“And what is [the matter] with you that you do not fight in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper’.”
— Surah An-Nisā’ (4:75)
While the Gaza Strip is starved under siege and bombarded from the skies, the world witnesses a continuous genocide broadcast live and direct. Yet, the armies of the Muslims have not moved; not a single battalion has emerged, nor a single detachment advanced.
The Arab regimes convene, denounce, and call for restraint, yet they lift no siege, nor do they try to intimidate any enemy. Their borders are sealed, while their skies remain open to the Zionist airline “El Al” and to Israeli diplomatic missions.
The Rafah crossing is closed, and Israel continues its massacres without deterrence, even as it partakes in iftar feasts with its friends in the Gulf.
All of this is not a result of incapacity but a deliberately designed policy, pursued with prior intent.
The Arab regimes are not merely silent, but complicit. They do not merely watch the crimes of the occupation – they protect them, shielding them from retaliation. In truth, they are the Iron Dome of Israel, fortifying it against the wrath of the peoples, entrenching its dominance, and isolating it from the only power capable of altering the equation: the power of the Islamic Ummah, if united under a legitimate banner that embraces jihad as the path to liberation and victory.
Every call today that does not summon the armies to jihad is a neglect of a divine obligation, a turning away from the command of Allah, and an alliance with those who rule by other than what Allah has revealed. Speaking of diplomacy, ceasefires, or a Palestinian state within colonial frameworks – while our brothers and sisters cry out – is an endorsement of the colonial structures erected to strangle them.
Any regime that silences the voices calling for jihad, imprisons those who advocate for the Caliphate, and allies itself with those who shed the blood of our children – is an illegitimate regime, a mere instrument in the hands of Israel and the West. They are loyal guardians of a colonial order imposed upon us after the fall of the Caliphate, an order whose aim is to fracture the Ummah, stupefy it, and subjugate it.
Palestine will not be liberated until the Ummah is liberated. Gaza is not the only one besieged – the entire Islamic world remains a prisoner within the borders of Sykes-Picot, governed by regimes that fear the West and submit to its commands. Liberation will begin the day these rulers are removed, and Islamic sovereignty is restored – one and indivisible – upon the Prophetic model.
So long as the Ummah does not realize that it remains enslaved, it will not be capable of liberating its brethren in Palestine.
The Ummah will not rise until it attains a level of readiness for sacrifice akin to that of the people of Gaza in their patience and steadfastness. Yes, that means offering both wealth and life in the path of Allah – for there is no victory without sacrifice. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The best form of jihad is a word of truth before a tyrannical ruler.”
— Narrated by Ahmad
All praise is due to Allah who awakened some of the scholars, who have begun to fulfill this duty. They have called for the mobilization of the armies, even without the permission of those treacherous leaders.
The real question from which all shy away is this: If the rulers are the obstacle before the movement of the armies, then what is the duty of the sincere among the Ummah’s sons, its military officers, its scholars, and its elite?
The only conclusion: the removal of the obstacle becomes a necessity, and the call for that is obligatory and must be public and unashamed.
The Ummah must rise and drive its scholars, thinkers, and leaders to adopt this path – to expose the treachery of the regimes and to declare the necessity of liberation from the Sykes-Picot order.
Every call that does not summon the armies to jihad, nor call for the overthrow of the treacherous rulers inherited from Sykes-Picot, is a relinquishment of duty and an acceptance of betrayal.
“And those who disbelieve are allies of one another. If you do not do so, there will be fitnah (discord) on earth and great corruption.”
— Surah Al-Anfāl (8:73)
The time has come to cast off fear, hypocrisy, and compromise. The time has come to speak the word of truth, to call for jihad under righteous and legitimate leadership, to uproot treacherous regimes, to dismantle the colonial borders that shield the Zionist entity, and to establish the Caliphate upon the Prophetic methodology.
Only then will the Ummah rise with honor and dignity, and only then will Palestine be truly liberated – by the permission of Allah.
“The master of martyrs is Hamzah, and a man who stands before a tyrannical leader, commands him and forbids him, and is killed for it.”
— Narrated by Al-Hākim