Ammā Ba’du,
Know, may Allāh bless you and make you firm on the most trust worthy handhold, and on this religion, and may Allāh make knowledge easy for you, that if this path has been chosen by you as your way of life, if you have made the decision to walk this noble path, that is the path of Hijrah and Jihād, know that you have embraced a life of hardship and trials, a life of tears and sweat, a life of fear and sadness, a life also if thought about in depth, or if thought about its reality and what you are gaining by embracing this life, which Allāh opens on his truthful slave, it contains the inner happiness and peace, you will never loose, you will get the honor in this world and what Allāh has saved for you in the next is not known except to the Rabb who has bought from you, your wealth and soul.
I do not wish in this little letter to address the bounties of Allāh which he has promised the mujāhid, from the Hūr ul Eīn, or the 100 levels, or the green birds. But rather I wish to let you know a little of what is needed as a provision for survival and the paths for salvation in this unwelcoming, harsh but honorable life you have embraced.
In this path, my dear brother in Islam who has given priority over the next for Allāh, there are matters which saves you and which you must hold fast with your molar teeth, and matters which destroys and that which you must avoid and run from, even if you see those characteristics from all around you. For in the end, this fight is not but between the slaves of Rahmān and the slaves of Shaitān. So keep yourself away from All which brings you near the shaitān and makes you distant from Rahmān “and the shaitan does not promise you but what is false”, and strive and fight to gain all which brings you near Rahmān and makes you distant from shaitān “and who does fulfill His promises more than Allāh?”.
First over all matters, hold fast to the reason, for it you were created, for it you must die, with it the messengers were sent, on its name the flags of jihād are raised, all our strives are for its sake, and it is what is said in each of our breath, that is Lā ilāha Illā Allāh, worshiping Allāh and avoiding shirk, fighting for Zil Jabarūt against the Tāghūt “And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allāh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tāghūt”. So this is the Asl of this deen and its pillar, and the most trust worthy handhold, so leave it not! So may all your actions be on its course.
The points I wanted you to be aware of are:
Sincerity of intention, strive to purify it, for from this point it is either acceptance from Allāh or rejection. If you are sincere, then you have gained all of the victory. But if you are not, may Allāh save us from such, you have lost everything, and you will be thrown in hell on your face. So fear all types of riyaa, in your words and actions. For even the mujāhid who died fighting will not be spared if his intention was other than seeking Allāh’s pleasure. As nobody would desire to be said on such a day where nothing but his sincere actions would benefit him, “go to those for whom you acted and see if they can reward you”.
Repentance, may this be your way in each and every step, remember your mistakes so you might avoid it in future, and be prepared for a day when you will face the knower of the seen and unseen without a translator, be prepared for the death which is seeking you day and night, prepare for the certainty which we as mortal creation will certainly cannot avoid. This really will clean your heart, purify your soul, and will open the eye which is in your heart, which if opened; you will see what many are blind of. Repent dear slave of Allāh knowing an eternal fire ambushes for sinners, for we have been warned of the fire. So if you have time, don’t waste it on useless matters, but rather spend it with Allāh, repenting and remembering, for how many is seen in these paths wasting their time, after they sold it to Allāh.
Patience, in ease and hardship, when you face hardship from the enemy, or observing it while a path to disobedience is made easy by refraining from doing it. For patience is being patient in Allāh’s obedience from acting on what he has commanded and leaving what he has forbidden, and being patient to the trails which you face in this path. Remember that from the greatest reason from which wars are won are due to patience and piety. It is the characteristic of all the pious salaf who walked this difficult path, so if reaching their destination is your goal, make this amongst your closest friends in this path.
Also in this matter one must remember, one must also be patient on the difficulties he face from his own brothers from Mujāhidīn, for among the Mujāhidīn you will find those who are not bestowed with good character or true guidance, or people who sin. You might find your belongings have been stolen, or you have been abused at, or even you might observe discrimination, but you have to be patient to all these and not return back from the fields saying I returned because I experienced such and such. Then if that is your case, you have not known the reason you went there in the first place. You went there to make Allāh’s word most high, not to “observe” how Allāh’s Word is made supreme. Yes, I warn you my brothers, even matters graver might be observed in the ranks of the Mujāhidīn, for they are merely humans, who might be ignorant even from the basics of Islam (and the only reason why they came might be their concern for the Ummah) or even worse you might even meet hypocrites, in these circumstances you must do what is obligatory over you, from ordering good, forbidding the evil, helping your brother whether he is the oppressed or the oppressor, giving advice for Allāh’s sake. But be patient and don’t come back due that, making that your excuse, for it is not a valid excuse infront of Allāh, until you see kufr bawāh from your leaders, even in that case the obligation of jihād has not yet fallen from you, rather search then another group, for there will never pass a time where the true group will not be found, if not fight even if you are alone “you have not been given responsibility but over yourself only”.
