Sulaiman bin Nasir Al-Alwan

Introduction [voice of another man]:

This is a speech given by Sheikh Sulaiman bin Nasir Al-Alwan in a public

gathering. He called for jihad and for fighting the crusaders. He called for
supporting the Muslims in Palestine, Afghanistan and Chechnya. He
concluded his speech by praising the leader Thamir Suwailam, known as
Abu Khattab.

Al-Alwan:

Islamic religion cannot be fulfilled in the hearts and lives of Muslims

unless they carry out Jihad in all its forms. The evil of the wrongdoers
cannot be stopped without a terrifying force and a jihad that would break
their strength. If it wasn’t for Jihad, the world would have been corrupt
and mosques would have been destroyed. The struggle between good
and bad is an ongoing tradition.

The people of falsehood have always outnumbered the people of truth,

and it is not possible to defeat them in any way other than Jihad. A lot of
people don’t yield to the truth unless they are forced to. Jihad will
continue till doomsday. It is the route to the dignity and prosperity of the
nation (Ummah). No matter how many obstacles the enemies of Islam put
in Jihad’s way, and how much they harm its people and label them as
extremists, Jihad will always continue as long as there is day and night. It
is either victory or martyrdom.

Prophet Muhammad said “A group of my nation will continue to fight,

prevailing over their enemies, until the last one of them fights the false
Messiah.” Prophet Muhammad also said “This religion will survive and a
group of Muslims will fight for it until doomsday.” Prophet Muhammad
said “a group of Muslims will continue fighting for the sake of Allah,
prevailing over their enemies and unharmed by them until doomsday
comes.”

Jihad was one of the signs of the strength of our predecessors. This is the
route for the Islamic nation to regain its status, dignity and prestige. Any
education without the spirit of Jihad and without making the link between
the present and the past of this nation is a weak education, no matter
what the intentions and the eforts of its people are. When Muslims at the
present time ignored the reasons for dignity, God humiliated them and
gave control to their enemies.
We will gain victory and dignity when we give our souls to our religion
and look for the causes of the glory of our predecessors and follow it.
Nowadays, we see the vigilance of the nation and resistance against the
infidels. The banners of jihad in Afghanistan, Palestine, Philippines,
Chechnya and other places have risen. The nation has started to realize
the goals of Jihad and distance itself from the nationalist and ethnic
banners, and also from defending the dictatorships and secular regimes.
We are waiting for the soon to come victory of Allah, so the present of
this nation will be connected to its past. The word of Allah will be the
higher and the word of the infidels will be the lower, anyone ready for
Jihad? Any call to fight the infidels? One of the biggest disappointments is
to see the Muslims fighting the Russians and the Americans and you are
not taking part or giving money although you can fight and you are
needed. God almighty has said “O you who believe! Shall I guide you to a
trade ( situation) that will save you from a painful penalty. That you
believe in Allah and his messenger ( The Prophet), and that you strive
very hard ( to your best) in the cause of Allah with your property and
persons: That will be best of you if you only know! ( if you do that), he
will forgive you ( for) your sins, and admit you to gardens beneath which
rivers flow, and to beautiful Palaces in the ‘And (Eden or Paradise) of
eternity : That is indeed the highest achievement” Sura Al-Saf 61.10-
61.12.

In Baraa Sura, Allah offered heaven as a prize for the lives and money of
the believers. “Verily, Allah bought from the believers their persons and
their goods for (the price) that for them (as a return) shall be the garden
(of paradise): They fight in his cause, so they kill and are killed: A
promise binding him in truth; it is in the Taur’at [the Torah of Musa
(Moses)], the Injeel [Gospel of Isa ( Jesus)], and the Qur’an ( revealed to
the prophet Muhammad). And who is truer to his promise than Allah?
Then feel happy in the bargain that you have ended: That is the greatest
success.“ At-Tauba 111

Allah condemned those who fail to join jihad and help their brothers and
defend their honor. Allah said “ O you who believe! What is the matter
with you, that, when you are asked to go out in the cause of Allah, you
stay on (tied) tightly to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to
Hereafter? But the comfort of this life is very small compared with (with
the comfort) of the Hereafter.” Tawba 38-39.

