Shaykh Abdullah Azzam
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This book was translated from the collection of Shaykh ‘Abdullah
‘Azzam’s transcribed lectures called ‘at-Tarbiyah al-Jihadiyyah
wal-Bina’’ (4/141-154). Shaykh Abdullah Azzam. Time Magazine described
Shaykh Abdullah Azzam as the man who wasthe ‘ reviver of Jihad in the
20th Century’. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in the village of Ass-ba’ah
Al-Hartiyeh, province of Jineen in the occupied sacred land of
Palestine in 1941 CE. He was brought up in a humble house where he was
taught Islam, and was fed with the love of Allah, His Messenger (saw),
those striving in the Way of Allah, the righteous people and the desire
for the Hereafter. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam was one of the first Arabs to
join the Afghan Jihad against the communist USSRIn 1979, when he learned
about the Afghan Jihad, he left his teaching position at King
Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and went to Islamabad,
Pakistan, in order to be able to participate in the Jihad. He was a fine
example of Islamic manners, in his piety, his devotion to Allah and his
modesty in all things. He would never adulate in his relations with
others.
Shaykh Azzam always listened to the
youth, he was dignified and did not allow fear to have access to his
brave heart. He practised continual fasting especially the alternate
daily fasting routine of Prophet Dawud (as). He strongly counselled
others to practice fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. The Shaykh was a
man of uprightness, honesty and virtue, and was never heard to slander
others or to talk unpleaasently about an individual Muslim. On 24
November 1989. The enemies of Allah planted three bombs on a road so
narrow only a single car could travel on it. It was the road Shaykh
Abdullah Azzam would use to drive to the Friday Prayer. That Friday, the
Shaykh together with two of his own sons, Ibrahim and Muhammad, and
with one of the sons of the late Shaykh Tameem Adnani drove along the
road. The car stopped at the position of the first bomb, and the Sheikh
alighted to walk the remainder of the way. The enemies, lying in wait,
then exploded the bomb. A loud explosion and a great thundering were
heard all over the city. People emerged from the mosque, and beheld a
terrible scene. Only a small fragment of the car remained. The young son
Ibrahim flew 100 metres into the air; the other two youths were thrown a
similar distance away, and their remains were scattered among the trees
and power lines. As for Shaykh Abdullah Azzam himself, his body was
found resting against a wall, totally intact and not at all disfigured,
except that some blood was seen issuing from his mouth. Sheikh Abdullah
Azzam himself once said, ” Indeed Islamic history is not written except
with the blood of the Shuhadaa’, except with the stories of the
Shuhadaa’ and except with the examples of the Shuhadaa’. ” May Allah
(swt) accept him amongst them.
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