Signs of ar-Rahman - Hoor al-Ayn

I repeat: ‘The opportunity is a golden one, to establish the Law of AllaahTa’ala on Earth.’Anybody with any knowledge of Jihaad will understand well the difficultyof amassing an army ready to take up the Jihaad. Man’s cowardliness isattested to by the Qur’aan.Did you not see those to whom it was said ‘Restrain your hands, andestablish Salaah and fulfil the Zakaah’. And thereafter when fightingwas made compulsory upon them, a group of them began fearingthe people [I.e. their enemies] just as they fear Allaah or rather agreater fear than their fear of Allaah. And they said: “O our Rabb,why have You made fighting compulsory upon us? If only you hadgiven us some respite.The aayah refers to the Makkan era when the Muslims were commandedto involve themselves in Salaah and Zakaah. Due to certain expediencies,they were commanded to restrain themselves and not wage Jihaad. Duringthis period, a group of Muslims expressed their ardent desire to fight themushrikeen. However, when Jihaad was made compulsory in Madina, thesame party began fearing the enemy.They dispute with you regarding the truth after it the truth] hasbecome apparent, as if they are being dragged towards death whilstthey are looking on.Where will you find a million young men ready for death, whose hearts arekindled with a passion for Jihaad? Where will you find a complete army ofvolunteers, not taking a single rupee, whilst their condition is such thateven the affluent amongst them do not even have a meager subsidence?Only in AfghanistanI used to read about the abstentious life of our predecessors, but in fact, Ihave seen it. I witnessed the house of Shaik Sayyaaf where he was residing.61