Downloaded from: justpaste.it/abusaeed030 Why I Left Jabhat An-Nusrah Part 8: An Overall Glimpse At Jabhat An-Nusrah By Abū Sa'eed Al-Britānī (From the video "Message Of A Mujāhid") An Open Challenge Of Refutation: In the above discussion I have highlighted the reasons which made me leave Jabhat An-Nusrah. Unless I have clearly mentioned otherwise, everything I mentioned is what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears, so anyone who wishes to refute me, then I ask you to bring firsthand evidence to prove what I said was a lie. Even if you bring evidence to show the contrary, my points still remain valid. For example, one of the reasons I left was their lack of Al-Walā Wal-Barā (as explained in chapter 5), now if someone has evidence to prove that Jabhat An-Nusrah had strong Al-Walā Wal-Barā, then it still is not a good reason to disqualify my evidences. As what I mentioned still holds weight due to it actually occurring. It s a bit like a person switching between committing Kufr one day and Tawh īd the other day. Just because a person implements Tawhīd one day, it does not mean he has never fallen into Kufr. Indeed many are those who commit Tawhīd and Kufr even in the same day (for example the Sufis who do du'ā to Allāh وتعالى) (سبحانه in Salāh and then do du'ā to their dead 'saints' straight after). So the presence of good does not nullify the presence of evil unless it is done after and an open testimony of disavowal to one's old crimes is proclaimed. The most that can be said is that the presence of good shows that there is some good present in such a person/group. However, when there is a huge presence of evil, then the good is just spoilt. However if someone still wishes to bring evidence of what they saw and heard while they were here in Shām, then by all means produce your evidence. The Amīrs Are The Decision Makers: Most of my points I mention deal with the Amīrs, and it is known that a group is judged based upon its decision makers. If the top Amīrs are good then one can somewhat tolerate the mistakes and errors of the followers (provided they are few in percentage) as we know the end result and decision will rest upon the decision makers (i.e. the Amīrs). For example, we would all love to have been alive during the time of the four rightly guided Caliphs, and we know that they carried out the hudūd punishments, and the implementation of the hudūd punishments proves that there were evil
people amongst their followers. If one reads history, we will see how there were those who committed zina, those who committed apostasy, those who cursed the Sahābah الله عنهم),(رضي those who ran away from the front lines of jihād, those who murdered other Muslims, those who drank alcohol, nay even the son of Caliph 'Umar Ibn Al-Khattāb الله عنهم) (رضي was punished due to drinking alcohol in Egypt! However as long as the Amīrs are good and they are the ones making the decisions, good can be achieved. But if the Amīrs are bad, then no matter how good the followers are, the group is not worthy of praise (unless of course, the followers break away from their Amīr, make another group, or they replace the Amīr). So everything I have said was in reference to the Amīrs, as these are the decision makers. I did not mention anything about the foot soldiers, as I saw this as irrelevant. However if I wish, I can mention the extreme pride and arrogance I saw in the English-speaking battalion. The level of arrogance was just too much to bare, and to find a humble brother amongst them was like finding a gem in the bottom of the ocean. This attitude was what lead me to leave the English-speaking battalion and join the Egyptian battalion (in Jabhat An-Nusrah). It was not a valid reason, in my eyes, to leave Jabhat An-Nusrah because of this, hence why I did not mention it as one of my reasons for leaving Jabhat. So I could have mentioned about the soldiers as well, however I limited my chapters to the Amīrs for the above mentioned reasons. Double Standards: If someone never spoke in praise of Dawlah, then they would be seen as good people. If an Amīr never defended Dawlah, he would be seen as a good person. Yet as soon as these 'good' people started defending Dawlah, or if they had left Jabhat An-Nusrah to join Dawlah, all of a sudden they were bad, ignorant, uneducated, lacking military skills, etc. This action of Jabhat An-Nusrah has striking resemblances with how the Jews behaved with 'Abdullāh Ibn Salām when the latter became a Muslim. 'Abdull āh Ibn Salām was a Jewish scholar who was loved by all Jews. After he embraced Isl ām, (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) he hid in a room near the Prophet asked the Jews present what they thought about 'Abdullāh Ibn Salām. The Jews praised him saying he was the most knowledgeable one the son of the most knowledgeable one, how he was the most wise one the son of the most wise one, how he was the most pious one son of the most pious one. Then when 'Abdullāh Ibn Salām heard them, he came out of the room and proclaimed his Shah ādah. When the Jews heard him give the testimony of Faith, they said the opposite of what they had just said a few minutes ago. All of a sudden 'Abdullāh Ibn Salām was the most ignorant the son of the most ignorant, the most irreligious the son of the most irreligious, the worst one son of the most worst one. Such is the characteristic of the Jews, and the character of the Amīrs of Jabhat An- Nusrah (and a lot of their followers) was the same. A blind love for someone who agrees with them, yet a blind and staunch hatred for anyone who opposes them and joins Dawlah. Now if the reader has any knowledge, he/she would realize that I
