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Wednesday 22 Apr 2015 - 15:28 Makkah mean time-3-7-1436
Abdul Shukor Husin (Google Images)
Kuala Lumpur (IINA) – The Malaysian National Fatwa Council issued an edict saying that the act of participating, helping or giving aid to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group is "haram" (forbidden) for Muslims, BERNAMA reported.
Chairman of the Council Abdul Shukor Husin said participating in ISIL's fight was far from the actual meaning of jihad from the Islamic perspective, since the reason of the war itself was unclear.
"It is obvious that ISIL is not right and against Islamic teachings when they claimed that the blood of the people who fight against them are halal (allowed) and thus, can be violently killed, which clearly contravenes Islamic teachings," he said.
Commenting on jihad in Islam, Armed Forces Religious Corps director Brig-General Kamarudin Mamat explained that the general responsibility of jihad was upon the army which was entrusted with the country's sovereignty and it became "fardhu kifayah" (social obligation) during peace.
"It is allowed for society to come together during war and it becomes 'fardhu ain' (personal obligation) to protect our country, according to each and everyone's capacity when we are being violated and the situation is no longer under control," he said.
He said the real intention of jihad must be sincere for the sake of Allah while jihad by ISIL was more about revenge and did not represent the fight of all Muslims, but only for the benefit of some parties.
Kamarudin said this fake jihad by the ISIL militant group was made based on the misinterpretation of the Qur’an and hadiths (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad).
He said the lack of understanding on the true meaning of jihad made many to be interested and blindly follow the ISIL propaganda.
"The goal will not justify the means, the ISIL jihad does not take into account the restrictions outlined by Islam during a war and inhumanely killing civilians, women, children and prisoners of war at will," he said.
Kamarudin said in Islam, war was the last form of solution when one failed to achieve a peaceful agreement to defend oneself and to open ways of preaching Islam with strong reasons, according to Islamic ruling.
"If we look at the sirah (prophetic biography) of Prophet Muhammad, he only allowed the Muslims to fight in a war after 15 years of spreading his dawah (Message of Islam), even when during those years, a lot of Muslims had been killed and tortured by the enemies of Islam," he said.
Meanwhile, Malaysia Community Crime Care president, Tan Sri Musa Hassan said religious authorities needed to provide explanations, especially to the youngsters on the meaning of real jihad.
"This is important as we need to identify the movement of suspicious religious groups. People can easily be attracted to these groups and will try to involve themselves in jihad outside the country.
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