The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released an audio speech from its leader Abu Ubeydah Ahmad Omar, urging Somali Muslims to support its fighters and seek their help in all matters, and to confront the enemy over alleged attempts to annex the country and its territorial waters.
His Somali-language speech, entitled, "But Allah Will Complete His Light Even Though the Disbelievers Hate It," came in a 20 minute, 39 second, English-subtitled video produced by the group's al-Kata'ib Media Foundation, and was released along with an English transcript on September 19, 2019. In his message, Abu Ubeydah juxtaposed the objectives of United States, Britain, and African countries involved in AMISOM, with those from the Shabaab. Here, he accused the enemy of seeking to plunder Somali resources and in particular "petroleum reserves, mineral resources and abundant fisheries," subjugate and humiliate the people and strip them of their religion and sovereignty, and enforce democratic principles such as majority-rule. He told Somalis, after vilifying colonial goals of Ethiopia and listing the alleged evils perpetrated by the West and its local allies:
Work towards making Islamic Shari’ah reach you until it is implemented in your homes. Resist the call of federalism; it is a colonial scheme and the new face of tribalism by which they want to divide the Muslims and place the nation under the mercy of Ethiopia and Kenya.
We inform our Muslim Ummah that the Mujahideen are against any verdict reached by the so-called International Criminal Court on the dispute regarding the Somali Ocean. We hereby inform the world that we will never compromise on our waters or allow it to be handed over to foreign nations.
The Muslims should be aware that Kenya had already annexed large swathes of land before attempting to occupy our ocean, and Ethiopia has recently been awarded several ports. The entire country will soon be open for bidding, if you do not confront it.
The Shabaab leader also congratulated his men for their military activities in recent months, including the assassination attempt on UN Special Envoy to Somalia James Swan on July 24. He stated:
The attacks of the Mujahideen continue to escalate day after day, and their raids and ambushes continue to strengthen. The apostate forces, on the other hand, are in retreat and engulfed by a state of weakness. The fourth apostate government is on the verge of collapse and the sixth envoy sent by the so-called United Nations barely survived an attack.
Whatever support they receive from the crusaders, whatever training they are given, whatever aid and assistance promised to them all amounted to nothing, their efforts failed to bear any fruit, and their ambitions failed to manifest. They are apostate forces who are directed and guided by foreign nations, and live in constant humiliation under the hegemony of Ethiopian crusaders.
The video is available here:
http://sitemultimedia.org/video/SITE_Shabaab_AbuUbeydah_Allah_Complete_Light.mp4
Following is a copy of the English translation:
INTRODUCTION
All praise is due to Allah alone, we thank Him, seek His assistance, His forgiveness and ask His refuge from the evil of our souls and evil actions. Whomsoever He guides there is none to misguide him and whomsoever He misguides there is none to guide him. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship besides Allah without any partners and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and final Messenger.
“O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared and die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims) with complete submission to Allah.” [Aal ‘Imraan, 102]
“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife, and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you.” [An-Nisaa, 1]
“O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger he has indeed achieved a great achievement” [Al-Ahzaab, 70-71]
As to what follows; verily the most truthful of speech is the Book of Allah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (May peace and blessing be upon Him). The worst of matters are the innovated matters, every innovated matter is misguidance, and every misguidance is bound to be in the hellfire.
All praise is due to Allah alone who has completed for us our religion, bestowed upon us the blessing of Islam, Eeman and Jihad, and enabled us to reach the new Hijri year in peace and tranquillity.
I would like to first convey my greetings to the entire Muslim Ummah wherever they are – foremost among them being the Mujahideen garrisoned at the frontlines of Islam. I ask Allah to accept our righteous deeds, Jihad, ribat, martyrdom and the sacrifices carried out for His sake.
Secondly, I would like to give them the glad tidings of the defeat encountered by the crusaders and their apostate allies, hoping that Allah will make it the beginning of their eventual defeat.
The attacks of the Mujahideen continue to escalate day after day, and their raids and ambushes continue to strengthen. The apostate forces, on the other hand, are in retreat and engulfed by a state of weakness. The fourth apostate government is on the verge of collapse and the sixth envoy sent by the so-called United Nations barely survived an attack.