Allah said “Let those people fight in the cause of Allah, (those) who sell
the life of this world for the Hereafter. To him who fights in the cause of
Allah- Whether he is slain or gets victory- Soon We shall give him a
reward that is Great. And what is wrong with you (believers) not to fight
in the cause of Allah, those (believers) who are weak, the ill-treated (and
oppressed)? Men, women, and children,, the cry is :” Our Lord! Rescue us
from this town, whose people are oppressors; And from you give us a
guardian who will protect; And from You give us one who will help!”An-
Nisa 74-75.

This is an order by God to carry out Jihad, raise his word and salvage the
believers; men and women from the hands of the infidels. The clerics
have unanimously said that it is a must to fight the infidels when they
attack the land of Muslims. If the people of the occupied land succeeded
in deterring their harm, then that is sufficient. If the people of the
occupied land were unable to stop the aggression, then the people from
the neighboring are obliged to help their brothers and stop the
aggression of the infidels. This obligation persists until the enemy is
expelled out of the land of Muslims.

The permission of the ruler in such battles is not required, especially if

the ruler has betrayed his religion and stopped Jihad and the rule of
Allah. Clerics agree that the greatest task for the rulers is to implement
the sharia of Allah and fight the infidels and the proselytes and defend
Islam and Muslims all over the world. If they don’t do that, what else
would they do then? The nation needs true clerics who question the rulers
and deny their wrongdoings. The nation also needs sincere men who
exert all the effort in fighting the infidels and deter their aggression and
seek martyrdom as much as the infidels seek life. Anyone who is killed in
this Jihad while he is attacking and not running away is a martyr. The
prophet said “a person who is killed for the sake of Allah is a martyr. A
person who dies for the sake of Allah is a martyr. A person who dies by
the plague is a martyr and the baby who dies in his mother’s womb is a
martyr.”

Verified teachings of Prophet Muhammad tell us that jihad is the best of

work, and the people who carry it out are the best of people. The Prophet
was asked one time “what is equal to Jihad in the cause of Allah?”. He
replied “you can’t afford it.” They repeated the question twice and in the
third time he said “The fighter in the cause of Allah is like a person who
spends his days fasting, praying and reading Qur’an continuously until
the Mujahid returns from jihad.”

Prophet Mihammad was asked one day “who is the best of people?”

He replied “a believer who carries out Jihad with his person and his
money.”

They asked “who else?”

He replied “A believer who stays in a mountain, fearing Allah and not
harming people.”

Prophet Muhammad sais “I swear by Allah ,who owns my soul, I wish I

could be killed and brought back to life and then killed again and
brought back to life and then killed again.” Prophet Muhammad also said
“Every person who dies and has some good doings with Allah, does not
wish to go back to life and have all what it has except for the martyr
because of all the merits of martyrdom. He wishes, for that, to go back to
life and get killed again.”

Prophet Sulaiman wished to have a lot of sons, so they can become

fighters in the cause of Allah. This was mentioned in the two true books
[the most trusted books by Sunnis of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad].

Jihad is two kinds; first, is the “seeking jihad” which means going after
the infidels and invade them in their land even if they commit any
aggression, so they will all convert to Islam or slavishly give tribute. This
is what the scripture, teachings of the prophet and the sayings of the
clerics tell us. The only thing that stops us from doing so is the damage
expected due to that or the weakness or incapability of doing so. You
should check this with the people of belief and knowledge and not those
who paid small price for the verses of Qur’an and not with the defeated
people or those who spread rumors and confusion. The main goal for this
Jihad is to raise the word of Allah, and to triumph is religion and
humiliate the infidelity and its people.

The other kind of jihad is to ward off the enemy from the land of
Muslims. This is unanimously considered as an obligation. No one says
otherwise except an ignorant or a hypocrite. It is an obligation in
Palestine, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Philippines and many other
countries. The countries of infidelity, America and its allies have
conspired to fight Islam and Muslims, kill their leaders, spread corruption
among them and impose embargo on some of their countries. The
American president, Bush, has said in a press conference that this is a
crusade. This crusader coalition calls for a major confrontation, huge
efforts and a general mobilization. No one is excused from standing up
to it. Everyone should do what he can and according to his ability.
Someone would fight where he is needed, another will do it with his
money or his words.

