Asslamo Allaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) along with a number of Ulamah was contacted by Lieutenant General Shahid Aziz, a Pakistani military author, intelligence writer, and retired three-star ranking general officer of the Pakistan Army and asked a series of questions.
The background of the question was that for the past 13 years Americans have forcibly occupied Afghanistan. The Pakistani Government due to various threats including economic sanctions and coercion is supporting the American hegemony and due to the involvement of Pakistani Government thousands of innocent Afghan Muslims (women and children) have been massacred so what is the legal injunction for Pakistani Government?
A summary of the responses from Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) are as follows:
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The assistance being provided to foreigners in order to subdue and occupy Afghanistan is against Islamic Shariah.
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The Pakistani Government should absolutely refrain from such actions.
- It is an obligation for the believers to use all possible means apart from civil war, terrorism and bloodshed to force the Government to change their position and stance.
- This support is not permissable even at the cost (or potential of) economic hardship and financial peril.
The full text of the Fatwa will be translated when it’s made available by Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA), the newspaper extract is as follows:
