately and as soon as we are victorious the Khilafah ul Rashidah will be established and the environment of piety and pure goodness will be enforced and upon every street and corner of the conquered land, the seal of Islam would be imprinted immediately. But when after the Jihaad these assumptions are not materialised then suddenly the Anti-Jihaad conversations rear their ugly heads, great numbers of people loose their hearts in the Jihaad. The euphoria of the victory turns into dejection, some proclaimers of instant establishment of the Khilafah ul Rashidah after the Jihaad, hide their faces with shame and guilt, and the Anti-Jihaad supporters are provided with an opportunity for heralding their abuse against the Jihaad and the Jihaad Movements.
A clear example of such an event is Afghanistan. In 1992 when General HabebulLah the communist backed puppet ruler was dethroned, the communist surrendered to the Mujahideen and handed over the rein of power to the Mujahideen, thus enabling the Mujahideen to enter Kabul and formed the government with few key positions in their hands, while the whole of the administrative establishment and the armed forces and the civil servants of the past regime remained intact.
There was no ethical or religious base for fighting and destroying the Uzbek Militia who handed the power to the Mujahideen, thus they remained armed to the teeth. Meanwhile small groups managed to occupy various sections of Kabul which were supported by the Iranian Regime. The whole of Afghanistan was in turmoil. The fourteen-year long bloody war has left Afghanistan fragmented and each part of Afghanistan was under the control of different armed factions. The whole of Afghanistan was sprinkled with land mines with the view of maiming and killing tens of thousands of Muslims. Six million of the population was forced to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. Russia’s crime against humanity has left millions of helpless and destitute widows, orphans and crippled citizens.
In such a grave and despondent situation it was vital that all the Mujahideen should have come together and co-operated fully with each other and the process of dismantling the communist administration would have been started and they would have formed cohesive internal policies. But soon after the surrender of Kabul to the Mujahideen, a section of the populace, gripped by their long suspended desire and enthusiasm for the establishment of the Khilafah, became disenchanted with the snail pace progress of the Mujahideen towards that goal.
Many a different and false accusations were directed against the Mujahideen. Such as “the streets of Kabul are filled with shameless women who do not cover themselves according to the Revered Sharee`ah”, or “Kabul is under the control of the Uzbek Militia of Rasheed Dostam and the Mujahideen are puppets in their hands”, or “all the government departments and offices are run by the communists” and so on. Thus these and similar unreal outbursts gave the opportunity to a faction to attack Kabul and opened the door of wretchedness which has not yet been closed.
After the start of this internecine war in Afghanistan, who did what, and what actually took place is a long story. During that period of this blind war, so many events took place that even the parties involved might not know themselves.
Indeed many excesses were committed. Broken promises, reneging on solemn commitments, bitter scenes, the heart breaking war between the various factions of the Mujahideen were witnessed. Many honoured and respected great personalities were defamed. Countless trusted and dignified people, lost their positions and respect in the eyes of the Ummah.
How did it all begin?
We observed an interview of an Afghan leader surrounded by sabre rattling and slogan chanting Arab Mujahideen, the Afghan leader was expressing with heavy heart the facts that Kabul is still under the iron control of the Uzbek Militia and the supremacy of Islam is not established. Thus he will fight to the last, to remove every communist from Kabul. During the whole interview he was cheered by the Arab Mujahideen with emotional and unrealistic slogans.
A realisation dawned upon us there and then, that these slogan chanting, emotional Mujahideen are the root cause of the erroneous views of this great leader. If this leader should have gone to Kabul with the Mujahideen under his command and acted in consultation with the other Mujahideen groups in Kabul with a view of systematic removal of the communists from the machinery of the government then the ultimate wishes of all the Mujahideen and the pious people would have been easily attained.
But the war has commenced and the communists were able to gain protection from various Mujahideen organisations and thus contributing in the prolongment of the final outcome.
Our only reason for stating this example is to show, that when the Mujahideen are not prepared for the consequences of the Jihaad before hand, then a disastrous result might ensue.
It is not our intention (Allah Ta`ala Forbids) that the Afghanistan Jihaad is a failure. On the contrary, we believe that in Afghanistan’s Jihaad, the Muslims in general and the Mujahideen in particular, were successful beyond the wildest imagination. Because the Jihaad of Afghanistan was waged neither for the purpose of governing Kabul by the Mujahideen, nor with the aim of removing certain people from power and installing others in their places. The aim of the Mujahideen, for a considerable period was, that they were fighting for the protection of Islam and to obtain the highest honour of Martyrdom in this war.
By this great Jihaad, the bloodthirsty animal, namely the Soviet Union, met her own death. A sigh of relief has spread from Pakistan to the gulf. Due to this great Jihaad those Muslim states were able to free themselves from the clutches of the Soviet Empire, for whom the thought of liberating themselves was non existent a short while ago.
