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<strong>which</strong> <strong>the</strong> ulama have set down concerning <strong>the</strong> repelling <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oppression <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oppressive<br />

Muslim ruler with jihad against <strong>the</strong> infidel or apostate ruler?! If we know that <strong>the</strong> smallest<br />

elementary school student understands that killing souls in jihad and <strong>the</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> defeat<br />

have never been a cause <strong>of</strong> harm that is deemed a sufficient reason for delaying <strong>the</strong> jihad,<br />

and if we know that <strong>the</strong> Lawgiver ignores <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> trickery <strong>which</strong> <strong>the</strong> people engage in<br />

order to cause harm in one situation but He does take account <strong>of</strong> it in a different situation,<br />

<strong>the</strong>n we must know that <strong>the</strong> harmful thing <strong>which</strong> judgment has established (in one situation),<br />

even by sharia pro<strong>of</strong>, is a harmful thing that is not taken account <strong>of</strong> (in ano<strong>the</strong>r situation].<br />

[In o<strong>the</strong>r words, <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> harm that comes from living under an apostate ruler is<br />

greater than <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> harm that results from rebelling against that ruler. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

hand, <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> harm that comes from living under an oppressive Muslim ruler is less<br />

than <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> harm that results from rebelling against that ruler.]<br />

The people drone on about security and safety and tranquility and ease <strong>of</strong> life—under <strong>the</strong><br />

auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rule <strong>of</strong> man-made laws! —for Islamic societies <strong>which</strong> apostates rule. They<br />

pretend to forget that we are in <strong>the</strong>se circumstances. Truthfully, if <strong>the</strong> reality was described<br />

in a systematic, salafiyya way, I would say that we must be more violent in circumstances <strong>of</strong><br />

security than <strong>the</strong> circumstance in <strong>which</strong> we have to fight a defensive jihad against <strong>the</strong><br />

invading enemy at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> his initial attack, refusing to submit and resisting that enemy<br />

until we die trying. The demonstration <strong>of</strong> that is as follows:<br />

Some imagine—by <strong>the</strong>ir unique reasoning—that jihad against <strong>the</strong> invading enemy is only at<br />

<strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> arrival <strong>of</strong> this enemy with his forces. But if this enemy settles and his<br />

goal is achieved, among <strong>the</strong> harmful things (that result) is <strong>the</strong> corruption <strong>of</strong> that stability and

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