Seventh Point: Praise of the disbelievers

Adnani claimed that from the evidences that Al Qaida has deviated is that the Kuffar (disbelievers) praise it. And in his statement "This was not our methodology nor will it ever be" he said: "Al Qaida is not that which the despicable ones praise, and which the tyrants flirt with, and to which the deviants and the misguided speak words of love."

This is despite this matter being common to Al Qaida of Usama and to ISIS itself.

And how beautiful is that which was said by the brother Abdul Hameed al Makki, may Allah hasten his release, while refuting this point:

"This is not a proper methodology to judge statements, actions, individuals and groups whereby we look at who praised us or who condemned us for us to know what we are upon - are we upon truth or upon falsehood?

But rather the methodology of the Shareeah is to judge the individuals by their statements and actions and weighing these against the Book and the Sunnah. And then after that there is no problem if this praise or that dispraise is considered, but it is not independent or has any effect on its own in making judgement over people.

Accordingly, the praise of some of the past opponents can be one of the following two things:

The first: It is part of some plot that they have with them. And this is a tactic that the enemies are using now to divide the ranks of the Mujahideen, because they have come to know that it can have an effect and cause the ranks of the Mujahideen to be split, and can contribute for that by this tactic. And they know that there would be a group that would be affected by it, and will accept it. (1)

The second: It is that some of them may have been affected by the preachings of Al Qaida. And Imaan (faith) is not restricted to anyone, and it is not impossible for Allah, especially since Al Qaida has stepped up its propagative media and has been dealing with the people according to the politics of the Shareeah, softening their hearts and bringing them closer to the truth by that." (2)