These were the fruits of the Jihaad in Afghanistan, which slowly and gradually inspired the Mujahideen towards their ultimate goals of establishing the government on the model of the Khilafah ul Rashidah.
Thus establishment of the Khilafah and other faith enhancing aims and objectives gained momentum and were expressed in slogans by the Mujahideen and the lovers of the Jihaad.
After the fall of Kabul, the result and consequences obtained through the Jihaad were soon forgotten and were biting the dust and all the attention was now focused solely on those slogans which appeared at the end of Afghanistan’s Jihaad. These were though not empty and hollow slogans and it was also the Mujahideen’s intention and aim to establish the Islamic system in Afghanistan after the demise and the destruction of the communist administration, as it was the cornerstone of the Mujahideen’s aim and objective for waging the Jihaad. But after the fall of Kabul no one realised the huge and countless obstacles lay ahead in the path of the establishment of the Islamic system in Afghanistan. Every nation of the world perceive the establishment of pure and true Islamic State in Afghanistan as a death-warrant to their own existence. Even the neighbouring Islamic nations were not in favour. Furthermore wiping out the remaining communists and getting rid of the communist legacy and influence was not an easy task. The settlement of millions of displaced and dislocated refugees and the redevelopment of the ruined country was a huge and extremely difficult task.
In these circumstances it was vital for all the groups and the factions to tackle these issues unitedly and continuously. In addition the prevailing international laws were the permanent stumbling blocks to these efforts, to challenge and confront these international laws needed enormous efforts and a lengthy period of time.
Anyhow, due to the hastiness of some people and due to the old enmity and rivalry of some people and due to some other reasons, Afghanistan was pushed into a new war. But we believe that the Jihaad of Afghanistan is a success and Insha-Allah, in the near future a genuine Islamic nation will be established and the blood of 1,600,000 Martyrs which had folded the darkness of communism, will bear fruits and Insha-Allah, the best leadership will be provided from Afghanistan, which will not succumb to anyone’s threat in its pursuit of solving the problems of the Muslim Ummah. Yes! We said in the past and we say again now! It might take some time, to achieve these goals. We honestly believe that in-spite of the conspiracies of the enemies and the apathy of our own, this length of time does not seem considerably long.
Now returning to our main subject. Every Mujahid should always be alert and prepared in his mind and heart for the probable consequences of the Jihaad and it should be understood well, that as long as a Mujahid’s intention is correct and proper and his Jihaad is according to the Revered Sharee`ah, then he will never be a failure. If he is victorious then he is the winner, if he looses his life in the hand of the enemy then he is also successful. If his forces are winning then he is the winner, and if his forces are apparently unsuccessful then he is still successful. But the consequences on the surface could have many dimensions. It is probable that Allah Ta`ala will bestow such a victory in the Jihaad, that he can see the fulfilment of the aims and objectives of the Jihaad with his own eyes, as the honoured Sahabahs RadhialLahu-`anhum have witnessed Allah’s glorious gift of victory in the battle of Badar and in the Holy city of Makkah and as Sultan SalahudDeen had witnessed in the victory of the Bait ul Maqdis in Palestine. But it is also probable that a Mujahid might witness an apparent defeat, but in reality this defeat is on the surface which could contain within it several benefits. As the honoured Sahabahs RadhialLahu-`anhum have witnessed in the battle of Uhud. It is also probable that the battle is indecisive and ends in stalemate and its affects might become apparent later on, as it happened with the Movement of the Martyrs of Balakoat, the consequences of which were ascertained after a while.
The consequences of every Movement and every Jihaad holds many probabilities, thus a Mujahid, in order to Please Allah Ta`ala, ought to put all his effort and the best of his endeavour to the Jihaad and leave the result of his effort and endeavour to Allah Ta`ala alone. He ought not to blow his trumpet on victories, nor to be heart broken and disappointed on his defeat. His effort, endeavour and sacrifice are never in vain. The result will definitely emerge either immediately or later. His participation in the Jihaad Insha-Allah, would emerge, in the form of Allah’s blessings upon the inhabitants of the whole world.
If by the sacrifices and efforts of the handful of people the caravan of human beings is diverted from the path of hell to the eternal heavenly abode Jannah, then this bargain is not a bad bargain at all. If Allah’s precious gift of the establishment of Islam and the Khilafah is achieved, then who could measure the greatness of this gift of Allah Ta`ala.
“Oh heart in love contains all the benefits, Loss of one life is not a bad loss.”
If the Mujahid is an eye witness of the fruits of his sacrifices then it is a great blessing and if the fruits of his sacrifices blossom after his time, then his reward is awaiting for him when he meets his Creator.