Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 10

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فَيَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوا الْكُفَّارَ، كُلَّ كَافِرٍ مِنْ أَيِّ بَلَدٍ كَانَ، حَتَّى يُسْلِمَ، أَوْ يُعْطِيَ الْجِزْيَةَ عَنْ يَدٍ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Because of the words of Allah, may He be blessed and exalted: "Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden and do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled." So it is obligatory for Muslims to fight the disbelievers, every disbeliever from any country, until he embraces Islam or gives the jizyah willingly.

وَلَكِنْ إِذَا قَالَ قَائِلٌ: كَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فِي هَذَا الْعَصْرِ؟

If someone asks how this is possible in our current era,

قُلْنَا: إِنَّ الْوَاجِبَاتِ لَهَا شُرُوطٌ، مِنْهَا: الِاسْتِطَاعَةُ، لِقَوْلِ

we respond that religious obligations are subject to conditions, one of which is the capacity to perform them.

اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ﴾، وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَجَاهِدُوا

God says: Fear Allah as much as you are able.

فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ﴾.

He also says: Strive for Allah as you ought to strive; He has chosen you and placed no hardship upon you in the religion.

وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْيَوْمَ مَعَ الْأَسَفِ الشَّدِيدِ يُقَاتِلُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا،

It is common knowledge, and deeply regrettable, that Muslims today are fighting one another.

وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ تَفْكِيرٌ فِي أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوا لِإِعْلَاءِ كَلِمَةِ اللَّهِ،

They have no intention of fighting to exalt the word of Allah.

هَذَا ظَنِّي فِيهِمْ، وَالْوَاقِعُ شَاهِدٌ بِذَلِكَ،

This is my assessment of them, and reality bears it out.

بِأَنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ هَذَا عَلَى الْإِطْلَاقِ، وَلَا سِيَّمَا الْوُلَاةُ مِنْهُمْ،

Muslims have no desire for such a struggle, particularly their leaders.

وَيَدُلُّكَ عَلَى هَذَا مَا يُفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ بِإِخْوَانِنَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْبُوسْنَةِ وَالْهَرْسِكِ مِنْ ذَبْحِ الرِّجَالِ، كَأَنَّهَا تُذْبَحُ الْخِرَافُ،

The evidence for this is the treatment of our Muslim brothers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where men are slaughtered like sheep.

وَانْتِهَاكِ الْأَعْرَاضِ، وَابْتِزَازِ الْأَمْوَالِ، وَإِذْلَالِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَهَذَا أَعْظَمُ،

Their honor is violated, their wealth is extorted, and Islam itself is humiliated—which is the greatest tragedy of all.

يَعْنِي لَا يَهُمُّنِي أَنْ يُقْتَلَ أَلْفُ شَخْصٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِقَدْرِ مَا يُقَالُ: إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أُذِلُّوا لِإِسْلَامِهِمْ.

I am less concerned with the death of a thousand Muslims than I am with the fact that Muslims are being humiliated because of their faith.

فَالْقِتَالُ الْيَوْمَ فِي الْبُوسْنَةِ وَالْهَرْسِكِ وَالشِّيشَانِ وَغَيْرِهَا كُلُّهَا لِإِذْلَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ،

The conflicts in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Chechnya, and elsewhere serve only to humiliate the Muslim people.

وَالْأُمَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةُ مَعَ الْأَسَفِ الْآنَ مُتَفَرِّقَةٌ، مُشَتَّتَةٌ، لَمْ يَقُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهَا يَثْأَرُ لِدِينِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ،

Regrettably, the Islamic nation is now fragmented and scattered, with no one rising to defend the religion of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

فَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوا الْكُفَّارَ؟! فِي الْوَقْتِ الْحَاضِرِ لَا يُمْكِنُ،

How, then, could they possibly fight the disbelievers? At present, it is impossible.

وَذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الذُّلِّ الَّذِي ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ وُلَاةِ الْأُمُورِ فِي بَعْضِ الْبِلَادِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ، وَعَدَمِ الِالْتِفَاتِ لِلْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ.

This stems from the humiliation that Allah has cast into the hearts of the rulers in some Muslim lands, leading them to ignore the call to struggle in His path.

بَلْ رُبَّمَا يَمُدُّ بَعْضُهُمْ يَدَ الذُّلِّ لِعَدُوِّهِ الَّذِي كَانَ بِالْأَمْسِ يُقَاتِلُهُ،

Some even reach out in submission to the very enemies they were fighting yesterday.

نَمُدُّ إِلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ يَدَ الذُّلِّ وَالِاسْتِسْلَامِ، فَكَيْفَ نَطْلُبُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوا الْكُفَّارَ؟

Since we offer them our hands in surrender today, how can we expect Muslims to fight the disbelievers?

Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 58 nouns)

• وَجَبَ — to be necessary
• قَاتَلَ — to fight
• كَانَ — to be
• أَسْلَمَ — to submit
• أَعْطَى — to give
• قَالَ — to say
• اتَّقَى — to fear
• اسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• جَاهَدَ — to strive
• اجْتَبَى — to choose
• جَعَلَ — to make
• أَرَادَ — to want
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• فَعَلَ — to do
• ذَبَحَ — to slaughter
• عَنَى — to mean
• هَمَّ — to concern
• قَتَلَ — to kill
• أَذَلَّ — to humiliate
• قَامَ — to stand
• ثَأَرَ — to avenge
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• ضَرَبَ — to strike
• مَدَّ — to extend
• طَلَبَ — to request
• جَلَّ — to be majestic
• عَلَا — to be high
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• كَافِر — disbeliever
• بَلَد — country
• جِزْيَة — tribute
• يَد — hand
• قَائِل — speaker
• يَوْم — day
• عَصْر — era
• وَاجِب — duty
• شَرْط — condition
• اسْتِطَاعَة — ability
• قَوْل — saying
• جِهَاد — struggle
• دِين — religion
• حَرَج — difficulty
• أَسَف — regret
• شَدِيد — intense
• بَعْض — part
• تَفْكِير — thinking
• إِعْلَاء — exaltation
• كَلِمَة — word
• ظَنّ — opinion
• وَاقِع — reality
• شَاهِد — witness
• إِطْلَاق — absolute
• وَلِيّ — ruler
• أَخ — brother
• ذَبْح — slaughter
• رَجُل — man
• خَرُوف — sheep
• انْتِهَاك — violation
• عِرْض — honor
• ابْتِزَاز — extortion
• مَال — money
• إِذْلَال — humiliation
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• عَظِيم — great
• أَلْف — thousand
• شَخْص — person
• قَدْر — amount
• ذُلّ — humiliation
• قِتَال — fighting
• أُمَّة — nation
• مُتَفَرِّق — divided
• مُشَتَّت — scattered
• أَحَد — one
• وَقْت — time
• حَاضِر — present
• أَجْل — sake
• قَلْب — heart
• أَمْر — matter
• بِلَاد — lands
• عَدَم — lack
• الْتِفَات — attention
• سَبِيل — path
• عَدُوّ — enemy
• أَمْس — yesterday
• اسْتِسْلَام — surrender