The Role of the Women in Fighting the Enemies

Penned by the martyred commander of the Mujāhidīn in the Arabian Peninsula – Al-Hāfith, Al-Mujāhid

Shaykh Yūsuf Bin Sālih Al-‘Uyayrī

May Allāh have Mercy upon him

At-Tibyān Publications

In the Name of Allah, the Most-Beneficent, the Most-Merciful

” … In these papers we will not focus on seeking out the details of all these obstacles and hindrances [to Jihād], but we will suffice ourselves by mentioning one hindrance that we see the Ummah is in need of removing quickly and before everything else. And that obstacle is the woman who is manifested as the mother, or the wife, or the daughter or the sister. They all fall under the Verse detailing the obstacles [to Jihād] [1]. And our research into the obstacle of the woman may not be new to her, but we will nevertheless address her in these papers and we will inform her that she is one of the biggest impediments before the Victory and Honour of Islām. And when we say that the woman is one of the greatest obstacles to the Victory of Islām, we must also mention the opposite notion, and it is that the woman is one of the primary and most influential factors in the Victory of Islām, with the condition that she fulfills her role with complete courage and sacrifice. And here we will transmit for her biographies that she must take as her example in order for Islām to become victorious.

And the reason we address the woman in these pages is because of what we have seen in that, when a woman is convinced about a matter, she will be from the greatest impetuses for the men to fulfill it. And if she is against a matter, she will be from the biggest obstacles to the men accomplishing it, especially if that woman is a mother or a grandmother whose obedience and pleasure is mandated.

And considering that the woman is the cradle of the men and the caretaker of the plant until its build becomes strong, it is appropriate for us to direct to her this address in which we urge her to carry out her active role in the current war between Islām and all the disbelieving nations, without exception. And so long as the woman abandons taking up that battle and is either isolated from it or [is not] present to strengthen the determination [of the fighters], then this is the first step to defeat and it is the way to loss, and this is what has happened to our Ummah today.

Islām was not victorious in its radiant times over the disbelieving nations who were greater than it in power, in number, and in wealth except when the woman was up for the responsibility, for she is the one who raises her children upon the Jihād, and she is the one who guards the man’s honour and wealth if he goes out for Jihād, and she is the one who is patient and helps her children and her husband remain patient in the pursuance of this path. So the saying, “Behind every great man is a woman” is true of the women at that time, so we could say, “Behind every great Mujāhid is a woman.”

Therefore, you must be aware, my Muslim sister, that your mission is greater than what you imagine. You are responsible for a large part of the defeat of Islām today, for if you rose to your responsibility, this disgrace would not have befallen the Ummah. And perhaps you will say, “Why do I bear all of these responsibilities?” We say, because your responsibility is the first responsibility that, if not executed correctly, there will be mostly no benefit to what comes after it. This is because the first [place] that the child grows up is between your arms, and if he grows into a young man, he will only know your guidance because of his love for you. So if you do not plant within him the love for Allāh, His Messenger and Jihād in His Path in his childhood, no one else will be able to implant it in his heart when he is older, except with much difficulty. The plant is between your hands, tender and moist, so rise to your role and you will see the results after two decades, by the Permission of Allāh… “

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[1] The Shaykh is referring to Verse 24 in Surat At-Tawbah: “Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allāh and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allāh brings about His Decision (torment). And Allāh guides not the people who are Al-Fāsiqūn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allāh)”

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