One Who
Kills Himself to Win the Virgins Is a Suicide
Memri
April 1, 2011
Sheikh 'Adel Al-Kalbani
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as he is a former Imam. Also we need to
remind ourselves that Arabs and Muslims notoriously incite hatred and violence
in their own language and in English say they are a religion of peace, and only
want to get along. So that this article
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In an article
in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh,
Sheikh 'Adel Al-Kalbani, a former Imam of the Grand
Mosque in Mecca,[1] condemns preachers who exploit the
despair and frustration of young Muslims by filling their heads with stories
about the Virgins of Paradise in order to lure them into jihad. Al-Kalbani emphasizes that putting on an explosive belt and
exploding oneself among others is not an act of martyrdom, but rather an act of
suicide, which will certainly not be rewarded with
He also stresses that there are many other ways to gain
The following are excerpts from the article:
When the
Heart of a Young Man Fills with Yearning for the Virgins, It Is Easy for Him to
Don an Explosive Belt
"Sometimes, young people [see] the
scarf or the pretty legs of a young woman and go [completely] mad. They think
only of her and believe they cannot live without her... And if they find no
other way to meet [a young woman], they hasten their own death, because clamorous
preachers and imams have convinced them that martyrdom is the bride-price [they
must pay for the Virgins of Paradise], and that death is the only
option... [Why] wait when the only thing separating you from the pleasure
[of the Virgins] is death? Moreover, [these preachers tell them:] if you are
martyred, the pain of death will be no more than a pinprick, and then you will
immediately find yourselves in the arms [of the Virgins].
"When the heart [of the young man]
fills with yearning, and the desperate reality of his life overwhelms him, it
is very easy for him to put an explosive belt around his waist, and even to
shove the dynamite up his ass, as long as the goal is a lofty one, the prize is
a Virgin [of Paradise], and the price is so low. The poor wretch does not
realize that the price he is offering for his [heavenly] bride – namely his
life, which he is ending by exploding a bomb and killing himself and others
around him – will not necessarily be accepted, because those who marry the
Virgins of Paradise must meet certain conditions.
The first of these is that [the
candidate] did not end his life in order to escape from a state of fatal
despair... According to Islam, that is suicide. "Lest anyone get on a high
horse and accuse me of ignoring what is said in the Koran and the Sunna regarding the 'fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, like
hidden pearls' [Koran 56:22-23],
I hereby declare that I am well aware
[of this verse], and that I yearn for [these virgins] myself and hope to attain
them at all times. But I wish to point out that one who is crazy [with lust for
them] has failed to read [some of the other Koranic]
verses, for example... 'But [only] the sincere servants of Allah [will
attain
Some of the
Worst Human Devils are Those Who Pretend to Preach Religion, but in Effect are
Only Turning Our Youth into Cannon-Fodder
"One of the basic facts that [such
a person] ignores is the true [purpose] of his existence: He was created to
worship [Allah], to [establish] the Caliphate, and to spread the message [of
Islam]... not in order to become a victim of a moment of despair, or in order
to spill his blood for the sake of inventors of theories. [These theorists]
pursue earthly goals they [can] attain only by spilling his blood and the blood
of others like him whom they deceive, causing them to marry the darkness of
death, imprisonment, and disobedience to their parents, or to [live their
lives] in constant flight, hiding in caves and on mountaintops.
"Some of the worst human devils
are those who pretend to engage in da'wa and
jihad and to promote religion, and [thereby] control the minds of our youth –
[but] not in order to provide them with knowledge, fill them with passion for
our noble [Muslim] nation and its da'wa, or
make them vehicles of culture and progress who can rival [our enemies] in
technology and innovation. [Instead, their goal is] to send them to the front
line of the war, to become cannon fodder..."
One Must
Live for Allah Before One Can Die for Him
"Reducing the pleasures of
"It is not the case that only
those who die for the sake of Allah attain the Virgins. If this were so, only
few would be granted this privilege. [But the fact is that] not one or two
deeds, but many deeds, confer [the reward of] the Virgins, for it is said:
'Verily for the righteous there will be a fulfillment of desires, gardens
enclosed, and grapevines, and voluptuous women of equal age' [Koran 78:31-33].
That is, one who fears Allah is also awarded the Virgins of Paradise. But one
who unlawfully kills a person whom Islam forbids to kill – is he a God-fearing
man?...
"[Moreover], a Muslim must worship
Allah for many reasons, not only out of lust for the Virgins of Paradise. Islam
is a system through which Allah meant to improve mankind, and [one cannot
improve oneself] by hastening one's death in order to embrace the Virgins.
Besides, they will reject a spouse filled with despair and frustration who fled [the hardships of] life...
"The admittance test for entering
Endnotes:
[1] Al-Kalbani was dismissed from this post after he accused Shi'ite clerics of heresy.