Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, his companions, and those who follow him. To proceed:
To the Islamic Ummah, the best nation brought forth for mankind:
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ
"You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah." (QS Ali 'Imran [3:110])
To the pure and pious Dawah carriers—and we do not sanctify anyone before Allah—who speak the best of words and perform righteous deeds, for Allah has praised those with these qualities:
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِين
"And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, 'Indeed, I am of the Muslims'?" (QS Fussilat [41:33])
To the noble visitors of the page who approach it with truth and sincerity, seeking the goodness it carries; may Allah reward them with goodness.
I congratulate you all on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Fitr... May Allah accept your acts of obedience... and Allah takes care of the righteous...
Dear Brothers:
This Eid comes while the monstrous Jewish entity is committing atrocities against people, trees, and stones in Gaza and all of Palestine. It does so with the support of America, which supplies it with shells, missiles, and aircraft. While it is not surprising that the Jewish entity, backed by America, commits such acts—as they are enemies of Islam and Muslims—what is strange is that not a single ruler in the Muslim lands, especially those neighboring Palestine, has moved his army to support Gaza, its people, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings. They have not moved to uproot the Jewish entity and subsequently return all of Palestine to its people. Is it not true that whoever occupies the land of the Muslims and expels its people deserves to be fought by the Muslim armies to be driven out just as they expelled the inhabitants?
وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ
"And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you." (QS Al-Baqarah [2:191])
How do the rulers not realize this?! But their wretchedness has overcome them; they are at the beck and call of the colonial kuffar, especially America, never refusing its demands in order to preserve their distorted thrones.
قَاتَلَهُمُ اللهُ أَنَّى يُؤْفَكُون
"May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?" (QS Al-Munafiqun [63:4])
O Brothers:
This war has revealed two important matters:
The first is the weakness and humiliation of the Jews, as Allah mentioned in His Book:
ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ
"They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the people." (QS Ali 'Imran [3:112])
They have severed the rope of Allah after their prophets, and nothing remains for them except the rope of the people—America and its followers. A people in such a state are not victors in battle. More than six months have passed since their brutal aggression against the people of Gaza without achieving their goals, even though they are fighting a group smaller in number and equipment.
The second is the treachery of the rulers in the Muslim lands. They have not moved the armies to support Gaza and its people, as if the matter does not concern them! Or they stand neutral—or rather, closer to the enemy. They watch what is happening, and the best among them is the one who merely counts the martyrs and the wounded.
صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
"Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path]." (QS Al-Baqarah [2:18])
These two matters should drive the sincere people of power in the Muslim armies to declare a general mobilization to fulfill Allah’s obligation to fight the Jews who occupy Palestine.
وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَاءِ الْقَوْمِ إِنْ تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ
"And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allah that which they expect not." (QS An-Nisa [4:104])
In this way, you will remove their entity, for they are too insignificant before Allah to be victorious in battle. Then, Allah’s promise will be fulfilled:
فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا
"Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple [i.e., the Masjid], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction." (QS Al-Isra [17:7])
So come, O Muslim armies, to the aid of your brothers in Gaza. If the systems of forced rule (Mulk Jabri) existing in the Muslim lands stand in your way, then seize them firmly. Establish the rule of Allah in their place, the Khilafah upon the method of the Prophethood, in fulfillment of the glad tidings of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:
ثُمَّ تَكُونُ مُلْكاً جَبْرِيَّةً فَتَكُونُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهَا إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهَا، ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةً عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ، ثُمَّ سَكَتَ
"Then there will be a compelling kingship, and it will be as long as Allah wills it to be. Then He will abolish it when He wills to abolish it. Then there will be a Khilafah upon the method of Prophethood. Then he (the Prophet) remained silent." (Musnad of Imam Ahmad)
At that time, the Khalifah, his assistants, and the soldiers of Islam—from the highest rank to the lowest—will move from victory to victory, proclaiming Takbir, and the Ummah will proclaim Takbir with them. They will be strong through their Lord and honorable through their Deen, and no enemy will dare to have an entity on the land of Islam.
وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
"And on that day the believers will rejoice * In the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful." (QS Ar-Rum [30:4-5])
In conclusion, O brothers, I congratulate you on Eid al-Fitr, asking Allah the Almighty that we have performed the fasting and night prayers of this holy month in a manner that pleases Allah the Almighty and His Messenger ﷺ... I also ask Him the Almighty that this Eid be a gateway to goodness, blessing, and honor for Islam and Muslims.
وَاللهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُون
"And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know." (QS Yusuf [12:21])
Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah.
1st of Shawwal 1445 AH
Corresponding to 10/04/2024 CE
Your Brother,
Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah