[NYTr] Come to Jihad: Osama Speech to People of Pakistan

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Information Clearing House - Sep 24, 2007
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Come to Jihad: A Speech to the People of Pakistan

Complete transcript of Osama Bin Laden September 20, 2007 message 

"Come to Jihad"

Click here to watch the video:
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By Shaykh Usama bin Ladin
(May Allah protect him)
September 20, 2007/Ramadan 1428"

"All praise is due to Allah. We praise Him and seek His aid and
forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil in ourselves and
from our bad deeds. He whom Allah guides cannot be led astray, and he
who is led astray cannot be guided. I bear witness that there is no God
other than Allah alone, without partners, and I bear witness that
Muhammad is His slave and Messenger."

"As for what comes after:"

"To my Muslim brothers in Pakistan:"

"Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

"Allah, the Most High, says, 'O Prophet! Strive hard against the
disbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be harsh against them. Their abode
is Hell, and an evil destination it is.' (9:73) And the Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says, 'There is no one
who abandons a Muslim in a place where his honor is violated and his
sanctity is infringed upon except that Allah, the Most High, abandons
him in a place in which he would like His aid. And there is no one who
aids a Muslim in a place where his honor is violated and his sanctity
is infringed upon except that Allah aids him in a place in which he
would like His aid.' (Narrated by Ahmad)"

"Pervez's invasion of Lal Masjid in the City of Islam, Islamabad, is a
sad event, like the crime of the Hindus in their invasion and
destruction of the Babari Masjid. And this event has crucial and
critical connotations, most important of which are:"

"First, this event demonstrated Musharraf's insistence on continuing
his loyalty, submissiveness and aid to America against the Muslims, and
this is one of the ten nullifiers of Islam, as the people of knowledge
have determined, and makes armed rebellion against him and removing him
obligatory. Allah, the Most High, says, 'O you who believe! Take not
the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: they are
but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns
to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guides not a people
unjust.' (5:51) And His statement 'And he amongst you that turns to
them (for friendship) is of them' means that he is of them in Kufr
(unbelief), as the people of Tafseer (explanation) have said. This
ruling was the one given and confirmed by Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, may
Allah have mercy on him, in his famous Fatwa following the raids on New
York, and among the things which he said: 'If any ruler of an Islamic
state provides aid to an infidel state in its aggression against the
Islamic states, it is the legal obligation of the Muslims to remove him
from power and consider him to be legally a traitor to Islam and
Muslims.' People of Islam in Pakistan: Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, may
Allah have mercy on him, discharged a great duty which was upon him,
and declared the word of truth and didn't care about the anger of the
creation. He endangered himself and his wealth and made clear the
ruling of Allah regarding Pervez: that he is a traitor to Islam and
Muslims and must be removed. This Fatwa enraged Pervez and enraged his
masters in America, and it is my opinion that the murder of the Mufti -
may Allah have mercy on him - was at their hands. And Mufti Nizamuddin
Shamzai died without having replaced the word of truth with falsehood,
in contrast to what many of the 'Ulama of vice do. And the obligation
on us remains, and we have been extremely late in carrying it out, six
years having passed, so we should make up for lost time. May Allah
forgive me as well as you."

"Second, the government's showing of Maulana Abd al-Aziz Ghazi in
women's clothing in the media is clear evidence of the extent of the
great hostility, hatred and contempt held by Pervez and his government
towards Islam and its sincere 'Ulama, and that is greater Kufr which
takes one out of Islam. Allah, the Most High, says, "And if you
question them, they will most surely say, 'We were only talking idly
and jesting.' Say, 'Was it Allah and His Signs and His Messenger which
you were mocking?' Make no excuses. You have certainly disbelieved
after believing. If We forgive a party from among you, a party We shall
punish, for they are criminals." (9:65-66) And read, if you wish, the
Tafseer of Ibn Katheer - may Allah have mercy on him - regarding this
Ayat."