Whatever support they receive from the crusaders, whatever training they are given, whatever aid and assistance promised to them all amounted to nothing, their efforts failed to bear any fruit, and their ambitions failed to manifest. They are apostate forces who are directed and guided by foreign nations, and live in constant humiliation under the hegemony of Ethiopian crusaders.
They are apostates who are not even free to make their own political decisions and need the approval of the Ethiopian crusaders in all their actions. A clear example of this phenomenon are the events unfolding in Kismayo and how the Ethiopian crusaders are administering every step of the so-called election the apostates held there recently.
Similarly, there is unrest in the region of Galgudud following the Ethiopian deployment of hostile forces to the region. Addis Ababa has become their place of pilgrimage; it is where they rush to in order to resolve their disputes and it is where they go to for help, support and adjudication.
The recent attacks of Kismayo and Mogadishu Municipality building have, by the Blessing of Allah, brought to light the weakness of the apostate regime and has highlighted their vulnerability.
I would like to commend the Mujahideen who planned these operations, those who coordinated it and the brave warriors who sacrificed their blood in order to defend Islam and crush the might of the disbelievers. Your reward is with Allah alone!
These attacks and others similar to it are the practical manifestation of the Mujahideen’s resolve that they will never accept a law other than the law of Allah or a system of governance other than that of Islam to be implemented in Somalia and to be imposed on the Muslims of Somalia. It is also a manifestation of their determination to thwart all the efforts by the disbelievers to establish a puppet regime in the Muslim land of Somalia.
By the blessing of Allah, the Muslims of Somalia have today woken up to the tyranny of the apostate regime. They have realised the wicked plots conspired against them, the enmity harboured towards Islam and the deep chasms of disbelief intended for them to fall into.
It is that realisation, coupled with the constant oppression of the apostates against the Muslims of Somalia, which has resulted in the people’s complete loss of trust in the apostate regime, enabling many Muslims to migrate to the Islamic Wilayaat in order to live under the shade of Islamic Shari’ah or seek justice in the Islamic courts inside the Wilayaat.
ISLAMIC WILAYAAT
The Islamic Wilayaat is a place where safety and security prevails because oppression is proscribed and the Muslim’s rights are not transgressed upon. The Islamic Wilayaat have succeeded in bringing harmony to the Muslim society, dousing the flames of enmity among the warring tribes and restoring peace and stability to many of the regions in South and Central Somalia.
The Islamic Wilayaat have implemented tangible projects that serve the Muslim society. They have extended support to the weak and impoverished Muslims in Somalia. They have exerted great efforts in order to provide clean water to the Muslim population. They have repaired the river canals. They have made every effort to distribute water equally to the population and have built reservoirs and water wells in remote areas.
They have worked towards bolstering the economy and promoting trade – a trade that adheres to the teachings of Islam and the Islamic jurisprudence of trade and is free of usury, bribery and corruption – by providing the security necessary for trade to foster.
They have encouraged the Muslims in the Islamic Wilayaat towards the education of their children. They have also encouraged agriculture so that the Muslim society reaches a state of self-sufficiency that enables it to be liberated from the cycle of dependence on foreign imports.
Greater and more important than all of that, however, is that they have succeeded in spreading Tawheed to all the regions and villages they could reach. The Islamic Wilayaat have sought to work honestly towards the betterment of the worldly life and the hereafter of the Muslim society that they govern, bearing in mind the Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ:
“All of you are caretakers and every one of you is responsible of those under his care.” [Agreed Upon]
And the Hadith
“No leader assumes a post of leadership over the Muslims, then dies whilst deceiving them, except that Allah forbids him from entering paradise.” [Al-Bukhari]
The Islamic Wilayaat serve as a viable alternative to the apostate regime propped up by the disbelievers and that is built upon fighting the religion, oppression, corruption and tribal prejudice based upon the discriminative 4.5 system.
This Muslim land is a fertile land that Allah has blessed with many minerals and natural resources, both in land and sea. It is a land that requires its people to cultivate it and defend their wealth from invaders. It is a fertile land whose resources the disbelievers have not yet plundered but are endeavouring to do so. With the right investment, this land has the potential to cover the needs of the Muslims in East Africa region.
