11-26-2003, 01:34 PM
as salam alykom
although for several reasons i was relcutant to respond to u Abu, but, didnt it occur to u that Allah simly pointed back مكر makr (cunning) of whoever did the 11/9 to their necks. I think Allah a`alem of course, that whoever did it meant to undermine Islam, where as Allah turned table making people investigate more about it. My point was simply if we applied the hadeeth u quoted, jihad shall not be applicable on the case of 11/9 or am I understanding the hadeeth wrongly.
Abu, jihad is something so sacred, we all wish we could attain the level of jihad most importantly jihad an nafs as to how far we control our ego and anger, how far we do things only for Allah, not to attain personal credit. And certainly we all wish to be part of Afganistan, Chenchnya, Plaestine or other Muslim hot areas to simply attain shahadah. But just we must do it right.