Jihad - Fardh 3ain?

[at-Tauheed_wal-Jihaad]

AS WR WB,

is jihaad fard 3ain according to HT?


WS WR WB.

[abusaab]

Jihad is a fard of sufficiency. Until, it has been fulfilled everyone is still sinful.

[muslimnews911]

Jihad is a fard of sufficiency. Until, it has been fulfilled everyone is still sinful.

When you say "sufficiency" you mean Fardh Kifayah right akhi?
Which ulema have you adopted that opinion from? Can you give me some of their names and where they are based aswell. That would be useful.
What made these ulema decide in their own minds that the obligation has not reached the level of ayn and is still at the level of kifayah? I mean, what was their particular understanding of the situation on the ground in some of the lands such as Chechnya, Central Asia and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan to not raise the level of the obligation?

But please, do provide me with detailed references from contemporary Ulema that you have taken this issue from. JZK

[muhannakmubannak]

Jihad is the method for carrying Islam to the world by the Khilafa. So if we mean this then it will be wajeb kifaya which mean everybody must do it.

But if we speaking about Palestine then for sure it will be wajib ayn on everybody there who can be able to fight to do that because the hukom for fighting has with itself the concept of ability and this is the case for every hukom and the able one is the army of Syria, Jordan and egypt.

[abusaab]

The scholars hold various opinions on the issue for example Imaam ibn al-Qayyim said: "Jihad is of four types": Nafs, Shaitan, Kuffar wa al-Munafiqeen and ahlu. Al-'Ulyani calls defensive Jihad a bid'a munkara (a reprehensible innovation). Which scholars said what, how, when is irrelevant in proving one argument over another.

What determines the issue is the Islamic sources. From the shariah sources there is no disctinction between defensive and offensive jihad. This is a an observation; and has no bearing on the hukm.

And it is not proper that all of the believers should go out to fight. From each party [taa'ifah] of them, only a division should go forth ...
[9:122]

Battle of Badr: 328 Muslims fought. Sahih Muslim 3:4394 (p.975-976), Sahih Muslim 3:4341 p.951 3:4360 p.960-961 (17 Ramadan, 2 A.H.) Bukhari 5:462 (p.323)

Battle of Uhud: 1,000 men, of which 300 under ‘Abd Allah bin Ubayy returned to Medina prematurely. Sahih Muslim 3:4413 (p.984-985) Mohammed wounded there Bukhari 4:159 (p.102). 5:400 (p.277) 5:151 (p.102).

Battle of Khandaq: 3000 Muslims fought for the defence of the city. Sahih Muslim 3:4412 (p.983-984).

During the time of the Prophet, there were in the order of about 50 military campaigns, In no battle did all the Muslims fight. Neither in the period of the Prophet (SAW) nor the era of the Khulafah Rashidun. Details above are of battles that are traditionally described as defensive Jihad. Khandaq, represents the most severest in threat to the existence of the state - even here the Prophet did not mobilise all the Muslims. For example he placed the women in a fortress called Fari under the protection of Hassan b. Thabit. (Not sure of reference)

The obligation is to prepare what you can of the necessary force to fulfil the duty (either the spread of the islamic authority or the defense of it) and this is undertaken by the state and its apparatus.

From an individual perspective, you fulfil the role assigned to you within the apparatus of the state and this is fard (obligatory).

Jihad is not like dhuhr salat or making tawaaf around the kaaba, which can be performed by individuals. You cannot go to the mosque and pray by yourself and say you have fulfilled Jumma'. The purpose of Jihad is to spread the Deen via the conquests and to defend the authority of the Deen - thus the duty is performed by the Ummah. So the discussion of it being kifaya or 'ayn is irrelevant. What is important is that sufficient resources are prepared and mobilised to fulfil the duty. So long as the duty has not been fulfilled, then unless we are engaged in working towards its fulfillment we are sinful.

As regards to the wars that are taking place not a single one fulfils the obligation of Jihad nor can they be called Jihad - whether it be in Iraq, Palestine, Chechnia or anywhere else. I think we have had this discussing on another post. Don't remember the outcome of that one - as I went into minor occultation.