A letter to the rented donkeys by Al-Sheikh Hussein Ma’hmud
03-08-07
[This is an excellent piece translated by Br. Sayyid (hafidhullah).
A brother has done slight editing to make the reading easier.]
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
الحمد لله العلي المتعال ذي القدرة والجلال و الصلاة والسلام على النبي الضحوك
القتال
أما بعد
All praises be to Allāh with whose help the translation of this letter has been
complete. This is a very good analysis of the current governmental murjiahs by
the Sheikh.
A brother has added his explanation of some words in (—) such brackets, while
the Sheikh’s own words are in [–] such brackets.
This is the closest meaning he could bring and he accept correction of mistake
which maybe found in the translation.
The brother has translated this as a gift, for the English speaking brothers and
sisters around the world.
And Allāh is the Helper.
Your brother in Islām
Sayyid bin Sayyid.
A letter to the rented donkeys
By Al Sheikh Hussein Ma’hmūd
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام على من لا نبي بعده .. أما بعد؛
Verily, in the last moments, people who would become bold to speak against the
best of Muslims and their leaders from the Amīr’s of borders (Thughūr) and the
leaders of the Mujāhidīn, have become visible… The tone of a voice, the worst of
voices in the lands which is thrown at the leaders of the people with different
accusations from which the scum’s laughs… the devils of the humans got together
in the Dār ul Nadwah Al Amrīkiyyah (The American house of gathering), so that
they may agree to a word they may say to accuse the believers of it, as their
predecessors did who said: “a lying magician”.
And when the good people where at the borders stopping the enemies of Islām and
hitting the climax of the head of kufr and transgression, the worshippers of the
cross, with nails, and verily they have become involved in conquering the sides
and arranging the lines and defending the borders from these idiots, it is
obligatory upon us - due to their right over us – that we write these words
which explains the stupidity of these “rented donkeys” and this deception which
came out from the heads of the sons of Iblīs so that they may stop the people
from getting near to Allāh with their love for the leaders of the people from
the great mujāhidīn who walks on the fountains of the religion… We ask Allāh
that He grant them victory and power…
The “rented donkeys” say, on whose back the leaders (tawāghīt) and the Americans
sit, steering it to the pit of destruction with what they forge upon the
Believers with lies from where they perceive not, they say: because of these
Mujāhidīn and whoever befriends them: they are from the Khawārij who came
against the religion!!
So I say, seeking help from
Allāh:
First: from the clear characteristics of the Khawārij is that verily they make
takfīr of the one who does a kabīrah!! And we do not make takfīr of the one who
does a Kabīrah, and we neither make takfīr of the one who does what repels (Nāqidh)
from the Nawāgidh (nullifiers) of Islām until we explain to him and establish
the hujjah upon him.
Secondly: The khawārij makes the blood of the Muslims to be lawful, and we do
not make the blood of the Muslims to be lawful except the intentional killer and
the married adulterator and the one who comes out from his religion, the one who
leaves the group of the Muslims, AND these are the rulings which your rulers
have invalidated.
Thirdly: the “rented donkeys” said ‘the Mujāhidīn makes takfīr of the guardians
of the affairs of the Muslims’ (wulātul Umūr, tawāghīt); they say this for a
need in their selves: thus they want to make these rulers look like ‘Alī and
Mu’āwiyah and Amr bin Al ‘Aas رضي الله عنهم, both are so far apart… verily the
Mujāhidīn did not make takfīr on ‘Ali or Mu’āwiyah or ‘Umar رضي الله عنهم but
they made takfīr of the one who allied with the Mushrikīn and fought against the
religion and put the law of Allāh aside and made the law of the Kuffār to be the
law, BECAUSE the One to Whom the Judgment and Command belongs have said “and
those who do not judge with what Allāh has revealed are disbelievers” (Al
Mā’idah 44), and He تبارك و تعالي said “and whoever befriends them from you,
then he is of them” (Al Mā’idah 51), so these are rulings of Allāh from above
the seven skies, but the donkeys do not understand.
Fourthly: the khawārij takes the proofs where it does not belong!! And we have
come to you with proofs from the Qur’ān and Sunnah and Ijmā’ and the sayings of
the Imām’s of the scholars from the salaf and khalaf, in regard of the kufr of
the one who does legislate for people besides the law of Allāh, and regarding
the disbelief of the who allies with the enemies of Allāh; as for you, you have
changed the proofs of the Qur’ān and Sunnah and Ijmā’ in the matter of jihād and
Hākimiyyah to where it doesn’t change and taken in to where it doesn’t hold from
making interpretations, to please your Lords besides Allāh!!
