Mashari Al-Ashwaq Ila Masari Al-Ushaaq Wa Mutheer Al-Gharaam Ila Daar Assalaam THE BOOK OF JIHAD By Abi Zakaryya Al Dimashqi Al Dumyati “Ibn-Nuhaas” (D. 814 Hijri) Translated By Noor Yamani (Abridged) Revised –Abu Rauda - 1 - CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: ON THE COMMAND OF JIHAD AGAINST THE NON BELIEVERS AND ITS MANDATE, AND THE STERN WARNING AGAINST THOSE WHO DON’T PRACTICE JIHAD: 13 The command to fight:............................................................................. 13 Is Jihad fard kifayah or fard ayn? ......................................................... 18 The punishment of those who don’t participate in Jihad:.................... 20 An Advice To The Ones Who Stay Behind:........................................... 22 . 1. “But I fear death!”: .................................................................... 23 2. “But my relatives and wealth!” .................................................. 24 3. “But my precious son!” .............................................................. 26 4. “But my dear ones!” ................................................................... 28 5. “But my status and lineage!” .................................................... 30 6. “But my beautiful abode!” ........................................................ 31 7. “But my nice food!” .................................................................. 32 8. “But I would like to improve my deeds first!” ........................ 33 9. “But my beautiful wife!” ............................................................ 34 - The stark reality of this world……………………………………36 CHAPTER 2: THE VIRTUES OF JIHAD AND MUJAHIDEEN ..... 39 The virtues of Jihad: ................................................................................ 39 Jihad is the best deed after Salah and being dutiful towards one’s parents: ..................................................................................................... 40 Jihad is the greatest deed after believing in Allah:................................ 40 Jihad is greater than worshiping in the House of Allah and serving it and serving the pilgrims: …..................................................................... 41 References that jihad is the greatest deed of all: .................................. 42 Jihad is the most beloved deed to Allah: ............................................... 43 The mujahid is the greatest of all people: .............................................. 43 No one can practice any act of worship equivalent to jihad:................ 44 References that the sleep of the mujahid is better than the praying of the night and fasting of the day of others: ............................................. 45 - 2 - Allah reserved one hundred levels in Paradise for the mujahideen, between each level and the other is the distance between the heavens and earth:.................................................................................................. 45 The Rahbanyyah (monasticism) and Siyahah of this nation is jihad:...45 The pinnacle of Islam is jihad: ………………………………............... 46 The mujahid is given a guarantee by Allah: .......................................... 47 Allah will never forsake the mujahideen but would help them and respond to their prayers:………………………………………….......... 47 Miscellaneous rewards of the mujahideen:............................................ 48 References to preference of jihad over hajj:.......................................... 49 The virtues of encouraging jihad: .......................................................... 50 The virtue of racing towards jihad: ....................................................... 52 The virtues of the dust in the path of Allah: ......................................... 54 The virtues of riding the sea in jihad: .................................................... 55 The virtues of horses and keeping them for the purpose of jihad:...... 56 The virtue of fear in the path of Allah: .................................................. 57 The virtues of standing in the ranks on the battlefield:........................ 57 A chapter on the farewell of the fighters: .............................................. 58 CHAPTER 3: THE VIRTUES OF SPENDING IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH: .................................................................................................... 59 The punishment of withholding wealth from being spent in the path of Allah: …………………………………………………………………..... 61 The virtues of providing for the fighters in Allah’s path and taking care of their families:…………………………………..……………….. 63 CHAPTER 4: THE VIRTUES OF RIBAAT (THE STATIONING) AND THE VIRTUES OF THE ONE WHO DIES IN RIBAAT:......... 65 The period of being stationed:................................................................. 68 The virtues of guarding in the path of Allah: ........................................ 70 CHAPTER 5: THE RULES AND VIRTUES OF TARGET SHOOTING: ............................................................................................. 72 - 3 - The virtues of target shooting: ................................................................ 72 Rules of betting on racing and target shooting:..................................... 75 Rules of betting on target shooting: ........................................................ 77 The warning against whoever learns shooting and then deserts it:...... 77 The virtues of swords:............................................................................... 78 CHAPTER 6: THE VIRTUE OF INJURY IN THE SAKE OF ALLAH: .................................................................................................... 79 CHAPTER 7: THE VIRTUES OF KILLING A NON-BELIEVER FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH: ……………………………………... 82 CHAPTER 8: THE VIRTUE OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SMALL GROUP IMMERSING THEMSELVES WITHIN A LARGE ARMY OF NONBELIEVERS IN SEARCH OF MARTYRDOM AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENEMY: ............................................ 84 CHAPTER 9: ON DUELING: ............................................................... 94 CHAPTER 10: THE SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR THE ONE WHO TURNS HIS BACK DURING BATTLE: …………………………….. 96 CHAPTER 11: THE INTENTIONS IN JIHAD:................................... 98 The reward for jihad only occurs when the intentions for fighting are purely for the sake of Allah: ................................................................... 98 The different intentions in jihad: ........................................................... 99 1. The pleasure of Allah: .................................................... 100 2. Love for Islam: ............................................................... 100 3. Seeking Paradise: .......................................................... 100 4. Self-defense: .................................................................. 102 5. Both jihad and booties: .................................................. 102 6. Booty: ............................................................................ 103 7. Recognition: .................................................................. 103 8. Despair:………………………………………………… 104 Rulings on being paid for fighting: ........................................................104 Seeking recognition in jihad after starting it with a sincere - 4 - intention: ..................……………………………………………………104 The ruling on the one who boasts about his jihad: .............................. 105 A mujahid who goes on jihad and dies without fighting is a Shaheed 105 CHAPTER 12: MARTYRDOM:...........................................................108 Asking for martyrdom and getting it:...................................................108 The virtues of martyrdom: ....................................................................111 The earth does not consume the bodies of the martyrs: ......................113 The virtues of martyrs: ..........................................................................115 1. Desire to die again for the sake of Allah: ...........................................115 2. Forgives all sins: .................................................................................115 3. The angels provide shade for the Shaheed with their wings: .............116 4. Martyrdom guarantees Paradise: .........................................................116 5. Are in the inside of green birds in Paradise: .......................................117 6. They are not punished in their graves: ................................................118 7. The Shaheed is spared from the shock of the blow of the Horn: .........118 9. The Shaheed intercedes for seventy of his family members: .............118 10. The Shaheed feels peace on the Day of Judgment: ..........................119 11. The blood of the Shaheed doesn’t dry until he sees his wives in Paradise: ……………………………………………………………….119 12. The one who dies as a Shaheed is better than the one who wins and returns home safely: ……………………………………………………..119 13. The Shaheed does not feel the pain of death except like a brief sting:120 14. The angels continuously visit the martyrs and deliver their salaams to them: .........................................................................................................121 15. Allah is pleased with the Shaheed: ....................................................121 16. For martyrdom to be accepted no good deeds are required to precede it:………..…………………………………………….…….…122 17. The Shaheed is married to al Hoor (the woman of Paradise): ..……123 CHAPTER 13: THE RULINGS REGARDING MUSLIM POWS:...124