Prophet Muhammad said “fight the infidels with your money, souls and
words.” The least that can be done in this crusade is to pray for the
Muslim party of Allah, and his servants, the mujahedeen. You should look
for the best time for your prayers to be accepted; like the last third of the
night, when prostrating and between the call for the prayer and the
beginning of it. Also, during silence in the five prayers, you should ask
Allah for victory for the weak believers against the Jewish occupiers and
the Christian aggressors. Abu Huraira [ one of the well-known followers
of Muhammad who quoted a lot of the prophet’s sayings. Trusted by
Sunnis not Shiite] said that he prayed the way Prophet Muhammad did
and he prayed for the believers and curse the infidels in the last bow in
the morning, noon and evening prayers. There is no need for permission
from the ruler for silence during prayers in the mosques, because there is
no evidence on that. If the ruler bans this, then he should not be obeyed
because obedience should be for good, and this is not good at all.

The nation is plagued with rulers who stop the rule of Allah and ban jihad
and stop people from silence in their five prayers. There are also clerics,
who justify such shameful stances of not supporting Islam and Muslims,
under the pretext of obedience to the rulers. This is irrelevant because
the clerics have agreed that obedience should not be for evil. The duty of
the clerics is to stand up to falsehood. They should spread the spirit of
jihad in the nation and lead it in raising this banner. They are [ the clerics]
the heirs of the prophets, keepers of Sharia and the most knowledgeable
of jihad, its rules and what kind of prize Allah has prepared for the
mujahedeen.

This is the time for sacrifices and support to Muslims and fights against
the infidels and crusaders. This is the route that will lead you to
martyrdom, the satisfaction of Allah and his heaven. Prophet Muhamad
said one day “ who wants to go to a heaven that is as wide as the earth
and the skies?”, Umair bin Al-Husain [ one of his followers] said “ as wide
as the earth and the skies? Oh No!” Prophet Muhammad said “ why do you
say that?” Umair replied “ I just said that hoping I can go there,” so
Prophet Muhammad replied “ you are one of them”. Umair took few dates
and started to eat and then he said “ I am taking so much time eating the
dates, what a long life,” he threw the dates and fought the enemy until he
was killed.

Prophet Muhammad said “ the best lives of people is the life of someone
who holds the leash of his horse in the cause of Allah. He flies whenever
he hears a call seeking to kill or be killed. Another one is the life of a man
atop a mountain or in a valley, praying, giving zakat and worshiping until
he dies.” There are a lot of people like that, looking for slavery to Allah,
and for martyrdom, while others were seeking life and its joys.

[ He reads a poem]

Let us travel on the way of our dignity

Our great well is our food

We have been promised a great victory

But if we die, then we will be with Allah

Let us die and get martyrdom

Death in the route of guidance is birth

Don’t be surprised, the lives of the mujahedeen is filled with surprises

The motto of the people was: I swear by God, I won

When Haram bin Milhan [ one of the prophet’s followers] was stabbed in
the battle of Ber maoona and saw the blood he stained his face and head
with blood and said “ I swear by God, I won.” In another story, Amir Bin
Fuhaira said the same thing and his killer converted to Islam immediately.
When Khubaib bin Ali was captured and was about to be killed he recited:

I don’t care how I die if I’m killed as a Muslim

This is up to God to bless my body if it is torn apart

There are a lot of interesting stories about heroes; mothers will not cease
to give birth to men similar to those heroes. The names of prominent
jihadis names race through my memory; the leader Abdullah Azzam,
Jameel Al-Rahman, Anwar Shaaban, and Yehya Ayash, God bless their
souls. There is also the leader, Thamir Suwailam, known as Khattab, who
was poisoned and killed about a month ago. He was only 33. He joined
the Afghan mujahedeen when he was only 18 years old. He fought in
battles until he led the armies in Chechnya. He inflected a lot of
casualties to the enemy and he was worried that he might not die in the
land of jihad and God gave him what he wanted. The death of this
courageous leader, or any other leader, will not weaken the will of the
mujahedeen. If a courageous hero like Khattab dies, there are other
heroes who are faithful to this religion, in the nation.

This nation is a giver; it gives birth to scholars, courageous fighters and

faithful leaders. [ he reads poetry]

If a sayed dies, another sayed rises

He will do what the good people do

Religion is what builds men and plants courage in them and makes them
loyal to their principles. We ask Allah to support his religion, raise his
word, dignify his followers and humiliate his enemies. O Allah, the land,
sea and sky are yours. O Allah, destroy the forces that the Jewish
Usurping and the Christian aggressors have in the sky. Destroy the forces
that they have on the ground, and sink the forces that they have in the
sea. Thank God almighty