Salafi Jihadi Trend Theorist Turns against "Al Qaeda" and Issues a Religious Opinion of the Impermissibility of Suicidal Operations
29/08/2005
London – The most prominent theorist of the Salafi Jihadi trend has turned against "Al Qaeda" organization and issued a religious opinion prohibiting the suicidal operations.
Under the title of "Reasons for Prohibiting Suicidal Operations" Abdel Mon'em Mustafa Abu Halima, the Syrian fundamentalist theorist, who is known as Abu Naseer Al Tartusi, said in his website, which is carrying his name, "I have received more than 1000 questions on these operations. For me, they are more of suicide than to martyr operations. They are prohibited for various reasons."
Al Tartusi, who is a resident of London, has drawn conclusions based on Prophetical sayings such as, "Whoever hurts a Muslim has no Jihad reward". He said, "This is with regard to whoever hurts a Muslim, then what about those who murder or intentionally murder a Muslim?" He also quoted the saying of the holy Prophet (PBUH), "Whoever murders a non-Muslim enjoying protection under the Islamic state, would never smell the scent of Paradise, whose scent can be smelled seventy years away."
In his religious opinion, which was issued on his website, dated on August 24, and has been circulated by some Islamic websites with so much rage and debate, Al Tartusi said, "Suicidal operations do mean that a person is committing suicide, which is contradicting with tens of valid and righteously interpreted religious texts, which prohibit that a person commits suicide, whatever the incentive was, as Allah says, "Spend for the sake of Allah and do not throw yourselves into peril." 2:195, and the prophet says, in the verified Prophetic saying, "Whoever commits suicide with an item in this world would be tortured with it on Judgment Day." Sheikh Halima pointed out, "We should not neglect or tolerate with the most significant energies and cadres of the nation, and get them involved in a limited similar act, which does not have safe consequences or results."
He confirmed, "This is a mistake, according to all considerations and criteria. It is a religious mistake, as it is a type of forcing the person going into battle to commit suicide with his explosive suicidal operation, while he is not convinced of its legitimacy or permissibility, or that he considers it closer to suicide more than anything else."
Al Sharq Al Awsat
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