'Dissecting' Al Qaidah: The Reason Why Al-Qaeda Makes
Jihad As The Method In Struggling?
01 November 2010By Muhammad Hanif
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)
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