Allah
Ta’ala says:
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ
رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ
وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ لا
تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا
مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ
وَأَنْتُمْ لا تُظْلَمُونَ
“Against them make
ready your strength to the utmost of your power,
including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the
hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and
others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah
doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of
Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be
treated unjustly.”
(QS Al-Anfal:60)
The Duty Of Every Muslim Is To Preach The
Kalimah Of Tawheed
“Invite (all) to the Way of
thy Lord with wisdom[1] and beautiful preaching; and
argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious:
for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His
Path, and who receive guidance.”
(QS An-Nahl: 125)
[1] Wisdom: are firm and right words that can
distinguish between the haq (truth) and
bathil (falsehood).
However, when da'wah towards the way of the
Lord is hindered or even fought against, then Jihad is
what would transpire.
“Fight in the cause of
Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits;
for Allah loveth not transgressors.” (QS Al-Baqarah:
190)
“And fight them on
until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there
prevail justice and faith in Allah. but if they cease,
Let there be no hostility except to those who practise
oppression.” (QS Al-Baqarah: 193)
There are times when the jihad of the women is to go on
hajj (pilgrimage) or umrah.
From ‘Aishah Radliyallaahu ‘anha (RA): I said:
“O Rasulullah, are the
women obligated to go for jihad?”
He answered:
“Yes, the jihad that have no war in it, i.e. hajj and
umrah.” Riwaayah Ibnu Majah and its origins
is the Book of Bukhari.
But sometimes, inevitably, women are also affected by
the obligation to participate in jihad fie
sabilillah.
Rasulullah SAW included the participation of women in
battles. They treated injured people. Rasulullah never
gave them a part of the war spoils but give them from
the surplus (remnants) of the distribution. (HR. Muslim)
Ibnu Qadamah Al-Hanbali said: the preconditions of the
people affected by the obligation of jihad are seven
i.e. Islam, baligh (in adulthood), sane, free,
male, no fatal physical defect and the availability of
monetary resources (funds). (Al-Mughni 10/366) Then, he
added these requirements; the parental consent and
permission to the debtor from the creditor. (Al-Mughni
10/381).
All the nine requirements apply in the state of jihad
that is fardhu kifayah, if jihad is upgraded to
fardhu 'ain, then the four preconditions would
be dropped i.e. free, male, parental consent and
permission to the debtor from the creditor. Therefore,
the preconditions during the jihad that is fardhu 'ain
are only five; Islam, baligh, sane, free from
fatal physical defect and the availability of funds.
Here, even the requirement of the availability of funds
will be dropped when the enemies are attacking into the
country (invasion).
All these preconditions have been set by the fuqaha
(jurists) of the various recognized madzhabs,
such as from the madzhab of Hanafi Alauddin Al-Kasani
whom issued the fatwa:
When the calls for
battle are cried as a result of the enemies' invasion of
the country, it becomes fardhu `ain, obligatory
upon every head of the Muslims, who fulfill the
preconditions, based on the verses of Allah,
“Go ye forth, (whether
equipped) lightly or heavily,”
(QS At-Tauba : 41).
Hence, the slave goes
to war without the permission of his master, THE WIFE
WITHOUT HER HUSBAND'S CONSENT, as well as the child
without his parent's permission. (Nihayatul
Muhtaj 8/85) Fatwas that support this are
plentiful.
From the
above fatwa, we can know that there are times
when jihad becomes fardhu ‘ain for
every individual, inclusive of the women (whether they
are still single or already married). Women had been
plunging into the arena of jihad, also triggered by the
fact that sometimes the enemy forces had female soldiers
who waged war against the Muslimahs. Then inevitably,
the women of the Islamic ummah must also
participate to become the defence fortress of the
Muslimahs by fending off the attacks of the soldiers
from the kafir, murtadin or
munafiqeen women, or any others who are attacking
the Muslimahs or children, apart from their duties in
treating the wounded as the Messenger of Allah had said
as above.
Sometimes, the thaghut are tyrannizing;
intimidating the Muslim women when their husbands,
parents or the Muslim men are not there to protect them.
There are also times when the Muslimeen are cornered by
the attacks of the enemies, which requires the Muslimahs
to come down to the arena of jihad, protecting their
wounded siblings or the Muslims generally, and fight to
the best of their abilities; defending their religion
and for the sake of implementing the words of Rasulullah
below:
From
Sa’id bin Zaid RA, he said: Rasulullah SAW said, which
means: “Whoever is
killed while guarding his/her property is shaheed,
whoever is killed while defending him/herself is shaheed,
whoever is killed while defending his/her religion is
shaheed, and whoever dies protecting his/her family is
(also) shaheed.” (HR. Abu Dawud and Tirmidzi).
In
these conditions, the Muslimahs, whether they like it or
not, must have some skills and abilities to defend
themselves, within the capacity that they possess, to
deal with the period when their participations are
required in the jihad arena or in all of the conditions
described above. For that reason, women also need to do
i`dad (with whichever military skills they are
capable of) so that if at a later date when encountering
or having to face situations like these, they can
protect themselves or even the other Muslims.
“You must learn
archery, because archery is among your best games.”
(HR. Bazzar and Thabrani)
Rasulullah SAW also said:
“Hurl your arrows, I am
with you .” (HR. Bukhari)
In the same manner as the Sahabiyyah during the
time of Nubuwwah, Nasibah binti Kaab who was
known as Ummu Imarah. She also took part in battles. She
related, “In the battle
of Uhud, while carrying water, I came out a bit noon and
saw the Mujahideens, until I found Rasulullah SAW.
Meanwhile, I saw the forces of the Muslims turning
topsy-turvy. So I approached Rasulullah while joining in
the fight, shielding him with my sword and shooting with
my arrows at times. I was wounded, but when Rasulullah
SAW was cornered and Ibnu Qamiah was about to kill him,
I shielded him along with Mus’ab bin Umair. I tried Ibnu
Qamiah him with my sword, but he was wearing iron
protectors and he managed to strike me on the shoulder
till I got wounded”.
Rasulullah SAW
later commented, “Every
time I looked at my left and right, I found Ummu Imarah
shielding me in the battle of Uhud.” Ummu
Imarah was so tough.
May the Muslimahs in this time of khalaf be
able to become like Umm Imarah RA. Aamiin Yaa
MuujibasSaailin.
(Adapted from : Al Umdah fii i’dadil Uddah –
Syaikh: Abdul Qadir Abdul Aziz Fakkallahu asrahu)
Source: Ansharut Tauhid