Fifthly: The Khawārij views the obligation rebelling against the rulers due to
committing fisq or oppression, and we do not view to rebel against the ruler
except when we see a open kufr from him, in which we have a clear proof from
Allāh, in which, the people of knowledge and understanding from the great
scholars judges from those who say truth and do not fear in regards of Allāh a
criticizing of the critics.
Sixthly: the khawārij denies “shafā’ah” (interceding in the day of judgment) and
we agree to it and we pray to Allāh to make us firm upon His religion until we
meet the Prophet صلي الله عليه و سلم , thus we reach it (Shafā’ah), as for the
changers, the innovators in the religion it would be said to them “away, away,
stay far, stay far.”
Seventhly: the khawārij got effected by the sayings of Jahamiyyah regarding the
Qur’ān and ‘Seeing of Allāh’, and the saying Mu’tazilah in attributions, and
said that there is no proof in the khabar ul Aahād (the narration in which there
is a narrator in a part of the chain), and they do not view to follow the Sunnah
which is against the Qur’ān [like stoning and the amount of theft and others
besides it]… and we say what the Salaf of this Ummah said about the Qur’ān and
Seeing of Allāh and validity of khabar Ahād and that the Sunnah explains the
Qurān, so we are upon the creed of the Messenger of Allāh صلي الله عليه و سلم
and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar and ‘Uthmān and ‘Alī and all the Sahābah and the great
Imām’s and those who walked upon their path.
And from here it becomes clear that those who rented these donkeys have made a
great mistake to rent these donkeys, for these donkeys are more ‘donkeyish’
(invented word for ، فهذه الحمير أحمر من التي لها نهيق ) than the one which can
bray. Because if they had brains, they would choose other than ‘Khawārij’ as a
characteristic for the Mujāhidīn. So these people don’t know the meaning of that
word…
As for you O ‘rented donkey’
and your rulers:
Verily you have become like the Al Qādiyāniyyah in the creed of Jihād: the Al
Qādiyāniyyah did invalidate the Jihād against the Britons in specific, and you
have invalidated the Jihād against America in specific!! And your rulers are
Qādiyānīs regarding their American leaders, the worshipers of the cross: because
the Qādiyāniyyah said ‘verily the Britons are leaders’ and here your leaders are
making America to be the owner of your affairs and they only rule you in their
name!!
And your rulers are like the Sikhs: who wanted to gather between the rulings of
Islām and Christianity and Judaism. So your leaders have mixed the law of Islāmī
personal status (or some of it) with the law of the Christians and the trading
with that of Jews and the Law of punishment being effected by the views of Jews
and Christians; in this there is a touch from the Jahamiyyah who got effected
with the views of the Jew “Ibān bin Sam’ān” and with the philosophers. And in it
they went similar with the Jews who believed in a part of the Book and
disbelieved in a part. But your leaders, as it is their nature, surpassed the
Jews in this. Thus they believe in a part of it and they disbelieve in most of
it: verily they have kept some of the laws of personal status [rulings of
marriage] in their legislation and they left most of the rulings of Allāh like
the rulings of dealings [and changed it with the Economic laws of Kuffār] and
the rulings of the people of kufr and the Shar’ī politics [and they have changed
it with the state rulings of the people of kufr], and the punishment [they have
changed it with the kufr law of punishments] and they invalidated the rulings of
Jihād and apostasy and others besides it from the Shar’ī matters, to please
their gods “Christ-Jewish”
And your rulers are like Al Jibirriyah: in their creed about America, thus they
believe; verily there is nothing upon the earth except with the content of
America and their command and upon their desire and they are with them like the
Abdāl and Aqtāb which is with the Sūfiyyah… and your leaders are like Al
Qadariyyah regarding Allāh, thus they do things as if there is no power for
Allāh in their actions!! So see that they have gathered between two
contradictions, so welcome to you and them!!
