So who's digging all the graves?

[Purgetory]

well i realy wrote this in reply to thunderbolt's topic, but now i believe it deserves a thread of its own.

I fully agree with you that it was absolutely obligatory for men to accelerate towards jihad in Iraq. No matter what the consequences were. We are not making Jihad to receive reward from human beings. No but rather in order to fulfill a part of our religion towards Allah.[/quote:692cdd76a5]My point realy grows around that statment you made. No doubt we do Jihad not to be rewarded by mere mortals, but by Allah, yet what use will our Jihad be to our brothers if we brought no change? My dear sister, change wont happen with a few angry people rioting here and killing there. Change wont happen with rapping ourselves with bombs and blowing our our selves in public buses, cafetarias, markets, etc. If they play dirty, we will keep on playing clean. If they wage wars on nations whenever they get constipated, we will remain wiser and play our turn with heart.

i didnt get this from anywhere, maybe I have to learn more, yet until now, my personal belief is jihad, does not necessarily mean suicide. if there is no other way then that is acceptable, yet there are always other means. takes longer time? maybe. more effective? certainly.

Going back to the mujahideen in Iraq, those arabs that left their homes and families to protect something maybe even themselves still dont understand. just the other day i have watched on the Abu Dabi TV channel an interview with a few of those arabs. they actualy said that they felt that something strange is boiling ever since they were greeted in Iraq. these people didnt recieve any proper training to carry a gun, yet were thrown in the front lines against the most powerful army in the world. not only that dear sister, one of them also said that they were being bombed from BOTH sides. they were being bombed from within Baghdad.

the result was nothing more than a pile of empty bodies of people that came believeing they are protecting their religion and land, only to do absolutly nothing but bring tears to their families and loved ones. if they have been patient and stayed in their houses, nosed not into things they dont understand yet, they might have contributed to our rise. to our change, to the better. not through war, for it is not always the way out.

I do not carey any hatred or disgust against those brave men who went to Iraq, no, dont get me wrong. these people deserve alot of respect. but that is all. they didnt effect me, you, brother thunderblot, the US military, or anyone in anyway (excluding their families which they effected them by alot of tears and grief). But let me ask you, if they still lived, if they studyed and learned and worked, wont they have effected us more? the money they would have given a poor man in the street would be greater to our nation than that extra grave they made us dig. dont you agree? helping that old lady across the street would be of more use. for god's sake, if they got children, then teaching them and making them good muslims to rule tomorrow's world would be better.

am I selfish? maybe. but that realy depends on our aim. each one of us has an aim in life. ofcourse we all want to go to heaven, but how to get there, that is where our roads part. before i go to heaven, personaly, i would like to help this world to get better. the way its running right now, i wont be surprised if it blows into smithereans in the next two minutes.

i study economics at school, have been studying it the past 3 years. there is something called the business life cycle, once believed to be a life cycle of every business, only to know that it realy is the life cycle of every country. prosperity wont last, soon, there will be recesion and then depression. EVERY country, every nation. look at history and see how empires rise and fall. takes centuries some times, but no one lasts. no one.

this era is no doubt the imperialist, USA's era. but as i said, it wont last. people say that next in line to be shaking this world is china, i personaly believe it will be pakistan, yet going into that will takes us further from the subject than i believe i currently am. :wink:

[Muslimah]

[b:c8cde5457b]As Salam Alykom I think this shall explain why they went and never cared who fires at them.[/color:c8cde5457b][/b:c8cde5457b]

Ghazi Anwar Pasha's Last Letter to his wife

Ghazi Anwar Pasha was from amongst those great Mujahideen of Turkey who had spent all his life fighting against the enemies of Islam. Eventually he was martyred by the Russians. Only a day prior to this he sent a letter to his wife, Najiya Sultana. This letter was published by her in the Turkish newspapers, and after being transferred was published by her in the newspapers in India on the 22 April 1923.

This letter is so touching and thought provoking that every young man should read it. An inspiring account of Mujahideen from the Ottaman period.

My Dearest Najiyya,

My life companion and fountain of happiness and joy dearest Najiya. The Almighty Allah is your guardian. Your last letter is in front of me at this moment. Believe me, this letter of yours will always be close to my heart. I cannot see your face but in between the lines and words of your letter I can see your beautiful fingers which used to play with my hair in the dark interior of tent, occasionally your picture fills my eyes. Alas, you write that I have forgotten you and that i do not care for your love.

