Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 616

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابٌ فِي الْمُجَاهَدَةِ.

A chapter on spiritual struggle.

وَالنَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ فِي عَصْرِنَا مُحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى هَذَا النَّوْعِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ؛ لِأَنَّ الْبِدَعَ بَدَأَ يَفْشُو ظَلَامُهَا فِي بَلَدِنَا هَذِهِ؛ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَتْ نَزِيهَةً مِنْهَا، لَكِنْ نَظَرًا لِانْفِتَاحِنَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَانْفِتَاحِ النَّاسِ عَلَيْنَا، وَذَهَابِ بَعْضِنَا إِلَى بِلَادٍ أُخْرَى، وَتَجِيءُ آخَرِينَ إِلَى بِلَادِنَا لَيْسُوا عَلَى عَقِيدَةٍ سَلِيمَةٍ؛ بَدَأَتِ الْبِدَعُ تَظْهَرُ وَيَفْشُو ظَلَامُهَا، وَهَذِهِ الْبِدَعُ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى نُورٍ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ يُضِيءُ الطَّرِيقَ حَتَّى لَا يُصِيبَ بِلَادَنَا مَا أَصَابَ غَيْرَهَا مِنَ الْمُنْكَرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي قَدْ تَصِلُ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ مُجَاهَدَةِ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ وَأَهْلِ النِّفَاقِ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْبَيَانِ، وَبَيَانِ بُطْلَانِ مَا هُمْ عَلَيْهِ؛ بِالْأَدِلَّةِ الْمُقْنِعَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ، وَأَقْوَالِ السَّلَفِ الصَّالِحِ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ وَأَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَى مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ.

People in our time need this branch of knowledge. The darkness of religious innovation has begun to spread through our land, which was once free of it. Our openness to the world, the influx of people into our country who do not hold to a sound creed, and the travel of our own people abroad have all allowed these innovations to emerge and their shadows to grow. We need the light of knowledge to illuminate the path so our country does not suffer the same great evils as others—evils that can lead to disbelief, God forbid. We must confront the proponents of innovation and hypocrisy with knowledge and clarity, exposing the falsehood of their ways using convincing evidence from the Quran, the Sunnah of the Prophet, the teachings of the righteous predecessors, and the leaders of guidance who followed them.

أَمَّا النَّوْعُ الثَّانِي مِنْ جِهَادِ الْغَيْرِ، فَهُوَ الْجِهَادُ بِالسِّلَاحِ، وَهَذَا فِي جِهَادِ الْأَعْدَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُظْهِرُونَ الْعَدَاوَةَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَيُصَرِّحُونَ بِذَلِكَ؛ مِثْلُ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى الَّذِينَ يُسَمَّوْنَ بِالْمَسِيحِيِّينَ، وَالْمَسِيحُ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، الْمَسِيحُ لَوْ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ لَقَاتَلَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَنْتَسِبُونَ إِلَيْهِ، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنْتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَهَيْنِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقٍّ إِنْ كُنْتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ * مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ﴾.

The second type of struggle against others is armed combat. This applies to enemies who openly declare their hostility toward Islam, such as the Jews and the Christians. The Messiah, peace be upon him, is innocent of these Christians; were he to return, he would fight them despite their claim to follow him. God Almighty says: "And when Allah will say, 'O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?' He will say, 'Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. I said not to them except what You commanded me—to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.'" (Quran 5:116-117).

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 65 nouns)

• بَدَأَ — to begin
• فَشَا — to spread
• كَانَ — to be
• بَابٌ — chapter
• مُجَاهَدَةٌ — struggle
• نَاسٌ — people