And you are like the Rāfidhah: in your belief regarding your rulers. As for the
Rāfidhah, they believe in the innocence (‘Ismah; being away from all
misguidance, false proof) of their Imāms and you believe in the ‘ismah of your
rulers… and the Rāfidhah believes in the ‘hidden Imām’ and your leaders believe
in their hidden Imām who rules them and he is ‘Sharon’ and behind that is the
international Zionism… and the Rāfidhah, they have the creed of Wilāyatul Faqīh
(the alliance of the jurist), and your ruler’s hidden friend is “Bush”, but your
leaders have surpassed the Rāfidhah in the creed of Wilāyatul Faqīh: the
Rāfidhah did not hold the view of Khumeinī being m’asūm (free of mistakes), as
for your rulers, thus the saying of Bush, in front of them, is ahead of the word
of the Rabb of the Worlds. Thus verily Allāh تبارك و تعالي said: “O who
believes, do not take the Kuffār as friends besides Allāh” (Nisā 144). And Bush
said to them “whoever is not with us is against us”, so they said to Bush “But
we are with you” and they threw the book of Allāh behind their backs which they
knew… and the Rāfidhah are far better than your rulers as they believe that
verily ‘Imāmah’ is in the house of prophecy, as for your rulers, thus the
‘Imāmah’ near them is in their houses!!
And your rulers are like Al Hulūliyyah: Whereas their gods come into the Jews
and Christians who they (rulers) have made their law to be the law, and put the
law of Allah to a side due to it. But they have surpassed their predecessors
from the hulūliyyah who believe that the god will come in to everything - even
Muslims - as for your rulers, thus their gods doesn’t come in to except the Jews
and Christians!!
And you are like the Al ‘Ashā’irah and the Al M’utazilah: in your rejecting the
Nusūs of the Qur’ān and Sunnah with examples of intellect and talk and argument.
And you are like Al Yazīdiyyah: in your praising your rulers as the Yazīdīs
praised Yazīd bin Mu’āwiyah رضي الله عنه , and if you say we do not believe that
but we are soft for them in fear of Fitnah, then you have gathered between
Yazīdī Nāsibīyyah and Rāfidhī Taqiyyah; it means you have gathered two
contradictory (creeds).
And you are like the Khawārij: in regard of making takfīr of the leaders of the
Muslims from the leaders of the mujāhidīn and the guards at the borders. And
your leaders are like the khawārij as they have made the blood of Muslims to be
Halāl and left the blood of the Kuffār, but you have preceded the Khawārij as
you have not only made the blood of the Mujāhidīn to be Halāl for yourselves
only, but you have made it lawful for the American Christians, the enemies of
Allāh!! And you are like the Khawārij for changing the Nusūs to where it is not
changed: like the Nusūs of Jihād and Hākimiyyah and Walā’ and Barā’ah and the
rulings of Dār ul Harb and the rulings of Kuffār!!
And you are like the Sofstāiyyah (I really don’t know who these are, are they
soviets?): for your use of fabrications and falsehood to shut the opponent and
obligating the proof upon them and you have left the constant proofs and clear
understandings which are safe and the felt reality in which the people live, and
you have entered into an uncertain fruitless argument!!
And your rulers are like the Al Mazdakiyyah and Al Qarāmitah and Al Zanādiqah:
in spreading low behavior and shameful deeds between the Muslims using the media
which has entered all the houses which has entered all the houses to demolish
the last remaining behavior and Islāmic values. They have opened the houses of
shamelessness and adultery and spread the magazines and spread falling low
stories in the name of development.
And you are like the Ad Darūz: for their making Al Hākim Bi Amrillāhi Al Ubeidī
(Al Fātimī as a lie) to be as their Ilāh, thus you have made your rulers to be
as Ilāh’s, by obeying them in their legalizing what Allāh prohibited and their
prohibition of what Allāh has legalized and their alliance to the Jews and
Christians, then the enemies of Allāh and their enmity to Islām and the Muslims.
And if you say: ‘verily we have not made them as Ilāhs’, so we say to them as
the Prophet صلي الله عليه و سلم said: ‘Do they not prohibit what Allāh has
legalized, thus you consider it Harām? And do they not legalize what Allāh has
prohibited thus you consider it to be Halāl?… so this is worshiping them” [Ahmed
and At Tirmizī].
And you are like the Qawmiyyīn (nationalists): for your not caring for what is
happening for the Muslims in the other lands from killing and torture and
destroying, following your rulers who have announced that these difficulties are
internal in other lands which is not for you, and your leaders are like Bathists
who gives importance to Arabs and Islām and do not care about what happens in
other non-Arabic Islāmic lands.
And you are like the Murji’ah: in your not making takfīr with actions and
limited it to belief only. So near you is verily one who: makes a legislation
which is against the Law of Allāh and forces people to make tahākum to it, and
who befriends the enemies of Allāh and fights the allies of Allāh and gives
power to the Kuffār in the lands of Muslims, is not a kāfir, if he doesn’t
consider it permissible from his heart (Isti’hlāl) all of it!!
And you are like the communist: in distributing wealth, except that the
communists seek to distribute it between all the community and you seek to
distribute it between the rulers only; so the wealth of the people are
permissible upon them, they distribute it between one another, and spend it as
they wish, thus they are communists within themselves and capitalists between
them and their people!!
