কোন ব্যক্তি যার কর্তৃত্ব ও প্রভাব আছে এবং উপকারী ক্ষমতা আছে, সে একজন মুনাফিক, পাপী বা এমনকি একজন কাফিরও হোক না কেন, তার কাছে দ্বীনকে সমর্থন করার জন্য সাহায্য চেয়ে নির্ভর করা জায়েজ হবে কিনা?

Question: why is it not permissible to rely on the oppressor (or any person who has authority and influence and has useful capabilities, whether he is a hypocrite, a sinner, or even a kaffir) by asking him for money or help so that the Muslim can fight an occupied jihad, or even to support the Deen?

Answer: 1- You ask [Why is it not permissible to rely on the oppressor (or any person who has authority and influence and has useful capabilities, whether he is a hypocrite, or a sinner, or even a Kaffir), by asking him for money or help so that the Muslim can fight an occupied jihad, or even to support the Deen?], as if you are referring by your saying (reliance to the oppressor) to His saying, the Most High:

“And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allah any protectors; then you would not be helped” [Hud: 113] It is clear from the verse that you refer to the prohibition of relying on those who have oppressed, so how do you ask about the permissibility of that?

2- The following was stated in Al-Qurtubi’s tafseer of this verse:

[…It contains four issues: the first – His saying: (And do not incline) the reality of inclination is to depend, rely, comfort with the thing and be satisfied with. Qatada said: It means do not be friendly to them and do not obey them. Ibn Jurayj (said): Do not lean towards them. Abu Al-Aaliya (said): Do not be satisfied with their deeds, and they are all convergent…

The third – Allah’s saying:

“to those who wronged” it was said: the people of polytheism. And it was said: it is general about them and the disobedient in them, as in Allah’s saying:

“And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses” [Al-An’am: 68] This was explained previously. And this is correct in the meaning of the verse. it indicates abandoning the people of disbelief and disobedience from the people of innovation and others. Their company is Kuffr or disobedience, because company can only be out of affection.

Fourth – Allah’s saying:

“So the fire will touch you” that is, it will burn you; by mingling with them, accompanying them, following their objections, and agreeing with them in their affairs…] End.

It is clear from the tafseer of this verse that relying on the oppressor is strictly forbidden, and there is no doubt about it, whether the oppressor is a kaffir or a disobedient Muslim. So, relying on the oppressor through his affection, obedience, inclination to him, dependence on him, praising him, and remaining silent over his oppression…etc, they all come under reliance, which is prohibited due to the text of the noble verse.

3- Also, according to your question, the oppressor may be a kaffir ruler, and he may be a disobedient ruler or a hypocrite who rules by other than Islam, as is the case of the rulers of the Muslims today. a- If the ruler is a kaffir, then seeking help from him is not permissible according to Shariah, even if it is by taking money from him to carry out jihad because taking money from him undoubtedly leads to giving him authority over the party that took the money from him, which is a tangible scene, especially when it comes to the fighting factions and militias. They become a hostage to the countries that finance them, and their decisions are of no value, because whoever has the slightest knowledge of the facts of things realizes that countries do not give charity, so all the money that any country in the world gives to a party other than its citizens is to achieve certain goals for it, and it does not care about the interest of the party to which it provides aid. When individuals, groups, and factions take money from foreign, kaffir countries for the sake of jihad and fighting the occupier, it is certainly an association with the foreigner and political suicide, and it gives the kuffar authority over the Muslims, and Allah (swt) says:

“…and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them]” [An-Nisa: 141]

b- But if the ruler is disobedient, like the reality of the current rulers in Muslim countries, he also does not give money to any external party except to achieve certain goals, and often these goals are within plans drawn by the kaffir countries because Muslim rulers are agents of the kaffir colonial countries. Therefore, the party which is linked to any ruler in Muslim countries and receives help and support from him becomes a tool in the hands of that ruler who directs it as he pleases. What we saw in Ash-Sham is not far from us, in terms of the dependence of many factions and organizations on the dirty political money that the countries of the region offer them, not to mention the praise which is directed by the parties linked to the oppressive rulers and their allegiance, polishing their image and not rejecting them… etc. All of this is undoubtedly forbidden as well because it leads to neglecting the rights and goals of Muslims and makes the money-taker a servant of the oppressor and a traitor to his Ummah and his Deen.

4- Moreover, jihad in the way of Allah (swt) and the support of the Deen is not by seeking the help of the kaffir rulers or the oppressive rulers, because the kaffir rulers are the enemies of the Muslims and they are the ones that the Ummah must fight and confront. It is not imagined that their jihad is by taking aid and money from them, for this is a clear contradiction. Rather, the jihad and the support of the Deen is by relying on the Ummah and making it the source of strength and giving.

Moreover, the oppressive rulers in Muslim countries are tools in the hands of the kuffar, so how can it be imagined that a Muslim would take aid and money from them in order to fight the kuffar and support the Deen, as long as they are cheap tools in the hands of the kuffar, the enemies of the Ummah, and they subject the Ummah to the most severe punishment, and fight the truthful mujahideen and the sincere Dawah carriers?!