It is, therefore, irrational, to rush towards begging the disbelievers whenever a drought hits some parts of the country, while the Muslim Ummah is capable of helping and supporting each other.
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We once again encourage the Muslims of Somalia to invest in their land, cultivate it and assist those who are in need. The Mujahideen fully support all projects that will enable the Muslims to attain prosperity, provided that they do not contravene Islamic Shari’ah and are free from the hegemony of the disbelievers, and their exploitative methods based on capitalism and usury.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INVADING CRUSADERS:
If we consider the state of the country, then it becomes clear that the war spearheaded by United States and Britain has escalated. The enmity of the crusaders towards the Muslims has increased, leading the country to fall further into the grips of an invasion whose agenda is:
• To prevent the Muslims from implementing Islamic Shari’ah as decreed by Allah and living according to the teachings of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of His Prophet ﷺ
• To keep the Muslims perpetually dependent upon Western policies and to corrupt the correct Islamic ideology of the younger generation by implementing an educational curriculum that is hostile towards the teachings of Islam, particularly the creed of Al-Wala Wal Bara’
• To plunder Somalia’s petroleum reserves, mineral resources and abundant fisheries and allocate the sea to the Kenyan and Ethiopian invaders
• To establish in Somalia a weak government that fulfils the crusaders’ agenda as well as an army that protects their interests and paves the way for their colonial agenda
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN:
The United States and Britain want us:
• To succumb to the aggressive invasion of the crusaders without confronting it in any way
• To never liberate ourselves from the invasion of the African crusaders spearheaded by Kenya and Ethiopia
• To observe the atrocities and massacres inflicted upon the Muslims without batting an eyelid and without doing anything to help them
• To accept and endure their grievous violations and transgressions against the Muslim Ummah without feeling enraged
• To be continually dependent on the disbelievers for aid, despite our land being abundant with natural resources
• To live under a group of apostates who were solely appointed with the aim of protecting the interests of disbelieving enemy
• To forever languish under the throes of humiliation, fail to repel their evil and fall into their trap so that they could colonise the land and enslave its people.
They want us to compromise our religion and beliefs and, instead, accept democracy as a way of life. It is a democracy that:
• Permits that which Allah has forbidden and forbids that which Allah has permitted for the Muslim Ummah
• Permits apostasy and the spread of all forms of immorality among the Muslim society
• Encourages Muslims to welcome the invaders, honour them and build for them clubs and churches
• Equates the disbeliever with the Muslim, accords him respect and equates the apostate and hypocrite with the believer
• Is not based upon justice and fairness but upon the rule of the majority and is held hostage to the whims and desires of the majority
THE OBJECTIVES OF HARAKAT AL-SHABAAB AL MUJAHIDEEN:
On the other hand, the objectives that Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen aspires to achieve and for which it is fighting are:
• To implement the Shari’ah of Allah, a Shari’ah that accepts neither concession nor compromise and whose source is the Qur’an and Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ
• To work towards the revival of the Islamic Caliphate based upon the Prophetic methodology
• To confront the crusaders who have forcefully invaded and occupied Muslim lands
• To establish a unified and cohesive Muslim society and protect the pride, honour and dignity of the Muslim Ummah
• To revive the obligation of Jihad and liberate Muslim lands from the occupation of the crusaders
• To unify the Muslim Ummah that has been dismembered by its enemies upon the tenets of Islamic brotherhood and under the banner of Tawheed
• To protect and preserve the wealth of the Muslim Ummah so that it can reach total self-sufficiency and become free from the hegemony of the crusaders in all its forms
• To incite the Muslim Ummah, whose adherents have been killed, whose land has been occupied and wealth plundered, to liberate themselves from the invading crusaders and their apostate allies
CONCLUSION:
My message to the Muslim society is that you should fully support the Islamic cause that Allah has honoured you with in order to find a solution to the endless hostilities affecting the Somalis and which the invaders were enflaming.