"Third, in such events, the people are tested and the friends of the
Most Merciful are separated from the friends of Satan. The 'Ulama who
are from the friends of the Most Merciful declare the truth, and if
they are unable or are weak, they observe silence and don't help
falsehood with their words or actions. As for the friends of Satan,
they are led by Pakistani military intelligence to speak falsehood and
help its people. Some of them deem it obligatory to unite with Pervez
and his army, while others deem as Haraam martyrdom-seeking fedayee
operations against the soldiers of the Taghut (idol-king), while still
others assail the Mujahideen, slandering and defaming them. And this is
the way of the Munafiqeen (Hypocrites). Allah, the Most High, says,
"They are stingy [in helping] you. And when danger comes, you see them
looking towards you, their eyes rolling like one fainting as death
approaches. But when the fear has passed away, they assail you with
sharp tongues, being stingy with good deeds. Those have never believed,
so Allah has rendered their works null and void. And that is easy for
Allah." (33:19)"

"So everyone who refrained from helping the Imam Maulana Abd al-Rashid
Ghazi is from the sitters, whereas those who attacked him to help
Pervez, claiming that Islam isn't established through fighting and
calling fighting in the path of Allah "terrorism" - in the context of
invective - and saying that the way is through peaceful demonstrations
and democratic methods are from those who have gone astray and followed
the path of the Munafiqeen."

"Nearly two decades ago, the soil of Pakistan saw and was watered by
the blood of a great Imam of the Imams of Islam - i.e. the Mujahid
champion Imam Abdullah Azzam, may Allah have mercy on him - and today,
we have seen another great Imam, not at the level of Pakistan alone,
but at the level of the entire Islamic Ummah: i.e. the Imam Maulana Abd
al-Rashid Ghazi, may Allah have mercy on him. He, his brothers, his
students and the female students of Jami'ah Hafsa demanded the
application of the Shari'ah of Islam, as the reason for our creation is
that we worship Allah the Most High through His religion, al-Islam, and
they were killed because of this great objective. Allah, the Most High,
says, "And I have not created jinn and men but that they may worship
Me." (51:56) They sacrificed the great thing they owned: they
sacrificed themselves for their religion. I ask Allah to accept them
among the martyrs. They were killed treacherously and treasonously at
the hands of the apostate infidel Pervez and his aides. The purpose of
the army - or so they say - is to protect the Muslims against the
Kuffaar, but now we see the armies becoming tools and weapons in the
hands of the Kuffaar against the Muslims. Pervez threw away the cause
of Kashmir and restrained those fighting to liberate it, in accordance
with the wishes of the Hindus and Nazarenes. Then he opened his bases
and airports to America for invading the Muslims in Afghanistan, and as
you've seen before, the army attacked the people of Swat who also
demanded the rule of Shari'ah, and attacked the people of Waziristan,
in addition to betraying and extraditing hundreds of Arab Mujahideen
from the grandsons of the Sahabah (Companions), with whom Allah was
pleased, to the head of Kufr, America. So Pervez, his ministers, his
soldiers and those who help him are all accomplices in the spilling the
blood of those of the Muslims who have been killed. He who helps him
knowingly and willingly is an infidel like him, and as for he who helps
him knowingly and under compulsion, his compulsion isn't legally valid,
as the soul of the one forced to kill isn't better than the soul of the
one killed, and the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him - said, "Were all the inhabitants of the heavens and earth
to participate in the spilling of a believer's blood, Allah - the Great
and Glorious - would throw them into the Fire." So I tell the soldiers
who perform the Salaat (prayer) in the military organs: you must resign
from your jobs and enter anew into Islam and disassociate yourself from
Pervez and his Shirk (polytheism)."

"Some of the Munafiqeen among the 'Ulama of vice and others may say
that Islam orders us to stay together and the people to unite with the
army and government to stand in the face of the enemies and avoid
Fitnah (strife). I say: the one who says this is creating lies about
Allah. The government and army have become enemies of the Ummah, after
becoming a weapon in the hands of the Kuffaar against the Muslims. And
they refuse to rule by the religion of Islam in all of life's affairs,
like politics, economy, social life and other matters. Allah has
ordered these and their like to be fought, not to be united with and
hung onto, as those hypocrites claim. Allah, the Most High, says, "And
fight them until there is no Fitnah [polytheism], and religion is
wholly for Allah." (8:39) So if some of the religion is for Allah and
some of it is for other than Allah, fighting is obligatory to make the
religion entirely for Allah, the Most High."

