Jabhat Fath as-Sham ~ Founding Declaration: Fath Al Sham Formerly An-Nusra
23 August 2016By Fath Al Sham
After the news published by al-Manara al-Bayda, firstly the al-Qaeda message
and secondly the last message of Abu Muhammad al-Julani as leader of Jabhat
an-Nusra, the new movement quickly installed itself on Twitter and Telegram,
the most important channels used by Jihadi movements worldwide. This founding
declaration was published as its third tweet on July 28, 2016.
The Arabic message was translated on the (officious) website Ummah Islam.
Below the original Arabic message and the translation provided by Ummah Islam.
Fath Al Sham
{Victory from Allah and an imminent conquest}
1- We derive our Aqidah, methodology and fiqh from the Quran and Sunnah as
understood by the righteous Salaf from among the companions and tabi'een, may
Allah be pleased with them, as well as the devoted Imams and scholars who
follow in their footsteps, such as Abu Hanifa, Al Shafi'i, Malik, Ahmad and
many others, may Allah have mercy on them all.
2- We fight against the enemy who aggresses religion and the sanctities of the
Muslims. We see this as one of the major Fard 'Ayn obligations and one of the
most obligatory forms of establishing the religion. This is not conditioned by
any condition, as the enemy has to be fought by all possible means, for
nothing is more important than faith and then fighting against such an enemy.
3- We perform jihad for the sake of establishing the governorship of the
Shari'ah until Fitna disappears, the religion of Allah reigns supreme across
the Earth and the glory and dignity of our Ummah is restored.
4- Through our jihad, we follow Islamic laws and take universal laws into
consideration to reach our goal according to our understanding of Shari'ah and
reality, all the while adhering to the satisfactory religious rules and the
regulations of Shari'ah politics as derived from the biography of our prophet
Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
5- We strive to lift oppression from all those who are oppressed, be them
people of Islam or disbelief. We strive to stop the oppressor from oppressing
others by all possible means and to the utmost of our power.
6- We call to Allah with wisdom and fine admonition by being gentle to people
and delivering to them the message of their Lord leniently, gently and by good
words.
7- We hold the scholars of our ummah in very high esteem and recognize their
rights and favors. We ally with them and follow them, though we know that no
one is completely infallible. We also take their significant ijtihad in
matters of fiqh into consideration.
8- We ally with the Muslims through the loyal bond of faith while we display
enmity towards the disbelievers and we disown them. If one Muslim's character
combines both evil and good, obedience and disobedience, Sunnah and
innovations, then our loyalty to them would be in proportion to their
adherence to goodness and Sunnah. Similarly, our enmity towards them would be
in proportion to their involvement in evil deeds and innovations.
9- We renounce divisions and quarrels and call to unity and harmony. We regard
the unity of the Ummah in general, and that of the mujahids in particular, on
righteousness and under one banner as an obligation that should be carried out
in compliance with realistic and correct shari'ah principles.
10- We strive for the Word of Allah to be supreme and spend our most precious
assets for its sake. We perform jihad by the hand and the tongue, as well as
the money, body, heart and possessions until Allah makes it victorious or we
die defending it.
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