Does Ḥizbullāh believe in Jihād?
Adapted & Translated from: Ḥizbullāh Kon He?
‘Alī Aṣ-Ṣādiq, 2008, Maktabah Al-Imam Al-Bukhārī
Does Ḥizbullāh work and strive for the freedom of any occupied or oppressed Muslim area like Palestine, Kashmir etc.? Is the freedom of occupied territories one of the aims and objectives of Ḥizbullāh?
The answer is that the Shia Imāmiyyah Ithnā Ashariyyah (the religion followed by Ḥizbullāh) believe that Jihād is on hold, or, suspended until the arrival of the awaited Mahdī.
This is because, according to the Shia reports and books, the belief of the Shia is that ‘before the emergence of the Mahdī, and before his flag is raised, whoever raises the flag of Jihād, he will be counted as a ṭāghūt!’, i.e., a rebel. [Al-Ghaybah of An-Nu’mānī p.70]
According to the Shia belief, when the Mahdī comes, he will make peace between the Christians and the Jews. The question arises here that when the Mahdī comes, why will he make peace with the Jews and Christians? Why will he not free Bayt-ul-Maqdis from the clutches of the Jews? Why will he rule according to the law of āl-Dāwūd, i.e., the Jewish law? Why will the Mahdi destroy the Ka’bah and fight the Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah?
This is because the Ahl-us-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah is the enemy of the Shia. The Shia Mahdī will supposedly take the bodies of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu and Sayyidunā ‘Umar raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu out of their graves, and burn their bodies! [Al-Ghaybah of An-Nu’mānī]
Astaghfirullāh, Astaghfirullāh, Astaghfirullāh.
The leader of Ḥizbullāh, Ḥasan Naṣr Allāh comes on television and chants slogans for the freedom of Bayt-ul-Maqdis and Masjid Al-Aqṣā.
All of these slogans are lies and propaganda. They have nothing to do with reality.
The smokescreen of the Shia and Ḥasan Naṣr Allāh’s lies has been ripped apart. Alḥamdulillāh, Alḥamdulillāh, Alḥamdulillāh
When Ḥasan Naṣr Allāh was asked about the Palestinians in an interview, he addressed the Palestinians and said, “When you need us, then we shall come, and this is sufficient.”
Because the belief of the Shia Imāmiyyah is that there is no Jihād until the emergence of the Mahdī, that is why they do not wage Jihād, at all!
Not offensive, and not defensive.
The Shia do not engage in anything until the Walī Faqīh decides and instructs. According to them, it is not permitted to do anything until and unless Khamanei, the current Walī Faqīh, does not issue the command to do it!
We learn from the above that whoever engages in Jihād is a rebel according to the Shia. This ties in with the media narrative of Ḥamas being terrorists. We also learn that Ḥizbullāh does not fight for the freedom of Bayt-ul-Maqdis, but it is playing the Taqiyyah card, hiding the reality that they are actually clearing the ground for the Jews by killing, maiming, and butchering the Ahl-us-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah in various parts of the world.
May Allāh Ta’ālā save the Muslim Ummah from the deceit of the Shia, and may he open our eyes to the reality. Āmīn
Mufti Abdullah Moolla
Maktabah Al-Imām Al-Ghazālī
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