With Muslims in profound pain due to the U.S. and Western-backed slaughter of their brethren in Gaza by the Zionist terrorist entity posing as a state, Muslims have been directed to engage in various activities, except for what their Lord, Allah (SWT), has commanded them. They have engaged in the usual fundraising activities and protest marches, and, worse yet, they have gone with their begging bowls to the same West that openly supports the slaughter and created the illegitimate entity in the first place. This includes writing to MPs and calling for UN resolutions that surrender 80% of Palestine for permanent occupation, although Allah (SWT) forbade seeking solutions from Taghut, which is any source and its representatives outside of Islam, as He said:

“Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.” (4:65)

Others have substituted the command of Allah with Du’a, which was never a substitute for the command but rather supplementary to it. Islam requires Muslims to undertake the necessary actions to apply the command of Allah and then make Du’a for the success of the action. So, no one simply stayed home and made Du’a to provide their Rizq; they took the necessary actions to apply for jobs, prepared for interviews, undertook interviews, and then made Du’a for the success of these actions.

Similarly, the command of Allah (SWT) for the Zionist slaughter is Jihad, as ordered in many verses of the Qur’an, such as

“Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you… And kill them wherever you catch them, and drive them out from where they drove you out” (Surah Al Baqarah; 2:190-191).

Jihad requires military capability and preparation, as commanded in the verse

“Prepare what you can of armed force and tether your horses so you may terrorize the enemy” (8:60).

The Ummah discharges this command through the armed forces of the Muslim Ummah, which represent its capability and preparation in the militaries of Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and over 50 other Muslim countries.

However, the militaries are held back by the regimes in our countries that serve America and the Zionists. Therefore, based on the Shari’ah principle ‘that which is necessary to achieve an obligation in itself becomes an obligation’, the obligation on every Muslim today is to relentlessly undertake the following to avoid falling into sin and avert Allah’s wrath:

1. Proclaim and widely circulate that Jihad is the solution via our armed forces to defend Gaza and liberate all of Palestine.

2. Make this call the prevalent and only demand of the Ummah, and drown out all other activities, which not only do not fulfil the command of Allah (SWT) but actually perpetuate the occupation and even make it permanent through the satanic two-state solution.

3. Direct the Ummah’s animosity towards the regimes for not mobilising our armed forces and demand their toppling and replacement with a single Islamic leadership that will deploy the armed forces immediately to vanquish the Zionist entity once and for all.

4. Continuously pressure those who present themselves as Muslim leaders, mosque imams, sheikhs, and other influencers to stop seeking solutions from Taghut. Instead, urge them to make the call for Jihad by our militaries as the only solution they call for and direct the Ummah’s rage toward the collaborating regimes, who are the obstacle to Jihad, demanding their toppling and replacement with a single Islamic leadership on their ruins for the Ummah.

The Islamic Ummah is shackled but not powerless; it possesses the means of victory and can achieve it. It carries the spark within its ashes, ready to ignite a fire against the complicit and complacent regimes that fail to support Gaza. If this fire does not find those who will push it toward the regimes that obstruct Jihad, support the people in Gaza, and liberate Palestine, it will boomerang against the Ummah and consume her.