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**nicegirlflor** · 07-17-2012, 03:04 AM

Not his responsibility to physically go there and fight, feed people, help, etc .. - as the respected Shaykh Yaqoubi exhorted people to do in his letter.

It is fard kifaya upon the ummah to help such a people so your comment is baseless from a fiqhi perspective. A person can do what lies in his power. If he can feed people, he does that. If he can perform dua, he does that. If he can send money (which is perhaps more important than presenting himself there) he does that.

Why don't you go ahead and answer that question yourself? Is it really the same level of responsibility? What if your own neighborhood was attacked or was afflicted with a natural disaster? How would you react? Forget about you and me, how about the leaders of our Ummah react? Now, what if the same thing happened half a world away? What would be the reaction? Not the same .. you see? I gave him practical advise .. so that he actually does *something* rather than sitting around and sulking over something which isn't his direct responsibility. If it is his direct responsibility in the same way as if his own home was attacked - well, that has grave implications for many people. Are you willing to say that? Irrelevant, futile questions.
Yes, they did help. May Allaah reward them. Many people left everything, got up and went to help on the front lines of the disasters. But just because some uber-pious people went above and beyond the call of duty, does that make it obligatory (Fard al-Ayn) upon everyone else to do it? Now you are bringing in the issue of fard ayn. Stick to the original topic and your comment. It is about helping your fellow brothers and sisters who are in need of help. This is fard kifaya.

Sorry, can't watch videos. So, is it our Responsibility, or our "responsibility" ? A real responsibility is a big thing, and requires big sacrifices. Examples of real responsibilities: Your family is your responsibility, your wife, child, parents .. If they are sick, hungry, or oppressed - you had better drop everything and fix it. That's a Responsibility, something you are personally accountable for. Does this situation fall under the same category? Are we personally responsible for it? Are we obligated to do everything that we can, just as we would for our own family (i.e. person's we are responsible for) ? Or is the extent of our "responsibility" to raise our hands in heart felt dua, feel genuinely bad for them, and send some cash their way?

Define the extent of this "responsibility" we have towards oppressed people in far away lands. Our actions can only be rectified if we have a clear idea of our responsibilities, and knowing the extent to which we are accountable for. It is fard kifaya i.e. just like the funeral prayer. But if you don't care about fellow Muslims you can stick to your own family members.

07-17-2012, 03:04 AM	#18
nicegirlflor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	Not his responsibility to physically go there and fight, feed people, help, etc .. - as the respected Shaykh Yaqoubi exhorted people to do in his letter. It is fard kifaya upon the ummah to help such a people so your comment is baseless from a fiqhi perspective. A person can do what lies in his power. If he can feed people, he does that. If he can perform dua, he does that. If he can send money (which is perhaps more important than presenting himself there) he does that. Why don't you go ahead and answer that question yourself? Is it really the same level of responsibility? What if your own neighborhood was attacked or was afflicted with a natural disaster? How would you react? Forget about you and me, how about the leaders of our Ummah react? Now, what if the same thing happened half a world away? What would be the reaction? Not the same .. you see? I gave him practical advise .. so that he actually does something rather than sitting around and sulking over something which isn't his direct responsibility. If it is his direct responsibility in the same way as if his own home was attacked - well, that has grave implications for many people. Are you willing to say that? Irrelevant, futile questions. Yes, they did help. May Allaah reward them. Many people left everything, got up and went to help on the front lines of the disasters. But just because some uber-pious people went above and beyond the call of duty, does that make it obligatory (Fard al-Ayn) upon everyone else to do it? Now you are bringing in the issue of fard ayn. Stick to the original topic and your comment. It is about helping your fellow brothers and sisters who are in need of help. This is fard kifaya. Sorry, can't watch videos. So, is it our Responsibility, or our "responsibility" ? A real responsibility is a big thing, and requires big sacrifices. Examples of real responsibilities: Your family is your responsibility, your wife, child, parents .. If they are sick, hungry, or oppressed - you had better drop everything and fix it. That's a Responsibility, something you are personally accountable for. Does this situation fall under the same category? Are we personally responsible for it? Are we obligated to do everything that we can, just as we would for our own family (i.e. person's we are responsible for) ? Or is the extent of our "responsibility" to raise our hands in heart felt dua, feel genuinely bad for them, and send some cash their way? Define the extent of this "responsibility" we have towards oppressed people in far away lands. Our actions can only be rectified if we have a clear idea of our responsibilities, and knowing the extent to which we are accountable for. It is fard kifaya i.e. just like the funeral prayer. But if you don't care about fellow Muslims you can stick to your own family members.
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