am not doing takfīr here, but those who have blind love for Jabhat An-Nusrah or a blind hatred for Dawlah may see this as such. However, the views and opinions of the irrational folk are to be put aside and not given a second glance. So accuse me with whatever you wish as you and I will both be asked on the Day of Judgement about what we said. A Nobody Becoming A Somebody: During my time in Jabhat An-Nusrah, I would occasionally hear how Dawlah had killed Abū Fulān and Abū Fulān. These names were unknown to me and were also unknown to those who were narrating such stories. Numerous times I would question who these individuals were and the Dawlah critics could not answer these basic questions. They would claim they were top Amīrs, very knowledgeable people etc. yet why were they unknown prior to them being killed? Surely a top Amīr and a so-called 'knowledgeable shaykh' would be known to the masses. The knots of lies were easily untied and their fragile arguments to cover the haqq were easily destroyed. The lies were so obvious that it was like seeing through clear glass. Yet it always turned out that whenever someone got killed, 'it was Dawlah's fault'! When a Jabhat An-Nusrah member would get shot by the Assad regime, no one would speak of him nor praise him, yet when the accusation of Dawlah killing a Jabhat An-Nusrah member was done, they would scream and cry like vicious hyenas. "Oh the loss of a great shaykh", "Oh the loss of the blessed Amīr", etc. Furthermore, they would hide the facts from their fighters. So many examples can be given but I do not wish to prolong this and what I have mentioned in my previous seven chapters is sufficient. Sometimes I would ask basic questions like, "When did he get killed?", "In which town?", "Where were his soldiers and bodyguards?", "Who was with him?", "What happened next?", etc. and these questions would cause anger among the Amīrs I would speak to. A nobody would all of a sudden become a somebody, and when asked for evidence, anger would generate in the faces of the Amīrs. Their anger, over-emotional behaviour and blindness was a bit like the olden days scene of a young sincere kid asking the Church Priest for rational evidences for the Trinity and being criticized for doing so. Wasting The Blood Of The Mujāhidīn: I have noticed that this is a point which everyone talks about and I'm adding it in to hopefully give it its due worth. Jabhat An-Nusrah have no power and no authority in the land they 'control'. Their primary aim is to free the Syrian people from the Regime and kill Assad (or so they say). However when this becomes the only goal, then it becomes an issue. Practically every town and village Jabhat An-Nusrah liberated, they handed over to FSA and other rebel groups to do as they pleased. Jabhat An-Nusrah never implemented the Sharī ah (see chapter 3) and they never reaped the fruits of their jihād.
The blood and sweat of its fighters had no fruit. The blood of the Mujāhidīn was wasted and their sacrifice bore no real benefit to Islām. There was so much good that could have been done yet Jabhat An-Nusrah never gave it any attention. Furthermore, they were not even capable to keep a check on the towns they occupied. No one obeyed them nor did the locals appreciate or aid them. The only aid they got was due to them being the slaves of the people. The local Syrians are known to be ungrateful people who have a strong love for the dunyā, if you save their worldly benefits they would be pleased with you as you saved them from parting from their beloved dunyā. If you ask me evidence to back up my claim then I say my evidence is here in Shām, so come to Shām so you can see what we see. Jabhat An-Nusrah would happily bend over backwards for the local people expecting them to love them back, however the locals just liked them due to their love for the dunyā, not for any other reason. It was a sad state for Jabhat An- Nusrah, the Amīrs and followers would get overly excited thinking the locals loved (سبحانه وتعالى) them. It was all about pleasing the people, not about pleasing Allāh by implementing the Sharī ah. The blood of the Mujāhidīn was wasted and their sacrifices bore no fruits. Jabhat An-Nusrah were not capable to control their areas, and this was due to them not knowing how to and also them not having proper authority in the land. In short, there was no blessing (Ar. Barakah) in any of their works. There was no hope in them ever having power in the land even though they tried so hard to gain the people's love. No one listened to them nor obeyed them. It was literally, "Thank you for removing Bashar's men from our town, now move on!" and Jabhat An- Nusrah would get happy thinking the locals were on their