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Explaining the Hadeeth of Battling the Jews
By Shaikh ‘Alee Hasan Al-Halabee
From the things that
the hearts of the believers have been assured and their intellects have become
certain of is that the decrepit nation in which the scattered Jews of the world
were gathered unrightfully and in oppression – The state of Israel - shall cease
and be erased from existence.
We do not declare a timeframe when this shall take place as some emotionally
charged individuals state without any right (evidence to support their
outlandish claims).
The time may be at hand in their era for that is not difficult for Allaah. Or it
may come sooner for surely Allaah says: “And none can know the (magnitude and
power of the) armies of your Lord except He.” (Al-Mudathir: 31)
Surely Allaah is the All knowing and the All Aware and it is maybe for this
reason (rhetoric claiming the time when the Jewish oppression shall cease) that
one of the icons of Palestinian Politics said: “Verily our peace with the Jews
is one of a political nature not that of ‘Aqeedah (Belief and creed).”
Indeed the authentic Prophetic narrations are abundantly clear that the big
battle is inevitably coming and that the Word of Tawheed will be victorious
without a doubt (in defeating the) Jews - leaders and subjects.
The two great Scholars of Hadeeth, ash-Shaikhaan (Imaams Al-Bukhaaree and
Muslim) have narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Umar (radiya Allaahu ‘anhu),
that the Messenger of Allaah said: “You will battle the Jews until one of them
will hide behind a rock. (The rock) will say: ‘O ‘Abdullaah (Worshiping slave of
Allaah)! Behind me hides a Jew come and slay him.’”
The two Shaikhs have also narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (radyAllaahu
‘anhu) that Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Hour
will not be established until the Muslims battle the Jews. The Muslims will
battle them to the point where the Jew will hide behind a rock and a tree. So
the rock - or the tree - will say: ‘O Muslim! O ‘Abdullaah (Worshiping slave of
Allaah)! Behind me hides a Jew come and slay him.’ Except for al-Gharqad (a type
of thorny tree, which is known to the Jews and shall remain silent) for it is a
Jewish tree.”
These are the two most authentic narrations regarding this issue. They make
clear the inevitability of the upcoming battle. The narrations have a two
pronged effect. On one hand they portray the reality of the situation while at
the same time they declare unambiguously that the victory shall be for Muslims.
With the Praise of Allaah His inspired guidance, the issue is clear and is not
in need of excessive commentary or in need of thorough explanation but in these
two texts are numerous Manhaji (methodological) implications. There are two
extremely significant points that I here address:
1. The first point is connected to the first part (of the narrations), in which
he (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) says to his Companions: “You will battle….”
This is a clear indication that the future will be for Islaam only by the
permission of Allaah and only in accordance to the (methodology) of the pious
predecessors (Salaf as-Saalih).
2. The second point is connected to the conclusion (of the narrations), in which
he (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) says narrating the words of the tree and
rock: “O Muslim! O ‘Abdullaah!” In this statement we see that the methodology of
educational nurturing and rectification that is built upon the establishment and
realization of Tawheed and servitude is the catalyst for the establishment of
the Laws of Allaah on earth and in implementing an Islamic life modeling the
Prophetic methodology.
It is important to note that there are numerous unfounded narrations that are
Da‘eef or declared weak. They are popular and are commonly circulated among all
levels of society – the elite as well as the commoners. As such, it is our
obligation to discuss them and indicate their erroneousness.
It has been narrated by Ibn Sa’ad in his Tabaqaat (422/7) and Al-Bazaar in his
Musnad (137/4 – of az-Zawaaid) and Ibn Abee ‘Aasim in Al-Aahaad wal-Mathaani
(2458) and others on the authority of Nuhaik bin Surayim As-Sakooni that the
Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “You will indeed battle the
Mushrikeen (polytheist disbelievers) until the last of you fight the Dajjaal at
a river in Jordan you will be on the east of it and they will be to the west of
it.”
The narrator said: “And I don’t know where Jordan will be on earth at that
time.”
Its chain of narration is weak because in it is Muhammad bin Abaan Al Qurashy
and Abu Daawood has declared him weak as did Ibn Ma‘een and Al-Bukhaaree and
others.
Our Shaikh, Naasir-ud-deen Al-Albaanee, may Allaah envelop him with His Divine
Mercy, has recorded this hadeeth – showing its sources with detail – in his
wondrous book, (The Collection of Weak Hadeeths). Therein he has made clear its
weakness. He (rahimahullaah) said: “I have written this because of what has
increased in the inquiries about it with regards to the Jews taking over the
West bank from Jordan in the first of June of the year 1967. May Allaah curse
them and humiliate them and purify the country from them and from their
helpers.”
I say: Then I say Ameen in reiterating his du‘aa asking Allaah to show him
mercy. I make it abundantly clear that the reason for authoring this article is
due to what the Jews have placed upon our Muslim brothers in occupied Palestine.
The murder, destitution and corruption have renewed in the recent months. Surely
there is no avail or release from difficulty except with and from Allaah.
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