So remember Islam is not at fault, but rather those who are from the Muslimīn makes mistakes and becomes sinners while Islam and its cause are pure from all that.
Know that jihād is pure and what ever evil from those who takes its responsibility, does not resemble Jihād, but rather are mistakes from their nafs, so you must see by yourself that you will do what is binding upon you, and this will make the image pure.
Remember O brothers who are going to places where cultures differ, you might find amongst them, in those cultures similar evil matters, and also matters which are different from your own, so in all cases you must weigh the matters upon Qur’an and Sunnah, hold to both those principles, act on it and call to it.
So be patient! And by Allāh, by Allāh, you will find your life in difficulty if you are not aware of these realities which you will face in the fields. So know from the first day the reason you are going to the fields so you might not run back.
Piety, this quality and the one above are the ones if both of these are united in a person, karāmat can be seen from him, the leadership in religion would be given for him and wars are won due to these people. No matter how much we increase in our number, these people are what really counted. For the matter is not of quantity but of quality. Do you not see how 313 shook the world? And naming the incidents in testifying to what we said would lengthen the topic.
So remember and remember again O the one who marches on this path, that verily it’s not your muscles, nor your material which is strengthening you or winning these battles, but it is the Taqwā and Sabr and ēman. It has been observed that strong men failed in this path who lacked these characteristics. Nevertheless when these characteristics gets mixed in his blood and bone we see a physically weak mu’min doing that of twenty strong men…
So if you are to increase in anything in order to get prepared for this journey, then increase your Taqwā, Sabr and Eeman. How successful is such a person, and verily all the success had been attained by him who had been bestowed with these characteristics, for they are like light in the darkness and they are the source of life amongst dead.
Know, may Allāh bless you and make you firm on the most trust worthy handhold, and on this religion, and may Allāh make knowledge easy for you, that if this path has been chosen by you as your way of life, if you have made the decision to walk this noble path, that is the path of Hijrah and Jihād, know that you have embraced a life of hardship and trials, a life of tears and sweat, a life of fear and sadness, a life also if thought about in depth, or if thought about its reality and what you are gaining by embracing this life, which Allāh opens on his truthful slave, it contains the inner happiness and peace, you will never loose, you will get the honor in this world and what Allāh has saved for you in the next is not known except to the Rabb who has bought from you, your wealth and soul.
I do not wish in this little letter to address the bounties of Allāh which he has promised the mujāhid, from the Hūr ul Eīn, or the 100 levels, or the green birds. But rather I wish to let you know a little of what is needed as a provision for survival and the paths for salvation in this unwelcoming, harsh but honorable life you have embraced.
In this path, my dear brother in Islam who has given priority over the next for Allāh, there are matters which saves you and which you must hold fast with your molar teeth, and matters which destroys and that which you must avoid and run from, even if you see those characteristics from all around you. For in the end, this fight is not but between the slaves of Rahmān and the slaves of Shaitān. So keep yourself away from All which brings you near the shaitān and makes you distant from Rahmān “and the shaitan does not promise you but what is false”, and strive and fight to gain all which brings you near Rahmān and makes you distant from shaitān “and who does fulfill His promises more than Allāh?”.
First over all matters, hold fast to the reason, for it you were created, for it you must die, with it the messengers were sent, on its name the flags of jihād are raised, all our strives are for its sake, and it is what is said in each of our breath, that is Lā ilāha Illā Allāh, worshiping Allāh and avoiding shirk, fighting for Zil Jabarūt against the Tāghūt “And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allāh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tāghūt”. So this is the Asl of this deen and its pillar, and the most trust worthy handhold, so leave it not! So may all your actions be on its course.