side all the way. A Sad reality indeed. No Izzah In Jabhat An-Nusrah: Jabhat An-Nusrah was a group who had no honor (Ar. Izzah). When they requested something from the townsfolk, no one obeyed them. The women would walk the streets not dressed according to the Law of Allāh وتعالى) (سبحانه and they had no shame nor respect for Jabhat An-Nusrah. Men would smoke in front of Jabhat An- Nusrah members and no one could say anything to them. I remember an incident when me and about 4 other brothers were walking the streets of Atmah (a Jabhat An-Nusrah area) and we saw a Syrian man smoking. I spoke to the brothers saying that we should advise the guy of the consequences of smoking in this life and the next yet no one budged. When we went back to our safe-house, I also spoke to the Amīr and he 'advised' me not to forbid them. How strange that a group of 5 brothers from Jabhat An-Nusrah with guns could not stop a single man from smoking. WAllāhi Jabhat An-Nusrah had no power, no authority and no honor in the land. When I had come to Dawlah, I remember once I was in a shop and a small kid the age of six or seven approached me and told me how a group of men were smoking around the corner. At the time I was very tired but the kid held me by my hand and took me around the corner. When I saw the group of men (there were about six or
seven of them), they looked at me and quickly hid their cigarettes. I asked them if anyone was smoking and they all gave me their cigarettes as well as the boxes they had in their pockets. At the time I didn t even have my gun on me, yet these five men who were bigger than me in age, size and number all submitted themselves humbly and acknowledged the authority of Dawlah. Compare the two scenarios. In Jabhat An-Nusrah we were five brothers with guns who could not stop a single man from smoking, yet here in Dawlah I was walking alone without a gun and I had confiscated the cigarettes off six or seven men with ease. Jabhat An-Nusrah had no 'Izzah. They were a group who could not do the most basic tasks of running a country. Here in Dawlah when the locals are told about a prohibition, they accept the authority and dominance of Dawlah, yet in Jabhat An-Nusrah when they told the locals about anything they would just ignore it and if Jabhat An-Nusrah started to show signs of being in authority then the locals would revolt against them. Compare the two and realize that there is no izzah in Jabhat An-Nusrah controlled areas. Jabhat An-Nusrah Is Not What It Used To Be: During the spring of the jihād in Syria, Dawlah had sent Jawlāni to Shām with weapons and men to fight off Assad's forces. As this was the group that was stemming from an Islāmic State, all the pious brothers who had real love for the Sharī ah joined Jabhat An-Nusrah. Back then Jabhat An-Nusrah was in fact Dawlah, but in a different name. During this time period, many brothers would implement the Shar ī ah and many criminals would be punished. All the videos one can find of Jabhat An-Nusrah doing such tasks are from these days prior to Jawlāni's betrayal. Then when Dawlah had come on the scene with its own name, many from Jabhat An-Nusrah left and joined Dawlah, especially those who knew all the politics of what had happened. However, the good reputation Jabhat An-Nusrah had back then was still fresh in the minds of many, and this is what caused many sincere brothers to still join Jabhat An-Nusrah when they came to Shām due to them being unaware of the hidden realities. During this period, the fitnah of Jawlāni's betrayal was kept undisclosed due to the wish that Jawlāni would rectify his ways. However, as the months went by and events of the Sahawāt unfolded, the real nature of Jawlāni and the Amīrs of Jabhat An-Nusrah came to surface. During this time period there was an influx in the number of brothers leaving Jabhat An-Nusrah and coming within the ranks of Dawlah. Yet it's sad to hear of brothers outside of Sh ām not knowing anything of these events and still clinging to old Jabhat An-Nusrah videos falsely believing that Jabhat An-Nusrah are as they were in the early days. From all the people I knew in Jabhat An-Nusrah, I can easily say that 80% or more are now in Dawlah. When I was new to Dawlah, I would bump into someone I knew from Jabhat An-Nusrah after every few weeks. So many brothers were flooding into Dawlah and leaving Jabhat An- Nusrah, to the extent that Jabhat An-Nusrah has now been left with so few
