Sh. Ibn Baz (rahimahullah) about Saddam Hussain during the Gulf war. This is an excerpt from a important lecture on the Iraqi rulers invasion of Kuwait, given in King Khalid Mosque, Um Al-Hamam, Riyadh, on Thursday 16 Rajab 1411 A.H. ----------------------- .... The ruler of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was unjust to Saudi Arabia as he fired it with rockets. What did Saudi Arabia do with him? Saudi Arabia supported him in many ways against his enemy. Saddam himself mentioned the aid offered by it in his letter sent to the Custodian of the Two Sacred Mosques. He mentioned some of the assistance yet concealed many others. We called upon him to withdraw from Kuwait first and then we could discuss other problems. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia offered many favors to Saddam Hussein who was ungrateful to both of them. He fired rockets against KSA and concentrated his forces near its borders. He kicked out the Kuwaitis from their home. Is this the reward of doing favors? Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: Is there any reward for good other than good? At the times of afflictions, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Gulf states offered many aids and supported him as much as they could but he reacted ungratefully and aggressively. They called upon him to withdraw from Kuwait and to make negotiations between him and Kuwait concerning the problematic issues to solve them through peaceful means. However, he urged his supporters to harm people in the other countries. Meanwhile, he - out of wickedness and hypocrisy - attacked the Jews in order to disunite the Arab alliance and remove the siege. Why did he leave them for such long period and did not attack them before attacking Kuwait? He had to attack the Jews because they are the real enemies instead of attacking his neighbors and those who made favors to him. However, his cunning, transgression and hypocrisy led him to attack the Jews at that time. His aim was to disperse the Arab alliance mobilized to fight him and consequently the siege laid to him would be lifted. His evil plot was of no avail. We ask Allah to spoil his evil plots and respond to the Muslims supplications against him as he is oppressor, cunning, deceiving and hypocrite. He spared no effort to cause aggression and transgression. We ask Allah by His Most Beautiful Names and Honorable Attributes to destroy him, turn the calamity of evil against him, let down and destroy his oppressing supporters, grant those confused, about that case, guidance and insight. May Allah destroy the supporters of Saddam, make them perish, and send divine disasters against them. He is All-Generous and All-Gracious We ask also Allah to make the Muslims and whoever backs them victorious over him and his allies so that, by Allahs Favor, this oppressor would be destroyed and forced out of Kuwait in humility. We ask Allah to appoint a pious man over Iraq who will rule justly according to Shari`ah and implement Allahs command. Source: alifta.org Section: Fatwas of Ibn Baz>Volume 18>Book on Jihad>The Action Waged by Saddam is A Sinful Aggression. This was a lecture given in King Khalid Mosque, Um Al-Hamam, Riyadh, on Thursday 16 Rajab 1411 A.H. corresponding to 31/1/1991 A.C. It was published in this collection, vol. 6, p. 92.
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