The points I wanted you to be aware of are:
Sincerity of intention, strive to purify it, for from this point it is either acceptance from Allāh or rejection. If you are sincere, then you have gained all of the victory. But if you are not, may Allāh save us from such, you have lost everything, and you will be thrown in hell on your face. So fear all types of riyaa, in your words and actions. For even the mujāhid who died fighting will not be spared if his intention was other than seeking Allāh’s pleasure. As nobody would desire to be said on such a day where nothing but his sincere actions would benefit him, “go to those for whom you acted and see if they can reward you”.
Repentance, may this be your way in each and every step, remember your mistakes so you might avoid it in future, and be prepared for a day when you will face the knower of the seen and unseen without a translator, be prepared for the death which is seeking you day and night, prepare for the certainty which we as mortal creation will certainly cannot avoid. This really will clean your heart, purify your soul, and will open the eye which is in your heart, which if opened; you will see what many are blind of. Repent dear slave of Allāh knowing an eternal fire ambushes for sinners, for we have been warned of the fire. So if you have time, don’t waste it on useless matters, but rather spend it with Allāh, repenting and remembering, for how many is seen in these paths wasting their time, after they sold it to Allāh.
Patience, in ease and hardship, when you face hardship from the enemy, or observing it while a path to disobedience is made easy by refraining from doing it. For patience is being patient in Allāh’s obedience from acting on what he has commanded and leaving what he has forbidden, and being patient to the trails which you face in this path. Remember that from the greatest reason from which wars are won are due to patience and piety. It is the characteristic of all the pious salaf who walked this difficult path, so if reaching their destination is your goal, make this amongst your closest friends in this path.
Also in this matter one must remember, one must also be patient on the difficulties he face from his own brothers from Mujāhidīn, for among the Mujāhidīn you will find those who are not bestowed with good character or true guidance, or people who sin. You might find your belongings have been stolen, or you have been abused at, or even you might observe discrimination, but you have to be patient to all these and not return back from the fields saying I returned because I experienced such and such. Then if that is your case, you have not known the reason you went there in the first place. You went there to make Allāh’s word most high, not to “observe” how Allāh’s Word is made supreme. Yes, I warn you my brothers, even matters graver might be observed in the ranks of the Mujāhidīn, for they are merely humans, who might be ignorant even from the basics of Islam (and the only reason why they came might be their concern for the Ummah) or even worse you might even meet hypocrites, in these circumstances you must do what is obligatory over you, from ordering good, forbidding the evil, helping your brother whether he is the oppressed or the oppressor, giving advice for Allāh’s sake. But be patient and don’t come back due that, making that your excuse, for it is not a valid excuse infront of Allāh, until you see kufr bawāh from your leaders, even in that case the obligation of jihād has not yet fallen from you, rather search then another group, for there will never pass a time where the true group will not be found, if not fight even if you are alone “you have not been given responsibility but over yourself only”.
So remember Islam is not at fault, but rather those who are from the Muslimīn makes mistakes and becomes sinners while Islam and its cause are pure from all that.
Know that jihād is pure and what ever evil from those who takes its responsibility, does not resemble Jihād, but rather are mistakes from their nafs, so you must see by yourself that you will do what is binding upon you, and this will make the image pure.
Remember O brothers who are going to places where cultures differ, you might find amongst them, in those cultures similar evil matters, and also matters which are different from your own, so in all cases you must weigh the matters upon Qur’an and Sunnah, hold to both those principles, act on it and call to it.
So be patient! And by Allāh, by Allāh, you will find your life in difficulty if you are not aware of these realities which you will face in the fields. So know from the first day the reason you are going to the fields so you might not run back.
Piety, this quality and the one above are the ones if both of these are united in a person, karāmat can be seen from him, the leadership in religion would be given for him and wars are won due to these people. No matter how much we increase in our number, these people are what really counted. For the matter is not of quantity but of quality. Do you not see how 313 shook the world? And naming the incidents in testifying to what we said would lengthen the topic.
So remember and remember again O the one who marches on this path, that verily it’s not your muscles, nor your material which is strengthening you or winning these battles, but it is the Taqwā and Sabr and ēman. It has been observed that strong men failed in this path who lacked these characteristics. Nevertheless when these characteristics gets mixed in his blood and bone we see a physically weak mu’min doing that of twenty strong men…
So if you are to increase in anything in order to get prepared for this journey, then increase your Taqwā, Sabr and Eeman. How successful is such a person, and verily all the success had been attained by him who had been bestowed with these characteristics, for they are like light in the darkness and they are the source of life amongst dead.
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