"By the grace of Allah, the Most High, we performed Jihad with the
Afghan Mujahideen against the Russians, and the Afghan army was a
weapon in their hands against us. They would pray and fast, but despite
that, the senior 'Ulama of the Islamic world, including the 'Ulama of
Pakistan, ruled that they are to be fought. And after the exit of the
Russians, the 'Ulama of Pakistan also supported Taliban against the
Northern Alliance, although they also pray and fast. So is there any
difference between Pervez and his soldiers and Ahmad Shah Massoud,
Rabbani and Sayyaf and their soldiers? There is no difference at all.
All of them have pledged to the Crusaders to fight true Islam and its
people, and those who say it is forbidden to fight Pervez and his
soldiers and exclude him from the general ruling have an illness in
their hearts: they prefer this life to the next. Allah, the Most High,
says, "Are your unbelievers better than those or have you an immunity
[from punishment] in the sacred books?" (54:43)"

"I tell Pervez and his army: your betrayal of your nation and people
has been exposed, and the people are no longer fooled by your showing
off militarily by launching some missiles after every disaster and
massacre you commit against the populace, as has occurred repeatedly in
the border regions, or after the biggest massacre in Lal Masjid most
recently. How is the nation benefited by these weapons and tests of
yours? The same goes for the nuclear bomb itself. When the American
foreign minister Powell came to you, you cowered, bowed and submitted
to him like a lowly slave, and you permitted the American Crusader
forces to use the air, soil and water of Pakistan, the country of
Islam, to kill the people of Islam in Afghanistan, then in Waziristan.
So woe to you and away with you."

"Against the peoples attacking lions"

"And against the enemy rabbits and ostriches?"

"And your going to Makkah and performing the Tawaaf (circling) of the
Ka'aba won't benefit you when combined with Kufr and combating of Islam
and its people. Were it to benefit anyone in combination with Kufr, it
would have benefited Abu Lahab, the uncle of the Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."

"Then someone might say that armed rebellion against Pervez will lead
to the spilling of blood. But I say: were the order to fight the
apostate ruler was from the people, like 'Amr and Zayd, then it would
be permissible for minds and opinions to intervene and discuss what
they should do or not do. However, as you know, the order to fight the
apostate ruler is an order in the Shari'ah of Allah, and it is not
permissible for the Muslim to make his opinion a rival to the order of
Allah and order of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him. Allah, the Most High, says, "And it is not for a believing man or
a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter,
to exercise their own choice in the matter concerning them. And whoso
disobeys Allah and His Messenger goes manifestly astray." (33:36) "

"So when the capability is there, it is obligatory to rebel against the
apostate ruler, as is the case now. And the one who believes that the
strength required to rebel has not yet been completed must complete it
and take up arms against Pervez and his army without procrastination.
Pervez and most of the Muslims' rulers jumped to power and usurped it
and ruled us by other than what Allah sent down by force of arms, and
the situation will not return to normal through elections,
demonstrations and shouting. So beware of the polytheistic elections
and futile actions, for iron is only dented by iron, and it is through
fighting in Allah's path and exhorting of the believers that the might
of the Kuffar is restrained. Allah, the Most High, said, "So fight in
Allah's Cause - you are held responsible only for yourself - and rouse
the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the might of the
unbelievers. And Allah is strongest in might and strongest in
punishment." (4:84)"

"Fighting in Allah's path is an act of worship, and it is based on
sacrifice of selves. Muslim blood is spilled and poured out to protect
the religion, which only reached us after his (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) cuspid tooth was broken, his head cut open and his
noble face bloodied, and after the blood of the best of people, like
Hamza, Mus'ab, Zaid and Ja'afar (with whom Allah was pleased), was
poured out. This is the path, so follow it."

"The people have forgotten the path of victory"

"They think it comes easily"

"Or without blood running"

"Where is the Jihad of the Messenger of Allah? (Peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him)"

"So to sum up: It is obligatory on the Muslims in Pakistan to carry out
Jihad and fighting to remove Pervez, his government, his army and those
who help him. And it is obligatory on them to pledge allegiance to an
Amir of the Believers who observes the rule of Shari'ah rather than
Pervez's polytheistic positive-law constitution. And the Muslims will
not be successful in liberating themselves from slavery to Pervez and
his polytheistic laws until they are successful in liberating
themselves from many of the leaders and 'Ulama falsely affiliated with
Islam who are in fact the first line of defense for Pervez and his
government and army. You have seen with your own eyes the stances they
took previously, when, rather than moving to break the siege placed on
the Muslims of Afghanistan, they moved to break the siege placed on the
bases and airports which Pervez gave to America and from which the
planes were taking off to pound us in Tora Bora, Kabul, Kandahar,
Paktia, Nangarhar and other places. And for your information, Pervez
only dared to invade Lal Masjid and Jami'ah Hafsa after he was
satisfied that most of the 'Ulama and leaders of the Jama'ats (groups)
had renounced the Jihad which Allah the Most High legislated to enforce
the truth and whose banner was tied by the Messenger of Allah (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him), and replaced it with polytheistic
democratic solutions and with peaceful demonstrations and bogus threats
to absorb the anger of the masses. Pervez had tested them before, when
he broke the back of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, after which
they came to him voluntarily and of their own accord to participate in
the polytheistic parliament, as if nothing had happened."

