al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat Filastin fi Waqiina al-Muasir

al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat Filastin fi Waqiina al-Muasir (Salafis and the Palestinian Cause in Our Contemporary Reality) is a treatise by the Jordanian Salafi scholar Abu Ubaydah Mashhur ibn Hasan Al Salman examining the Salafi perspective on Palestine and responding to contemporary critiques concerning their stance on the Palestinian struggle al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1.

Background and Context

The work was penned as an extensive study and introduction accompanying Mashhur Al Salman's edition of the historical treatise al-Naqd wa-al-Bayan fi Daf' Awham Khuzayran by the Syrian-Palestinian scholar and anti-colonial fighter Izz al-Din al-Qassam and Muhammad Kamil al-Qassab al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1. The text was also circulated as an independent study to address political discourse and media attacks directed at Salafi scholars over their positions regarding Palestine al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1.

Contents and Core Themes

Salafi Stance on Palestine

Al Salman opens by asserting that Salafis regard the Palestinian cause as an essential religious matter and believe that the liberation of Palestine is an obligatory legal duty under Islamic law al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…. He documents key historical milestones in the displacement of Palestinians and the occupation of the land in 1948 and 1967, and lists major massacres committed against Palestinian civilians, including Deir Yassin in 1948, Qibya in 1953, Kafr Qasim in 1956, Sabra and Shatila in 1982, and the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in 1994 al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1.

The Salafi Heritage of Izz al-Din al-Qassam

A central premise of the work is examining the creed and intellectual methodology of Izz al-Din al-Qassam al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…. Al Salman argues that biographical accounts often neglect al-Qassam's adherence to the Salafi creed and methodology in legal deduction al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1. He rejects secular and socialist portrayals of al-Qassam that depict his movement as purely political or nationalistic al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…. To demonstrate this, the author highlights al-Qassam's focus on rectifying religious creed, his opposition to tomb veneration—such as popular pilgrimages to the Maqam al-Khadir on Mount Carmel—and his rejection of unverified practices during the Prophet's birthday celebrations, emphasizing that his anti-colonial jihad was rooted in Islamic faith al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+1.

Defense and Contextualization of al-Albani's Emigration Fatwa

The work devotes a substantial section to clarifying and defending the controversial fatwa issued by Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani concerning hijrah (emigration) from occupied Palestine al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…. Al-Albani had faced severe criticism and accusations in the media after stating that a Muslim who is entirely unable to practice their religion under occupation ought to migrate to an area where they can practice freely al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….

Al Salman systematizes al-Albani's fatwa into several key points:

• Emigration and jihad remain valid until the Day of Resurrection al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….
• The legal ruling was not directed against a specific people or country, but is a general legal maxim based on the historical precedent of the Prophet's migration from Mecca al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….
• Emigration is only obligatory for individuals who are tested in their faith and unable to manifest their religious obligations al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….
• If a Muslim can find safety within another city or village in the same country, internal relocation takes precedence over leaving the homeland entirely al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….
• Emigration is contingent upon ability and capacity; an individual unable to leave is legally excused and rewarded for their intent al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat….

To corroborate this jurisprudential stance, Al Salman cites classical authorities, including al-Nawawi in Rawdat al-Talibin, Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmu' al-Fatawa, and treatises by classical and later scholars such as Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi, Ibn Arabi, and Usman dan Fodio al-Salafiyyun wa Qadiyyat…+3.