Excerpt from the Letter to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Open Letter To Dr. Ibrahim Awwad Al-Badri, alias ‘Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’, To the fighters and followers of the self-declared ‘Islamic State’, Peace and the mercy of God be upon you. God sent the Prophet Muhammad r as a mercy to all worlds: ‘We did not send you, except as a mercy to all the worlds.’ (Al-Anbiya’, 22: 107). This is true for all time and place. The Prophet r was sent as mercy to people, animals, plants, to the heavens and to subtle beings—no Muslims disagree about this. It is a general and unconditional statement taken from the Qur’an itself. The Saying of Ali bin Abi Talib (k.) Nu’aym ibn Hammad narrates in Al-Fitan, that the 4th Caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib said: When you see the black flags, remain where you are and do not move your hands or your feet. Thereafter there shall appear a feeble insignificant folk. Their hearts will be like fragments of iron. They will have the state. They will fulfil neither covenant nor agreement. They will call to the truth, but they will not be people of the truth. Their names will be parental attributions, and their aliases will be derived from towns. Their hair will be free-flowing like that of women. This situation will remain until they differ among themselves. Thereafter, God will bring forth the Truth through whomever He wills65 . People are asking: does this narration by Ali bin Abi Talib (k.)—that is related by Al-Bukhari’s teacher (Nu’aym bin Hamad) over one thousand two hundred years ago in his book Al-Fitan—refer to the ‘Islamic State’? Is it possible to understand the narration as follows? ‘When you see the black flags’: The flags of the ‘Islamic State’ are black. ‘Remain where you are’: i.e., stay where you are, O Muslims, and do not join them. ‘And do not move your hands or your feet’: i.e. do not help them financially or with equipment. ‘Thereafter there shall appear a feeble insignificant folk’: i.e. ‘weak’ and ‘insignificant’ in terms of understanding of religion, morality and religious practice. ‘Their hearts will be like fragments of iron’: i.e. they will ruthlessly kill prisoners of war and cruelly torture people. ‘They will have the state’: For almost a century, no one has claimed to be an Islamic Caliphate other than the current ‘Islamic State’ in Iraq and the Levant. ‘They will fulfil neither covenant nor agreement’: The ‘Islamic State’ did not fulfil its agreement with the Sha’etat tribe after the tribe pledged allegiance to them; indeed the ‘Islamic State’ slaughtered them by the hundreds. They also killed journalists. ‘They will call to the truth’: The ‘Islamic State’ calls to Islam. ‘But they will not be people of the truth’: The people of the truth are merciful. The Prophet Muhammad r said: ‘Have mercy and you will be shown mercy.’ ‘Their names will be parental attributions’: Like: ‘Abu Muthanna’, ‘Abu Muhammad’, ‘Abu Muslim’ and so on. ‘And their aliases will be derived from towns’: Like: ‘Al-Baghdadi’, ‘al-Zarqawi’, ‘al-Tunisi’ and so on. ‘Their hair will be free-flowing like that of women’: ‘Islamic State’ fighters have hair precisely like this. ‘Until they differ among themselves’: Like the differences between the ‘Islamic State’ and its parent, the al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in Syria). The fighting between these two has led to around ten thousand deaths in a single year. ‘Thereafter, God will bring forth the truth through whomever He wills’: through a clear and correct Islamic proclamation (like this open letter). Reconsider all your actions; desist from them; repent from them; cease harming others and return to the religion of mercy. God Y says in the Qur’an: ‘Say [that God declares]: “O My servants who have been prodigal against their own souls, do not despair of God’s mercy. Truly God forgives all sins. Truly He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”’ (Al-Zumar, 39:53). List of Signatories (in alphabetical order) Name Title 1. HE the Sultan Muhammad