"So O people of Islam in Pakistan: the truth is greater than everyone,
and if truth is not greater than everyone and if we don't apply the
Hudood (punishments) to both the nobleman and weak, that is the road to
ruin, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) informed, "Those before you were ruined because when the nobleman
among them stole, they would let him go, but when the weak one among
them stole, they would execute on him the Hadd (punishment). And by He
in whose Hand is my soul, were Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, to steal,
I would cut off her hand." (Agreed upon)"

"O youth of Islam in Pakistan: the Pen is writing what is for you and
what is against you, and it won't benefit you to make excuses by saying
that many of your 'Ulama and leaders have allied themselves to the
infidel rulers and that the rest have failed to speak the truth and
declare it out of fear of the ruling Taghuts, except those on whom
Allah has had mercy, and these are either in prison or on the run. This
huge disaster - i.e. the marching of the 'Ulama of vice in line with
the apostate ruler and their currying favor with him and attacking of
the sincere Mujahid 'Ulama - isn't peculiar to Pakistan, but rather, is
a disaster covering the entire Islamic Ummah. And there is no power nor
might except with Allah."

"So O people of Islam in Pakistan: every one of you will come alone to
Allah, the Most High, and be held to account for his own actions, so
discharge your duty. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) has said, "The smart one is he who subdues his self
and works for what comes after death, and the feeble one is he who lets
his self chase after its desires and [then] hopes from Allah." And be
aware that if the Jihad becomes an individual obligation, as is the
case today, there are only two ways with no third: either Jihad, which
is the way of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
and those who believed with him, or sitting, which is the way of the
disobedient ones and Munafiqeen. So make your choice. Allah, the Most
High, says, "They prefer to be with the womenfolk who remain behind at
home, so their hearts are sealed so that they understand not. But the
Messenger and those who believe with him strive [in the cause of Allah]
with their wealth and their persons, and it is they who shall have good
things, and it is they who shall prosper." (9:87-88)"

"And we in al-Qaida Organization call on Allah to witness that we will
retaliate for the blood of Maulana Abd al-Rashid Ghazi and those with
him against Musharraf and those who help him, and for all the pure and
innocent blood, foremost of which is the blood of the champions of
Islam in Waziristan - both North and South - among them the two noble
leaders, Nek Muhammad and Abdullah Mahsud. May Allah have mercy on them
all. The tribes of Waziristan have made a great stand in the face of
international Kufr - America, its allies and its agents - and the major
states have been unable to make the stands they have made. They have
been made resolute in this stance by their Iman (faith) in Allah, the
Most High, and their Tawakkul (reliance) on Him, and they have
withstood huge sacrifices of souls and wealth. We ask Allah to
compensate them well. And the Muslims shall not forget these
magnificent stances, and the blood of the 'Ulama of Islam and leaders
of the Muslims and their offspring will not be spilled in vain or
neglected as long as there remains in us a pulsing vein or a blinking
eye. We ask Allah to help us to fulfill that."

"O Allah, our Lord, accept those of our brothers and sisters who have
been killed among the martyrs and heal the wounded; O Allah, make their
graves spacious for them, and take care of their families and raise
their grades in 'Illiyeen (Heaven); O Allah, Pervez, his ministers, his
'Ulama and his soldiers have been hostile to your friends in
Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially in Waziristan, Swat, Bajaur and
Lal Masjid: O Allah, break their backs, split them up and destroy their
unity; O Allah, afflict them with the loss of their dear ones as they
have afflicted us with the loss of our dear ones; O Allah, we seek
refuge in You from their evilness and we place You at their throats; O
Allah, make their plotting their destruction; O Allah, suffice for us
against them with whatever You wish; O Allah, destroy them, for they
cannot escape You; O Allah, count them, kill them, and leave not even
one of them; O Allah, our Lord, give us in this world goodness and in
the last goodness, and protect us from the torment of the Fire; O
Allah, send prayers and peace on our Prophet Muhammad and on all his
family and Companions."