Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani:

Jihad the way for those who are deprived of freedom by the oppressors

Rasa – The revered source of emulation stated that jihad as a way for the oppressed and dispossessed people to gain control of the oppressors.

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Date: 17 October 2017 - 09:27

RNA – In a meeting with teachers of political ideology and members of the Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC), Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani pointed out the importance of jihad, saying, “Jihad is one of the topics that have been greatly emphasized upon in the Quran.”

The revered source of emulation stressed that Islam has many enemies and apart from jihad, there is no way to deal with them because they do not pay attention to reason and logic.

He stated, “In the Holy Quran, God has mentioned the conditions for jihad and the first condition is that jihad is must be carried out with a Godly intention and ‘in the way of God.’”

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani explained that among the other conditions of jihad is that the implementation of jihad must be under the supervision of the Prophet Muhammad, an infallible imam or the deputy of an imam and noted, “Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq stated that jihad is correct if it is under the supervision of a just leader which is either the Prophet [Muhammad], an infallible imam or the deputy of an infallible imam.”

The teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom added, “In the absence of an infallible imam, this vacuum should be filled by a just jurisprudent who is judicious, administrative, brave and is well-acquainted with the conditions of the current era and during the current era, Ayatollah Khamenei [the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution] performs this duty well.”

He continued, “Supporting the oppressed and the weak and striving to save the underprivileged from the domination of the oppressors is another one of the conditions that must be given attention to in jihad.”

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani stressed that jihad in the path of the implementation of justice is another one of the conditions which must be put in place for the warriors. In conditions where the oppressors and tyrants are always seeking to colonialize the weak, they must create the conditions for the implementation of the message of Ashura and rise up against the rulers.

His Eminence said that our people must pay attention to the will of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeyni, and to Sahifeh-ye Nour and Daftar-e Tebyan, which are collections to the late Imam’s speeches, and follow the line of the Islamic Revolution in this way.

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani stated, “The Islamic Front has always been smaller numerically than the Front of Disbelief and Hypocrisy but the power of faith, sincerity, courage and love of martyrdom has led the Islamic Front to prevail over the enemies.”

In conclusion, he pointed out, “The brave and strong members of Hezbollah have repeatedly defeated the Zionist enemies and if they continue their journey with this same unity, courage and sincerity, they will destroy Israel.”

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