numbers that they have had to retreat from so many towns and villages they once had. Jabhat An-Nusrah played the role of silent devils when FSA and the other rebel groups attacked Dawlah, so we can easily say it was also because of Jabhat An- Nusrah that Dawlah was forced to retreat from the towns that were under its control, and now the same has backfired on Jabhat An-Nusrah. Because of Jabhat An-Nusrah, Dawlah was shrinking in size inside Shām, and now the same has backfired upon them. Because of Jabhat An-Nusrah, Dawlah got stabbed in the back, and now the same has backfired on them. Every crime Jabhat An-Nusrah silently aided against Dawlah has backfired upon them. Now no one is left in Jabhat An-Nusrah except a very few number of Muhājirīn. Everyone has left and only the Syrians are remaining. I'm not saying there is something wrong with the Syrians as a population, however if you come to Shām you will realize whether the presence of the local Syrians in one's ranks actually holds weight. Jabhat An-Nusrah is not what it used to be, and this should not be a shock to the readers as many men in Islāmic history were once good people, yet after some time they slipped and turned corrupt. And the greatest example is Iblīs himself. He was from among the most pious of Jinns, so much so that Allāh وتعالى) (سبحانه raised his rank and included him among the Angels. And who today can reach a level of īmān and worship such that Allāh وتعالى) (سبحانه will raise him up to accompany the Angels? Yet Iblīs did it, his piety was like no other Jinn, however as time went on, his pure heart became hard and his sins overtook him, so much so that he has now become the lowest of the low! Allāh وتعالى) (سبحانه informed us of the state of Iblīs as an example for us to take heed from. Never assume that a pious person or group will always remain upright. Nay, the hearts are between the fingers of Al-Rahmān and He turns them as He pleases. Not only that, but Jabhat An-Nusrah has become infiltrated with so many bad and corrupt people who have taken on the role of Amīrs (as well as foot soldiers). The evil men have taken deep root inside their structure and hierarchy to an extent that even those who remain in Jabhat An-Nusrah and wish to leave are subjected to imprisonment and torture (I personally know of a few such brothers, one example is that of Abū Muthanna Misrī who was held in an underground prison by Jabhat An-Nusrah after they found out that he was planning to come to Dawlah). The Sad Reality: After all I have witnessed here in Sh ām, it saddens me greatly how my brothers outside of Shām (and in the west to be specific) react to what we narrate about the realities of Shām. It saddens me how brothers in the west who know nothing about Jabhat an- Nusrah yet speak as if Jabhat An-Nusrah are the best people in Shām. It saddens me how brothers in the west are blinded by the old jihādi videos that Jabhat An-Nusrah produced (as most, if not all of the old brothers are either now in
Dawlah or are martyred). It saddens me how brothers in the west claim to know more about the realities on the ground as compared to those of us here who are living the events. It saddens me how the brothers in the west claim to have a better insight on the events as they are not 'trapped in the fitnah', as they claim. It saddens me how the brothers in the west think they know everything about a land they have not even visited nor know anything about. It saddens me how the brothers in the west speak as if they are experts on what is happening inside Shām. It saddens me how the brothers in the west try to give 'da wah' to the Mujāhidīn, da wah which lacks knowledge and foresightedness, stemming from ignorance of current affairs. It saddens me how the brothers in the west believe they are safe in Dār Al-Kufr and we are stuck in fitnah in Dār Al- Islām. It saddens me how the brothers in the west believe they have escaped the 'fitnah' that we are apparently stuck in. It saddens me how the brothers in the west claim we are blind and know nothing about what is happening here in Shām. It saddens me how brothers in the west claim we are confused and don t know what is happening in front of our very own eyes. It saddens me how the brothers in the west tell me what I should do, while they sit in comfort behind their computers believing unverified news. It saddens me how the brothers in the west claim to be critical thinkers and wellwishers while basing their conclusions of western-backed, filtered media. It saddens me how the brothers in the west have taken on the role of the Munāfiqīn in spreading every bad thing they hear of the Muj āhidīn. It saddens me how the brothers in west are deluded into thinking they are doing good for Islām by criticizing us. It saddens me how my brothers have given up the path of jih ād and have chosen to live the life of women. Glad tidings to you, O woman, for sitting at home while we fight jih ād and kill the enemies of Islām. Glad tidings to you for taking the 'safe' option and abandoning jihād! Closing Words: This is what I have to mention about the reasons I left Jabhat An-Nusrah. I initially wrote these at eight separate articles, however due to the popularity of these
articles and for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, I decided to compile it in a book form. I intend to update this in the future with a few extra chapters, however due to time limitations and me not knowing when I will attain martyrdom, I decided to publish this as it is in hope of benefitting my brothers. If anyone has any feedback or questions about my experience in Jabhat An-Nusrah, feel free to contact me on my Kik mentioned below and hopefully I will add the beneficial questions in the next version of this book in the Question & Answer section at the end. And all praise is due to Allāh, Lord of all the worlds. Abū Sa'eed Al-Britānī (Kik: shaykh.anwar) Al-Bāb, Shām. 28/08/1436 (Corresponding to 15/06/15)