You say that I have broken your loving heart and playing with fire and blood in a distant forsaken and I am unmindful of a woman who spends the night anxiously counting the stars.

You also say that I like war and my sword. But little did you realise when writing these words of yours, which undoubtedly were written with sincerity, out of deep love and devotion for me, will my heart.! How can I convince you [words are inadequate] that there is no one dearer to me in this world than you. You are the culmination of all my love and affection. I have never loved anyone before but you have stolen my heart.

Then what has separated me from You? O the joy of my heart! You can ask this question in a proper manner. Listen! "I am not away from you because I desire material gains of wealth nor is it because I wish to establish a kingdom or throne for myself as my enemies have publicly intimated. The only reason that I am away from you is that Allah's Obligatory Command has brought me here [battlefield] There is no greater fardh of Allah than Jihad Fi Sabilillah{to fight in the path of Allah}. It is this command of Allah, the intention of fulfilling it entitles a person a place in Jannah.

Alhumdulillah I not only have the intention to fulfil this command but am actively carrying it out in the battlefield.

Your absence{judai}, like an arrow is cutting my heart into pieces every moment. Notwithstanding this I am happy in this separation as it is your true love, and your love which is the greatest test, a challenge to my intention and resolution of fighting in the path of Allah Subhanu Wata'aala.

I thank Allah Ta'ala a thousand times that I have been victorious in this test and have been successful in putting Allah's love and command before my live, love and the pleasure of my desire{nafs}. You also, my darling must thank Allah Ta'ala and be happy that your husband possesses such a strong Emaan that he can ever sacrifice your love for the love of Allah.

Although Jihad with the sword is not compulsory on you, my love lest you are not exempted from it, no muslim male or female is exempted from Jihad. Your Jihad is that you must put Allah's love before your love and pleasure and you must make the bond of love between your husband and you stronger.

Look, never ever pray that your husband must come safe and sound from the battlefield into your loving arms. This prayer is selfish and Allah will not be pleased. Rather let your prayer be this, that Allah accept the Jihad of your husband and bring him back successfully otherwise let his lips imbibe the cup of martyrdom. These lips you know my darling have never been touched or dirtied by alcohol, but have always been kept busy with reciting the Holy Qur'an and hymming the glory and praises of Allah Subhanu Wata'aalah.

Dearest Najiya! How blessed will that moment be when in the path of Allah this head which you affectionately called beautiful will be separated from the body which in your eyes was not a soldier's body but a beloved's body!

Anwar's greatest wish is to be martyred and be judged on the day of Qiyammah with Hadrat Khalid bin Waleed {R.A.}, This world is a temporary one, Death will definitely come, Then why fear death? If death is definite, then why should a man die lying on a bed? Death in the path of Allah is not death but indeed life everlasting life.

Najiayya listen to my will! If I am martyred you must marry by brother Noori Pasha. After you, the dearest peron to me is Noori. It is my wish that after my demise he will faithfully care for you during your lifetime. My next wish is that all the children you bear tell them about my life and send all of them to the battlefield of Jihad for Islam. Remember if you do not fulfil this wish of mine, I will be angry with you in Jannah.

Farewell, my dearest! I don't know why my inner feelings tell me that after this letter I will never be able to write another lettter to you. It is no wonder that I may be martyred tomorrow.

Look! make sabr, on my death be happy and do not mourn, because my death in the path of Allah is an honour for you. Najiyya! I beg leave of you and in the world of thought I am embracing you.

Insha'Allah we will meet in Jannah and thereafter we will never part.

Your Anwar

Ghazi Anwar Pasha was martyred the following day Insha'Allah

[Muslimah]

As Salam Alykom brother

Here is a more clear and evident reason why did all those men who went to Iraq were enthusiastic to do so:

"Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of God with their goods and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). unto all (in faith) hath God promised good: but those who strive and fight hath he distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward," (Quran 4: 95)

Hope the point is clear now.

So regardless of the outcome, change or no change. They were seeking this output, they were seeking this goal. They knew the minute they die where will they be Insh a Allah. And that is all they care about. They already identified their goal in this life and tried hard to attain it.