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have <strong>the</strong> ability to take <strong>the</strong> decisive decision? Did not <strong>the</strong> actions give him priority in <strong>the</strong><br />

scale <strong>of</strong> revelation and in <strong>the</strong> hearts and minds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Companions? Was this not because he<br />

paid all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> costs <strong>of</strong> traveling in <strong>the</strong> company <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Messenger, <strong>the</strong> Leader (peace and<br />

blessings be upon him), and plunge with him into <strong>most</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> battles, a journey <strong>of</strong> blood,<br />

severed limbs, and skulls? Only people like <strong>the</strong>se are able to understand <strong>the</strong> subject and<br />

appreciate <strong>the</strong> matter and have <strong>the</strong> ability to take <strong>the</strong> decisive decision, about <strong>which</strong> soldiers<br />

say in books <strong>of</strong> war: "The decisive decision is <strong>the</strong> decision from <strong>which</strong> a disastrous outcome<br />

is possible and perhaps probable. However, it must be taken due to o<strong>the</strong>r considerations<br />

and only a true leader can do this." The Umma has been waiting for leaders and decisions<br />

like <strong>the</strong>se since <strong>the</strong> years <strong>of</strong> slaughter. Those leaders <strong>will</strong> only come forth by means <strong>of</strong> this<br />

kind <strong>of</strong> education. Their vanguard has already come forth—praise be to God—and we are<br />

waiting for more, by <strong>the</strong> permission <strong>of</strong> God and His grace.<br />

In an atmosphere like this, we, as well as <strong>the</strong> Umma, <strong>will</strong> be taught to confront <strong>the</strong> terrible<br />

horrors <strong>which</strong> accompany wars with hardness and courage. Even if we swallow some <strong>of</strong> its<br />

bitterness along with <strong>the</strong> degradation <strong>which</strong> has afflicted us, according to <strong>the</strong> jurisprudence<br />

<strong>of</strong> defeat <strong>which</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> courses (<strong>of</strong> Islamic thought) have brought to light we must now<br />

confront those horrors with hardness and strength so that God may permit us to stop <strong>the</strong>m<br />

some day. In one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> battles <strong>of</strong> Afghanistan in opposition to <strong>the</strong> Russians, <strong>the</strong> men<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>red <strong>the</strong> women, <strong>the</strong> elderly, and <strong>the</strong> children in a mosque in order to minimize <strong>the</strong><br />

damage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bombing. Bombs fell upon <strong>the</strong> mosque and killed all those who were in it<br />

except for a little girl who remained in <strong>the</strong> lap <strong>of</strong> her grandmo<strong>the</strong>r whose head had been split<br />

open and its contents dangled down in front <strong>of</strong> her granddaughter. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arab<br />

mujahids began to calm <strong>the</strong> child who was raving out <strong>of</strong> fright. The mujahid was crying and

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