This world is but a temporary dwelling so never succumb to humiliation. Fight for your religion and for your freedom. Wage war against the coalition of invading crusaders who have come from distant lands until we gain full freedom for our religion, our land and all our affairs. Support your Mujahideen sons and never accept anything other than the governance of Islamic Shari’ah or compromise on it.
Work towards making Islamic Shari’ah reach you until it is implemented in your homes. Resist the call of federalism; it is a colonial scheme and the new face of tribalism by which they want to divide the Muslims and place the nation under the mercy of Ethiopia and Kenya.
We inform our Muslim Ummah that the Mujahideen are against any verdict reached by the so-called International Criminal Court on the dispute regarding the Somali Ocean. We hereby inform the world that we will never compromise on our waters or allow it to be handed over to foreign nations.
The Muslims should be aware that Kenya had already annexed large swathes of land before attempting to occupy our ocean, and Ethiopia has recently been awarded several ports. The entire country will soon be open for bidding, if you do not confront it.
And to the Mujahideen I say:
Allah has chosen you from among the Muslim Ummah and has honoured you with the protection of His religion, the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ and the establishment of His Shari’ah.
It is because of this that you have been antagonised, alienated and are continually assaulted by air, land and sea with the intention of annihilating you and wiping out the religion of Allah from existence.
Allah, however, has guaranteed to preserve His religion and has promised that the Muslim Ummah will not be totally destroyed and that there will always be a group of believers who work towards the establishment of the commands of Allah.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“There will never cease to be a group from my nation steadfast upon the commands of Allah. They will remain unharmed by those who forsake them or oppose them until the Day of Judgement.” [Agreed Upon]
The Muslim society has today become fully conscious and has developed an advanced sense of awareness. The Jihad has also passed the stage where it could be quelled or subdued with force and those who desert it will not be yearned for. It will not be hampered by the false rumours and propaganda spread against it. So do not be deceived by the propaganda disseminated by the crusaders and their apostate allies.
You have seen how their war has been reduced to just cowardly aerial bombardment and empty threats. You also know fully well that they cannot stand up to you on the battlefields. I hope from Allah that you will soon witness, by the permission of Allah, the defeat of the disbelievers in the battlefronts; a defeat that will soothe your heart.
So be patient and persevere against your enemies and the enemies of Allah. Intensify your Jihad whilst putting your full trust in Allah, supplicate to him with passion, and carry out your deeds sincerely for His sake, for Allah will not let your efforts and Jihad go to waste.
“Allah is with you, and will never decrease the reward of your good deeds.” [Muhammad, 35]
I also advise you to be compassionate towards your Muslim brethren and acknowledge their immense sacrifices. Be kind and caring towards their young ones, respect those older than you and show reverence towards their elderly. Be benevolent towards the weak, poor and the needy and support them. Safeguard the welfare of the widows and orphans while being mindful of the Hadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ in which he said:
“The one who cares for the widow and needy is like the Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, or like the one who stands in prayer at night and fasts during the day.” [Agreed Upon]
The Prophet ﷺ also said:
“The most beloved among you towards Allah are those who benefit mankind the most” [At-Tabarani]
Allah the almighty says:
“And do good. Truly, Allah loves those who do good” [Al-Baqara, 195]
Maintain sincerity at all times and beware of haughtiness, arrogance, vainglory. Know that the victory, conquests and the consolidation of land that Allah has bestowed upon us are gifts and endowments that Allah has granted us, and for which we are obliged to thank Allah and accept it from Him with humbleness.
Finally, I advise you to observe unity, charge forth in battles in unified formations, obey your leaders and be harsh against your enemies.
Allah the almighty says:
“And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this Quran), and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allahs Favour on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His Grace, you became brethren (in Islamic Faith)” [Aal-‘Imraan, 103]
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“And I command you with five things that Allah has commanded me with: unity, to listen and obey, Hijra and Jihad” [At-Tirmidi]
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“Our Lord! Pour forth on us patience and make us victorious over the disbelieving people.” [Al-Baqarah, 250]
“Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower.” [Aal-‘Imraan, 8]
“Our Lord! Give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire!” [Al-Baqarah, 201]
And may the peace and blessing of Allaah be on our beloved Prophet Muhammad, His family, companions
And finally all praise belongs to Allah