Saad Ababakar The Sultan of Sokoto, Head of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs 2. Prof. Abdul-Rahman Abbad Prof. of Islamic Studies at the College of Al-Qur’an Al-Karim, and Secretary of the Body of Scholars and Preachers, Jerusalem 3. Mr. Omar Abboud Secretary-General of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina 4. Prof. Salim Abdul-Jalil Former Undersecretary for da’wah at the Awqaf Ministry, and Professor of Islamic Civilization at Misr University for Science & Technology, Egypt 5. Sheikh Wahid Abdul-Jawad Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 6. Dr. Mustafa Abdul-Kareem Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 7. Prof. Ibrahim Abdul-Rahim Professor of Shari’ah, Dar al-Ulum College, Cairo University, Egypt 8. Prof. Jafar Abdul-Salam Secretary-General of the League of Islamic Universities and Prof. of International Humanitarian Law, Egypt 9. HE Dr. Sheikh Hussain Hasan Abkar Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Imam of the Muslims in the Republic of Chad, Chad 10. HE Prince Judge Bola AbdulJabbar Ajibola Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) and Founder of Crescent University, Nigeria 11. HE Prof. Sheikh Shawqi Allam The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Egypt 12. Prof. Sheikh Abdul Nasser Abu Al-Basal Professor at Yarmouk University, Jordan 13. Prof. Mohammad Mahmoud Abu-Hashem Vice-President of Al-Azhar University and member of the Centre for Islamic Research at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Egypt 14. HE Prof. Sheikh Mustafa Cagrici Former Mufti of Istanbul, Turkey 15. Sheikh Mohammad Ahmad Al-Akwa’ Senior Sunni Scholar, Yemen 16. Prof. Mohammad Al-Amir Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies for Girls, Al-Mansoura University, Egypt 17. Dr. Majdi Ashour Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 18. Prof. Dr. Abdul-Hai Azab Dean of the Faculty of Shari’ah and Law, Al-Azhar 19. Azhar Aziz President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), USA 20. Prof. Mustafa Abu Sway The Integral Professorial Chair for the Study of Imam Ghazali’s Work, Jerusalem 21. Prof. Bakr Zaki Awad Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Al-Azhar University, Egypt 22. Nihad Awad National Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), USA 23. Dr. Sheikh Osama Mahmoud Al-Azhari Islamic Preacher, Egypt 24. Dr. Jamal Badawi Executive Director of the Fiqh Council of North America, USA 25. Dr. Ihsan Bagby Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky, and Council Member of the Fiqh Council of North America, USA 26. Naeem Baig President of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), USA 27. Prof. Osman Bakr International Centre for Islamic Studies, Malaysia 28. Sheikh Abu Bakr Baldi Head of the African community in Portugal, Portugal 29. Dr. Hatem Bazian Chairman of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), USA 30. Dr. Mohammed Bechari Member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, and President of the French National Federation of Muslims, France 31. HE Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah Leading Muslim Scholar and President of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, Abu Dhabi 32. HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan 33. Al-Habib Muhammad Luthfi bin Ali bin Yahya Islamic Preacher, Indonesia 34. HE Sheikh Dr. Ra’ed Abdullah Budair Member of the Body of Scholars and Preachers, Jerusalem 35. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Sam’i Budair Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 36. Dr. Sameer Budinar Muslim Scholar and Director of the Centre for Humanities and Social Studies, Morocco 37. Dr. Zahid Bukhari Executive Director of the Center for Islam and Public Policy (CIPP), USA 38. HE Prof. Mustafa Ceric Former Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 39. HE Mr. Ibrahim Chabbouh Tunisian Scholar, Tunisia 40. Prof. Caner Dagli Professor of Islamic Studies, USA 41. Prof. Jamal Farouq Al-Daqqaq Professor at Al-Azhar University, Egypt 42. Seyyed Abdullah Fadaaq Islamic Preacher and Scholar, Saudi Arabia 43. Sheikh Wahid Al-Fasi Al-Fahri Head of the Federation of Italian Muslims, Italy 44. Prof. Mohammad Nabil Ghanayim Professor of Shari’ah, Dar al-Ulum College, Cairo University, Egypt 45. Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa Former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Egypt 46. HE Dr. Ahmad Abdul-Aziz Al-Haddad Head of the Fatwa Department, Dubai, UAE 47. Dr. Abdullah Hafizi Secretary-General of the International Association for Idrisid Sherifs and their Cousins, Morocco 48. HE Sheikh Mustafa Hajji The Mufti of Bulgaria, Bulgaria 49. Sheikh Ali Al-Halabi Author and Islamic Preacher, Jordan 50. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson Founder and Director of Zaytuna College, USA 51. Sheikh Farouq Aref Hasan The Integral Professorial Chair for the Study of Imam Fakhr Al-Din Al-Razi’s Work, Jordan 52. HE Sheikh Ali bin Abdul Rahman Aal Hashem Advisor to HH the Head of State for Judicial and Religious Affairs, UAE 53. Dr. Ahmad Hassan Professor of Da’wah and Irshad, Yemen 54. Sheikh Musa Hassan Secretary-General of Majma’ al-Ummah, Sweden 55. HE Prof. Mohammad Al-Hifnawi Professor of Usul al-Fiqh at the Faculty of Shari’ah and Law at Al-Azhar University, Tanta branch, Egypt 56. Prof. Sami Hilal Dean of the College of the Holy Qur’an, Tanta University, Egypt 57. Prof. Sa’d al-Din Al-Hilali Head of the Department of Comparative Jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, Egypt 58. Ed Husain Senior Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies, (CFR), UK 59. Imam Monawar Hussain Founder of the Oxford Foundation, UK 60. HE Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein Mufti of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Palestine 61. HE Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh Al-Husseini Head of the Supreme Council for Fatwa and Islamic Affairs, Nigeria 62. Dr. Jabri Ibrahim Head of the Preaching and Guidance Department at the Yemeni Awqaf Ministry, Yemen 63. Dr. Khaled Imran Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 64. Prof. Salah al-Din Al-Ja’farawi Assistant Secretary-General of the European Islamic Conference, Consultant for the Ibn Sina Institute in France , and Consultant to the Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable Foundation, Germany 65. Dr. Omar Jah Head of the Sheikh Abdullah Jah Charity Foundation, Gambia 66. Oussama Jammal Secretary-General of the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), USA 67. Sheikh Muqbil Al-Kadhi Islamic Preacher, Yemen 68. Prof. Muhammad Hashem Kamali Founding Chairman and CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Afghanistan 69. Prof. Enes Karic Bosnian Scholar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 70. Yusuf Z. Kavakci Prof. Dr. (Emeritus), USA 71. Sheikh Ahmad Wisam Khadhr Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 72. Sheikh Muhammad Wisam Khadhr Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 73. Sheikh Abdul-Majeed Khayroun Union of Mosques, the Netherlands 74. Sheikh Mohammad Yahya Al-Kittani Preacher & Imam, Egypt 75. Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Al-Kumein Professor of Da’wah, Yemen 76. Sheikh Amr Mohamed Helmi Khaled Islamic Preacher and Founder and President of the Right Start Global Foundation, Egypt 77. Prof. Judge Maher Alyan Khudair Supreme Shari’ah Court Judge and member of the Body of Scholars and Preachers in Jerusalem, Palestine 78. Shaykh Prof. Ahmad Al-Kubaisi Founder of the ‘Ulema Association, Iraq 79. Prof. Joseph E. B. Lumbard Professor at Brandeis University, USA 80. HE Sheikh Mahmood As’ad Madani Secretary-General of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, India 81. Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid Madkour Professor of Islamic Philosophy, Dar al-Ulum College, Cairo University, Egypt 82. Sheik Mohamed Magid ADAMS Center, USA 83. Prof. Mohammad Mukhtar Al-Mahdi Professor of Islamic Studies, Al-Azhar University and President of the Shari’ah Society, Egypt 84. Imam al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi Chairman of the National Umma Party, Sudan 85. Sheikh Ahmad Mamdouh Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 86. Prof. Bashar Awad Marouf Iraqi Scholar, Author and Historian, Iraq 87. Mr. Bakkay Marzouq French National Federation of Muslims, France 88. Sheikh Moez Masoud Islamic Preacher, Egypt 89. Prof. Mohammad Abdul Samad Muhanna Advisor to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Egypt 90. Sheikh Mukhtar Muhsen Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 91. Professor Fathi Awad Al-Mulla Pundit and consultant for the Association of Islamic Universities, Egypt 92. Sheikh Hussein Al-Obeidi Sheikh of the Al-Zaytuna Grand Mosque, Tunisia 93. Dr. Yasir Qadhi Professor of Islamic Studies, Rhodes College, USA 94. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Al-Qadri Founder of Minhaj-ul-Qur’an International, Pakistan 95. Sheikh Mohammad Hasan Qarib-Allah Muslim Scholar, Sudan 96. Mr. Abdul Hadi Al-Qasabi Grand Sheikh of the Sufi Tariqahs in Egypt, Egypt 97. Prof. Saif Rajab Qazamil Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence, Al-Azhar University, Egypt 98. Sheikh Faraz Rabbani Islamic Scholar and Founder of SeekersGuidance, Canada 99. Sheikh Ashraf Sa’ad Muslim Scholar, Egypt 100. Sheikh Dr. Hmoud Al-Sa’idi Islamic Preacher and Undersecretary at the Yemeni Ministry of Awqaf, Yemen 101. Sheikh Hasan Al-Sheikh Head of Religious Affairs at the Salah Mosque, the largest mosque in Yemen, Yemen 102. Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Sharif Head of the Association of Sherifs in Egypt, Egypt 103. HE Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sheikh Sae’eed Head of the Association of Islamic Scholars in Kurdistan, Kurdistan 104. Dr. Mohamad Adam El Sheikh Executive Director of the Fiqh Council of North America, USA 105. Dr. Mohammad Sammak Secretary-General of the National Committee for Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Lebanon 106. Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah Secretary General of the Fiqh Council of America, USA 107. Prof. Ismail Abdul-Nabi Shaheen Vice President Al-Azhar University and Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Islamic Universities, Egypt 108. Dr. Omar Shahin Secretary General of the North American Imam Federation, 109. Imam Talib M. Shareef President of the Nations Mosque, Masjid Muhammad, USA 110. Dr. Ahmad Shqeirat Member of the North American Imams Federation, USA 111. Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi Chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America, USA 112. Dr. Muddassir H. Siddiqui Council Member of the Fiqh Council of North America, USA 113. Prof. Nabil Al-Smalouti Professor of Sociology and former Dean of the Department of Humanities, Al-Azhar University, Egypt 114. HE Prof. M. Din Syamsuddin President of Muhammadiyah, and Chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulama, Indonesia 115. Dr. Mohammad Tallabi Muslim Scholar and leader in the Tawhid and Islah Movement, Morocco 116. Eng. Salmann Tamimi Founder of the Muslim Association of Iceland, Iceland 117. HE Sheikh Na’im Ternava The Mufti Kosovo, Kosovo 118. Dr. Muhammad Suheyl Umar Director of Iqbal Academy, Pakistan 119. Mr. Mohammad Wadgiri Head of the Muslim community in Belgium, Belgium 120. HE Dato’ Wan Zahidi bin Wan Teh Former Mufti of Malaysia’s Federal Territories , Malaysia 121. Dr. Amr Wardani Fatwa Council (Dar al-Ifta’), Egypt 122. HE Prof. Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Wuld-Abah President of Chinguitt Modern University, Mauritania 123. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yacoubi Islamic Preacher, Syria 124. Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa Al-Fakki Al-Yaqouti Minister of State in the Sudanese Ministry of Awqaf, Sudan 125. HE Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq Muhammad Yusuf Former Grand Mufti of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan 126. 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