Explaining the Hadeeth of Battling the Jews
The following
is the explanation from a contemporary scholar of hadith.
Wording and Implications
Author: Shaikh
`Alee Hasan Al-Halabee (hafidhahullah)
Source: Al-Asaalah
Magazine, Issue 30 (pg. 7-8)
Note: From the upcoming SSNA book
"Al-Masjid al-Aqsaa:
The Path to
its Freedom"
www.-al-manhaj.com
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."
[Surah 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
(radyAllaahu
`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 [1] (which 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 and his Tawfeeq (inspired
guidance) the
issue is clear and is not in need of
excessive commentary or in need
of thorough explanation.
And in these two texts are numerous Manhaj implications. There are
two extremely significant points that
I here address:
First: 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 Manhaj (methodology) of the pious predecessors
(Salaf as-Saalih). [2]
Second: 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 Manhaj 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. [3]
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 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."
And the narrator said: "And I
don't know where Jordan 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,
al-`Allaamah, al-Imaam, the knowledgeable ocean
Abu `Abdir-Rahman
Muhammad 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, Silsilat-ul-
ahadeeth ad-Da`eefah (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
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
corruption have renewed in the last
three months. Surely there is no
avail or release from difficulty
except with and from Allaah.
Footnotes:
[1] This is a type of thorny tree,
which is known to them.
[2] Look into the book Basaa'ir Dhawi ash-Sharaf bi Sharhi Marwiyyaat-
is-Salaf by
our brother Shaikh Saleem
Al Hilaalee (pg. 151-165).
[3] Look also into Madaarij-ul `Uboodiyyah min Hadyi Khair-il-
Bariyyah (pg. 145-153) by our brother Shaikh
Saleem al-Hilaalee.