And you are like ghulāt of Sūfiyyah and Bātiniyyah (the most high levels of
them): to drop the burdens of Sharī’ah from your rulers, thus they do not judge
with what Allāh has revealed and they do not help the religion of Allāh and from
them are those who do not pray, and with that they are in front you, from the
friends of Allāh!!
And you are like the Christians and the Jews: that you have ascribed the
believers with labels like ‘fundamentalists’ and ‘terrorists’ and ‘strict’ and
transgressing to those who seek to bring the law of Allāh and return to the
reality of the religion which is clean which was brought by the Prophet صلي الله
عليه و سلم upon the path of the salaf of this Ummah!!
And you are like the Bātiniyyah because you have said: verily the Nusūs has
explanations which are not known but to the specialists from your scholars. And
it is not appropriate to go deep in to it or to interpret it, except for the
Batātiqah (scholars of Christians; the name used to as they Christians also
monopoly their religion like the scholars of these deviants) who have
invalidated the proofs of jihād and Hākimiyyah and Walā’ and Barā’ah and the
rulings of the people of Kufr!!
And you are like the catholic Christians: as you have made highest religious
organizations and bodies, which whoever is out of it cannot go against it, and
you have given it the authority of the Vatican pope from the rights upon his
followers, and you have gathered between this and between the protestants who
left the management of the organizations in the hands of atheists and you have
the scholars to manage the seasonal matters (the occasions and the
celebrations).
O the renters of these donkeys:
Verily the people have refuted your doubts and explained the invalidity of your
sayings and opened your hidden matters, and it did not increase you except in
defeat… so after the invalidity of your attribution against the lovers of the
Highest peak of Islām (Jihād) has become clear, of them being khawārij, your
biggest Idol has commanded you to search something which would divert people
from its plan and plot and their plans to conquer the lands of Islām, so your
Satan has inspired you to make the Muslims clash with one another, thus you have
fabricated upon some Islamic groups, and you have made the people busy with the
arguments of school of thoughts and sects, and you have burdened your rented
donkeys to look after the blazing of the fire of Fitnah and disunity between the
Muslims, so that the enemies of Islām can be capable upon the slaves and lands.
But be it far away, be it far away, By Allāh you will not come with a word
except the Muslims will refute it with words and words. And you can never say a
Bātil except the believers will hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks
out its brain, and behold, falsehood will perish! Ah! Woe be to you for the
(false) things you ascribe “They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians)
want to extinguish Allah’s Light (with which Muhammad SAW has been sent -
Islamic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allāh will not allow except that His
Light should be perfected even though the Kāfirūn (disbelievers) hate (it).”
Tawbah 32. And we shall refute you with our tongues and our leaders will refute
the plot of your biggest Idol, through crushing it, piece by piece with the axe
of Al Khalīl Ibrāhīm عليه السلام.
And after that:
Thus these are words which are directed towards the misguided group which has
bought its world with a few rubbish dirham’s in the path of making people stay
back and betray them from helping the Islām and the Muslims [and specially the
Mujāhidīn] with the prompting from the rulers of some lands who take their
command from their Hubal America, which in its turn takes its plans from the
Jews… so these people have worshipped the Dirhams and Posts which is in the
hands of their rulers who worship the American government which worships the
Jews who worship the Satan… So these “RENTED DONKEYS” sold their selves to
slaves who worship slaves who worship slaves who worship the Satan! O Sadness
towards Allāh, how donkeyish are they!!
I say to the “rented donkeys”:
Stop! It’s better for you, for by Allāh these people will never be of benefit to
you in a day where neither wealth nor children will be of benefit. And as for
what you are in, it is a gradual punishment of Allāh who has announced war
against the one who takes His friends as enemies. As for those whom you have
followed, they are the first who will make barā’ah from you in the way they
would see the torment of Allāh, the day all the resources would be cut from
them…
Verily you will die, thus will meet your Rabb, and He will ask you of what you
have written or said or done; Nay By Allāh! Your philosophy will never be of
benefit to you, and neither your false doing or neither your changing of saying
(ta’hrīf), with the One Who knows the secret and what is more hidden! Verily
Allāh will see what is in your hearts and what you have translated from actions
and sayings which would tell of what was in those hearts from the fright and
fear of Allāh, or not wanting what is with Allāh…
And be afraid of the Day when you shall be brought back to Allah. Then every
person shall be paid what he earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
(2:281)
27 Ramadhān 1423