'Dissecting' Al Qaidah
Zul Qadah 20, 1431 A.H, Friday, October 29, 2010
Today Al-Qaeda has become a
great power, attracting the interests of young Muslims to join
and fight alongside them. This movement which has become
global and moved very secretly, continues to terrify every
Nation, and people who harbor hatred against the revival of
Islam will surely exist in accordance with the promise of
Allah SWT and the prediction of Rasulullah SAW concerning the
end times.
From the mountains of Afghanistan to the exotic continent of
Africa, Al-Qaeda has established itself, breaking the
concentration of America with resistance all over the world.
When the Americans were focused with their Crusader war
project in Afghanistan and Iraq, Al-Qaeda executed attacks at
the hearts of cities around the world and the regions that
became the puppets of the Crusader-Zionist America.
With their global jihad ideology, Al-Qaeda is never too late
in responding to the every cry of the oppressed Muslims, the
children whose happiness are snatched and the dejected
Muslimahs whose honour are insulted. They are present, there
in the midst of the Muslims to defend and fight for the rights
of the oppressed. It is with this ideology of global jihad too
that Al-Qaeda have brought together the hearts that were once
disunited due to fanaticism towards own group, ethnicity and
mazhab. They are united by a sense of longing for the
establishment of the Khilafah Islamiyah and
Shaheed in struggling for the pure and noble Dien
of Allah. There is no more divider between them, because the
common interest is everything.
With a sincere and genuine struggle, it makes the ummah,
who are yearning for the revival of Islam, wonder how to join
this movement full of barokah (blessings) and support
it with all the capabilities that they have. This answer is
actually very easy for the people who are honest to the
iman (faith) and 'ilm (cognition) that they
believe in.
Al-Qaeda is a movement that was born amid the people of
Ahlus Sunnah wal jama’ah, so their ideology is an
ideology of the people of Ahlus Sunnah wal jama’ah,
not any other, placing the ulama's in a position
according to their portion and make Al-Qur’an and Sunnah as as
a reference in the improvement of the self, society and the
world.
In da'wah, calling towards tawheed is the
main goal of Al-Qaeda. Inviting to the worship of Allah SWT
alone and leaving the concepts that are damaging to the
aqeedah of the Muslims which today are named with
beautiful names but are heading toward kufr.
Therefore, Al-Qaeda very strongly opposes the concepts that
are not sourced from Al-Qur’an and Sunnah such as democracy,
communism and all that are derived from these two ideas which
basically are plunging mankind into destructions.
In the activities of struggling for Islam, Al-Qaeda makes
jihad as a most effective means in restoring the light of
Islam once again, not through diplomacy with the kafirs
who have oppressed the Muslims or by jumping into the valley
of dishonor of the parliaments using the manhaj of
democracy which gives illusions to its followers.
Al-Qaeda makes jihad as a medium in grabbing back the glory of
Islam that has become dim because today the kafirs
have obviously imported their mushrik and kafir
religion by use of military force, so there is no other choice
except to pick up weapons in order to defend the honor of the
Muslims. This had been delivered by Sheikh Usamah bin Ladin –
Hafidzahullah- in the fatwa he conveyed through the
Taujih Manhajiyyah:
“My message to you all, is specifically to rekindle the spirit
of jihad and continue the encouragement to conduct jihad, for
the purpose of obstructing the great conspiracy which had been
planned and developed to confront our ummah specifically, and
we have seen some of its phenomenon clearly.”
That's the reason why Al-Qaeda makes Jihad as the method
in struggling and of course there are more important reasons
i.e. to revive the lost and forgotten obligation of the
Muslims, jihad fie sabilillah. Jihad is not an empty
words without meaning, jihad has become a word that made Islam
in power for many centuries which had caused the kafir
and munafiq to try to distort and make bad the
callers and activists of jihad who affiliated with Al-Qaeda
(the one and only jama’ah that makes jihad as the
instrument), with bad nicknames like what know and feel to
this day.
So for the Muslims, where ever they are, who want to join
Al-Qaeda and become a part of them, they must fulfill the
above conditions and criteria, namely having a true
tawheed and leaving all objects of worship and concepts
that are incompatible with the revelations of Allah SWT and
the Sunnah of our noble Prophet, Muhammad SAW.
And subsequently support every jihad activity that defends the
honor of the Muslims which had been seized by the kafir
and support the jihad that aims at establishing the
kalimah of Allah SWT, so that only Allah is worshiped on
this earth. The supports could be in the form of physical
forces, materials, oral or written words, in fact the most
important of all is do'a.
For those who do not agree with what is done by Al-Qaeda, then
let them search with an honest heart in Al-Quran and the
Sunnah and compare with what is done by Al-Qaeda today. And
silence is better than criticizing something we have no
knowledge of (due to not receiving guidance).
That's a bit about Al-Qaeda known to this writer, this writer
tries to be equitable in seeing the phenomenon of Al-Qaeda and
it doesn't have to mean that the writer is claiming to be a
part of the blessed organization of Al-Qaeda, very far is this
writer from them whose nature is described by Allah SWT as
follows:
"O you who have believed,
whoever of you should revert from his religion – Allah will
bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who
will love Him [who are] humble towards the believers, powerful
against the disbelievers; they strive (conduct jihad) in the
cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is
the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And
Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing." (Q.S. Al-Maidah
:54)
[By:Muhammad Hanif/muslimdaily.net]
Submitted by a Mujahid