fatwa of Al.Azhar on the steel wall of death is Political or Legitimate ? her is one of the fatwa's for whom didn't hear about it.. Indeed, the construction of the steel wall to block the tunnels through which aids were transported to Muslims in Gaza is prohibited from the Shari`ah perspective, and it is among the gravest sins in Islam. This is because it implies siding with non-Muslims against Muslims, and involves injustice toward our fellow Muslims in Gaza, by tightening the siege over them and choking them. It was authentically reported in Sahih Al-Bukhari, on the authority of Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A woman was entered into Hellfire because of a cat that she had confined till it died of hunger; she neither fed it nor set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth." So, how would it be with those who lock up an entire Muslim community? v Undoubtedly, the sin comes upon all of those who participate in the crime of establishing such a wall, whether in word or deed, even the construction workers themselves, since it is a form of cooperation in sin and transgression. In this regard, Almighty Allah says, (Help you one another in righteousness and piety, but help you not one another in sin and rancor: Fear Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment.) (Al-Ma'idah 5: 2) As for the statement made by the Egyptian foreign minister, it contradicts the Shari`ah's injunctions of enjoining good and forbidding abomination, as Almighty Allah (be He Exalted) says, (And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish Prayer and they pay Zakah, and they obey Allah and His Messenger [i.e. Prophet Muhammad]. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Indeed, Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.) (At-Tawbah 9:71) Thus, it is obligatory for all Muslims in general, and those of authority and influence in particular, to spare no efforts in order to stop the construction of the wall, lift the siege, and remove the injustice suffered by our fellow Muslims in Gaza. ((I also recommend those participating in the construction of the wall to fear Allah, the Exalted, and to remember that they will stand before Him on the Day of Judgment. No believer should sell his religious commitment for a worldly gain)). Name of Mufti - Yusuf ibn `Abdullah Al-Ahmad

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