Message from Supreme Judge of the Caucasus Emirate to Muslims

12 December 2010

Below is an English translation of the latest message from Ali Abu Muhammad al-Dagestani (ha), the Qadi, or supreme judge, of the Supreme Sharia Court of the Caucasus Emirate. The message has been sent to the Guraba website staff specifying that it was intended "for distribution among Muslims", like the previous messages.

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, peace and blessing be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, companions and all those who follow him until the Day of Judgment, and then ...

May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be with you.

As we all know, our Emir, Dokku Abu Usman, appointed me as the Qadi of Caucasus Emirate after the martyrdom of our brother Seyfullah, although I do not deserve this charge, because our Faqih (scholars expert in Fiqh) specified conditions and defined the qualifications that a Sharia Qadi should have.

One of these conditions is that he must be a Mujtahid scholar (who is able to perform Ijtihad - the interpretation of the Koran and Sunnah). I am not one of them. Due to the lack of such people, not only in the CE, but also outside of it, I was forced to accept this heavy burden, may Allah forgive me. In this regard, I would like to make the following statement:

Dear brothers and sisters, our Lord requires from us that we resolve all our differences through His Sharia, otherwise, we are not Muslims.

Allah says in the Qur'an:

"O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. "The Women", verse 59)

In this verse, Allah clearly indicates the responsibility of solving our problems through the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessing be upon him. And those who do not want to ask for the decision to Allah and His Messenger, these people just say, they believe, although they are not. Allah the Almighty said in His Book:

"Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. "The Women", verse 60)

And after that, Allah describes such people as hypocrites:

"And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger", you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. "The Women", verse 61)

And then Allah amplifies and swears by His own Lordship that they are not believers.

The Most High says:

"But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 4. "The Women", verse 65)

In this verse, Allah indicates not only the obligation to apply for a trial to Him and His Messenger, but also the need for a full agreement with the decision taken [by the court], without any constraints in heart and with a complete submission to this decision.

This is a legislation issue (al-Hakimiyyah), and it is directly included into the Tawhid-ar-Ruboobiyyah wal- Uloohiyyah, i.e. the doctrine of Oneness of Lordship and Worship. With the help of Allah, we will examine in detail the issues of Tawhid and of al-Hakimiyyah in our upcoming messages.

In this appeal, I want to talk about disagreements that arose between our brothers from the Wilayah Nokhchicho and the leadership of the Caucasus Emirate. On this occasion I want to say: the Sharia does not give anyone the right to voice their assumptions and speculations, until a decision on a Sharia issue has not yet been issued by competent persons, and this is in order to avoid Fitna, or discord. Because some assumptions are sinful.

On this regard, Allah says:

"O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 49. "The Walls", verse 12)

And Allah calls us to reconcile with our brothers. Allah says:

"The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy".

(The Holy Quran, Surah 49. "The Walls", verse 10)

So, here, I want to say that at the moment, our only legitimate leader, as recognized by all Mujahideen in the Caucasus, is Emir Dokku Abu Usman, and we are all obliged to obey and submit to him so far as he leads us by the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing be upon him), even if it is hateful to our souls.

And this is indicated by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a hadith transmitted from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him:

"One who dislikes a thing done by his Emir should be patient over it, for anyone from the people who withdraws (his obedience) from the government, even to the extent of a handspan and died in that conditions, would die the death of one belonging to the days of jahiliyyah (paganism, ignorance)".
(Sahih Muslim, 4560).

Although this hadith refers to the ruler of all Muslims (the Caliph), it does not preclude our position.

Likewise, in a hadith which is transmitted from Ubadah ibn as-Samit:

"The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) called us and we took the oath of allegiance to him. Among the injunctions he made binding upon us was: Listening and obedience (to the Emir) in our pleasure and displeasure, in our adversity and prosperity, even when somebody is given preference over us, and without disputing the delegation of powers to a man duly invested with them except when you have clear signs of his disbelief in (or disobedience to) God-signs that could be used as a conscientious justification (for non-compliance with his orders)".
(Sahih Muslim, 4541).

I urge again all brothers and sisters: do not speak on this subject and do not spread your assumptions, which may alienate you from Allah. And if somebody hears from the others various accusatory statements, then let him know that whoever does this, consciously or not, only contributes to further propagation of the fitna and does not contributes to reconciliation between Muslims. I also urge all the brothers involved this fitna to take no actions and to refrain from any statements on this subject while the matter is reviewed according to the Sharia and until a Sharia decision is issued.

In conclusion, praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Qadi of the Caucasus Emirate,

Ali Abu Muhammad al-Dagestani

Kavkaz Center + Kavkaz-Jihad Blog

Source: Kavkaz Center.
Link: http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2010/12/12/13124.shtml.