Al Aqsa Mosque Calls for Muslims
By Dr. Osman Bakhash *
(Translated)

Is there enough talk to deter the Jews from desecrating the first Qibla and the Masra of the beloved Prophet (saw)? This land, which is blessed by the Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, from above seven heavens in His Holy Book:

‏ [سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى]

“Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” [Al-Isra: 81].

These blasphemous people who lied to the prophets do not understand except the language of weapon ... The sanctity of the blessed Aqsa was violated when the Muslims’ rulers of the Arabs and Ajam protected the Jewish entity. So, they empowered the armies and the security devices, not to protect the Ummah from the cunning of its enemies, who desecrate its sanctities, and not to protect its riches from the greed of the colonial powers. Rather, they utilized those devices for the oppression of those who work for the liberation from the constraints of dependence on the colonial West and for the application of Allah’s law.

These criminal rulers would not have been able to commit such crimes without the silence of the army officers against their evil!

O Officers and soldiers in Muslim armies!

You are the sons of this Ummah, and you hear and see the crimes of the Jews. And you are aware of the betrayal of the rulers of Allah and His Messenger and the believers when they disobey Allah's law and forbid jihad for the sake of Allah and even befriend the enemies of Allah and the enemies of the Ummah ...

And you see that these rulers do not waver to engage you in battles in which the blood of Muslims is being shed and their homes are destroyed from Yemen to Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Algeria ... while they subjected the country to establish military bases that host the forces of Kaffir states from Britain, America, France and others, and then compete in wasting the wealth of the Ummah in the purchase of weapons; not to defend the sanctities of the Ummah, but to serve the Western economy. We have seen deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, including the so-called 20th century deal, known as the Yamamah Deal, in Saudi Arabia in 1980 for the purchase of Tornado aircrafts from Britain, which ended up being scrap in the warehouses. And we do not forget the air-radar AWACS deal with America, which was spying on the Muslim countries and then send information to the US military command. That was in the past, and we do not need to remind you of the news of the huge deals held in the recent Trump’s tour to Saudi Arabia

Trump, who insisted on flying directly from Riyadh to Tel Aviv in the first precedent of its kind, while previously the rulers of Riyadh were ashamed to declare normalization with Jews.

O Officers and soldiers!

What is your answer to your Lord on the Day of Resurrection when He asks you what did you do, as you see the crimes of the Jews in the blessed Aqsa Mosque, who have prevented the establishment of prayer and prevented the adhaan and want to impose electronic gates and spy cameras on men and women worshipers?! Rather, how do any of you sleep like slaves, and can he have any success in deafening his ears to hear the cries of the honorable Muslim women who have been subjected to the Jewish soldiers?!

What is your response to the statement by the Jewish Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, on Sunday, that ““Israel” is the sole owner of Al-Aqsa, and the decision to close or open it concerns only the Israeli government.” And he said in a radio interview with the Jewish Military Radio, in response to the Jordanian criticism on the closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque that ““Israel” is the sovereign of this place, no matter what other states think”. He concluded by saying: "The decision is ours; sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque is for “Israel” and the attitudes of the other countries are not important, if we decide on an action, we’ll act."

Are condemnations and empty statements sufficient to respond to him?!

What has been done by the Jews is a challenge to your Iman in the Lord of the Worlds, and a defiance of your military honor, have you not given an oath to defend the Ummah, its sanctities and its holiness?!

This defiance is only confronted with the language of iron and fire, which is the only language understood by these people.

And you know that the criminal rulers prevent you from responding to call of the legitimate duty, which is obligatory by the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth; that is, jihad to liberate the Masra of your Prophet (saw) and the first Qibla. And you know that there is no obedience to the creature in disobedience to the Creator, and you know that whatever is required to fulfill an obligation (Wajib) is itself an obligation (Wajib)...

It is not permissible for you to obey these rulers in the disobedience of Allah when they neglect jihad, protect the Jews and become loyal to the enemies of the Deen from the infidel group (mil’lat al-Kufr) in the Crusader West.

Instead, it is your duty to remove them and pledge allegiance to the Khaleefah (Caliph), who rules by the law of Allah and applies the Shara’ internally and declares jihad to purify Muslims lands from the desecration of the occupiers, Jews or others.

Allah’s mercy be upon the poet of Al-Aqsa Yusuf al-Azm who said:

O the protectors of the wounded al-Aqsa, wake up where is your Aqsa which you protect.

You have filled the space with words, and you aroused the talk of grief.

And you went to the Security Council begging it with weakness, humiliation and disgrace

To condemn the enemy, Oh my soul, how can we ask a gang to condemn him

O the wounded Mosque Salam, you have our promise we will never betray it

If the banner of the Messenger rose, and the call of Allah which is confined in us reverberate,
That blood will be shed until they irrigate the rock of Jerusalem and the sad domes.

And know that Allah is accomplishing His promise:

(وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا * فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ أُولَاهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَا أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا]

“And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness. So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.” [Al-Isra: 4-5]

(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 in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.” [Al-Isra: 7]

So, come to what gives you your dignity and the pleasure of your Lord, so, you will succeed in both realms and draw pages of light that will intercede you on the Day of Resurrection.

* Director of The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
* Written for Ar-Rayah Newspaper – Issue 139