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'Abdullah 'Azzam on Usamah bin Ladin: "I
have never laid my eyes on a man like
him."


Regarding Usamah bin Ladin, 'Abdullah
'Azzam said:

"...they do not look to the dunya. If it comes to
them, it is in their hands, and does not enter their
hearts. The dunya is a means to an end, not the
end itself. So, such people eat to live; they don't
live to eat. They eat just enough to keep them
alive, and on this occasion, I would like to ask
Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - to preserve our
brother, Abu 'Abdillah, Usamah bin Ladin. I have
never laid my eyes on a man like him on this
Earth; he lives in his home like one who is in a
state of poverty. I used to stay at his home in
Jeddah when making Hajj or 'Umrah, and he did
not even have a single chair or table in the entire
house! He had four wives, and not a single one of
their houses had a chair or table in it. Any laboror
from Egypt or Jordan has a better house than
Usamah. Despite this, if you ask him for a million
riyals for the Mujahidin, he would pull out a check
and write it for you in a matter of seconds.

He once went to one of his sisters and presented
her with Ibn Taymiyyah's fatwa regarding Jihad
with one's wealth. So, she pulled out her
checkbook and wrote a check for eight million
riyals. All of a sudden, those who were around
her came to talk her out of it, asking her: "Are you
insane? You give out eight million in one shot,
while you live in a rented apartment? It will cost at
least one million for you to build your own
house!" So, she went back to Usamah and said to
him: "Usamah, my brother, I need one million of
these riyals to build a house for myself." So, he
said to her: "By Allah, I will not give you back a
single riyal, as you live in an apartment, relaxed,
while the people are dying and cannot even find a
tent to shelter themselves with!"

If you were to sit with him, you would think that
he was a servant from the servants, with his
manners and manhood. By Allah, I hold him to
be like this. I asked Sayyaf to announce a decision
to prevent him from moving from here (in
Peshawar), but he was always eager to be in the
midst of battle. His blood pressure would drop
often, so, he would fill his pockets with salt and
carry a jug of water with him. He was unable to
walk, as he would constantly have to swallow
some salt and drink some water in order to raise
his blood pressure.


Believe me when I tell you that when he would
visit me in my home, when he would hear the
telephone ring, he would get up and bring it to
me, so that I would not have to get up from my
place! Such manners, humility, manhood...we
ask Allah to preserve him, if He Wills."


['Fi Dhilal Surat at-Tawbah'; p. 301]

#Question:

What is the way to proceed regarding
the Palestinian issue, which has, as the days pass,
escalated in terms of complexity and violence?


#Response:

Certainly, the Muslim(s) feel much pain
and great sadness at the deteriorating situation in
Palestine, with matters going from bad to worse,
escalating in complexity as the days pass, such
that it has reached where it has (today). This is
due to the differing (occurring) between the
neighbouring countries, and their lack of united
resistance against their enemy, and (likewise) their
lack of adherence to the Sharee'ah which Allaah
has linked to victory (and success). (This is also in
addition to) the enemy vowing to oppose (the
Palestinians) and remain upon the (Palestinians')
land. And this entails great danger and adverse
consequences.

The neighbouring countries need to rush to unite
in their resistance (against the enemy) and adhere
to the Sharee'ah in confronting this issue, which
concerns them and all of the Muslim world.

And that which is worth mentioning here, is that
the Palestinian issue is an Islaamic issue from the
beginning (right through) to the end. However,
the enemies of Islaam have strived immensely to
distance it (this issue) from the Islaamic path and
convey to the non-Arab Muslims that this is an
Arab issue, and that it does not concern the non-
Arabs. It appears they have succeeded in this to a
certain extent. This is why I feel it is not possible
to reach a solution regarding this issue unless it is
deemed an Islaamic issue, and the Muslims
support one another in salvation, and make
jihaad against the Jews in an Islaamic manner,
until such time the land (of the Palestinians) is
returned to its (rightful Palestinian) owners. (In
addition to) the trespassing Jews returning to their
(own) lands where they came from, thereby
leaving the true Jews to remain in their lands
under the rule of Islaam, and not communism
and nor secularism.

Thereby, truth shall prevail
and falsehood will be abandoned, and all rightful
owners shall return to their lands under Islaamic
rule, and not under any other (rule).
And Allaah is the Expounder of Success.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz
(rahimahullah)
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah -
Volume 1, Page 277