“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) --
Ansharut Tauhid
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