Sudanese Shaykh Calls Somali President Sharif Ahmad`s Mandate `Invalid`
By Shaykh Abu Khabab al-Sudani
Wednesday,February 28, 2009

 
Somalia`s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed arrives for a news conference at the police headquarters in Mogadishu February 9, 2009.

On 16 February, a forum participant posted to a jihadist website a statement entitled "Statement on the Invalidity of Sharif Ahmad`s Mandate" written by Shaykh Abu Khabab al-Sudani,one of the leaders of Ansar al-Tawhid and Sunnah in Sudan, in which he demonstrated that Shaykh Sharif Ahmad`s mandate in Somalia is invalid. Abu Khabab listed many reasons for the invalidity of Shaykh Sharif`s mandate, among them that he fled when the Ethiopians invaded Somalia, that there is an allegiance to the Amir Shaykh Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, and because it took place by the blessing and the approval of the "Zionists and the Crusaders" and their "quislings among the apostate Arab tyrants" who hold the reins in the land of Islam, in addition to other reasons. The writer relied on many Koranic verses to verify each point he stated.

A translation of the statement follows:

"In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

"Praise be to God, and prayers and peace be upon the last prophet.

"Statement on the Invalidity of the Mandate of Sharif Ahmad

"There is no doubt that the mandate bestowed by the Crusader West and its quislings among the apostate Arab tyrants upon Sharif Ahmad, who was in the recent past a mujahid in the path of Almighty God, is false. Today he became a hypocritical tyrant who implements the schemes of the Crusader West that aim at destroying jihad for the sake of Almighty God and fighting all those who achieve the doctrine of allegiance and enmity until they accomplish their desire to humiliate Muslims, loot their wealth, and blur their religious identity, so that they can be easy prey in the hands of the dirty Zionists and the Crusaders. No doubt this mandate is clearly invalid because it contradicts the Shari`ah of Almighty God in 10 points, and each of them alone invalidates this mandate; let alone when they all came together at the same time!

"They are as follows:

"1. This mandate is invalid because there is an allegiance to another amir, Shaykh Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr, may God protect him. The prophet, prayers and peace be upon him, said: `If a bay`ah (oath of allegiance) is taken for two khaleefahs (caliphs),kill the latter of them` (Hadith).

"2. This mandate is invalid as the previous mandate of its owner was taken away when he escaped at the beginning of the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia. Almighty God said: `If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop of his own- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed` (Koranic verse; Al-Anfal 8:16). The prophet, prayers and peace be upon him, said: `A commander of the Muslims is a shield for them. They fight behind him and they are protected by him from tyrants and aggressors` (Hadith).

"3. This mandate is invalid because it took place without the approval of the important monotheists and people of jihad, but took place through the members of Parliament, who are originally apostates because they accepted the polytheists` secular laws and applied it during the mandate of the previous apostate president. Almighty God said: `They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah` (Koranic verse; Al-Tawbah 9:31), and Almighty God said: `nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever` (Koranic verse; Al-Kahf 18:26), and Almighty God said: `He hath commanded that ye worship none but Him` (Koranic verse; Yusuf 12:40). `What! have they partners in godhead, who have established for them some religion without the permission of Allah`(Koranic verse; Al-Shura 42:21).

"4. This mandate is invalid because it took place through the blessing and the approval of the Crusaders, the Zionists, and their quislings of the apostate tyrants, who hold the reins in the land of Islam. Almighty God said: `Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: `The Guidance of Allah,-that is the only Guidance.` Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither Protector nor helper against Allah` (Koranic verse; Al-Baqarah 2:120).

"5. This mandate is invalid because it took place after Sharif Ahmad and his colleagues recognized the infidel democracy and the invalid multi-party system. Almighty God said:` And be not ye among those who join gods with Allah,- Those who split up their Religion, and become mere Sects,- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself` (Koranic verse; Al-Rum 30:31,32).

"6. This mandate is invalid because its owner promised close relations with the enemies of Islam, such as America, Europe, the United Nations, Ethiopia and the rest of the atheist and tyrannical countries. Almighty God said: `ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them for friendship is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust` (Koranic verse; Al-Ma`idah 5:51). Almighty God said: `Your real friends are no less than Allah, His Messenger, and the fellowship of believers,- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly in worship. As to those who turn for friendship to Allah, His Messenger, and the fellowship of believers, it is the fellowship of Allah that must certainly triumph. O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye Allah, if ye have faith indeed`(Koranic verses; Al-Ma`idah 5:55,56,57).

"7. This mandate is invalid because it took place after Sharif Ahmad waived the doctrine of non-belief in the tyrant, which only validates faith after you start with it. Almighty God said: `Whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things` (Koranic verse; Al-Baqarah 2:256). Almighty God said:` Allah is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the patrons are the evil ones: from light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness` (Koranic verse; Al-Baqarah 2:257).

"8. This mandate is invalid because its owner announced war on jihad and the mujahidin. He asked for support from the infidels and atheists to fight the monotheists, who are conducting jihad in the path of Almighty God. Almighty God said: `Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan` (Koranic verse; Al-Nisa 4:176).

"9. This mandate is invalid because its owner agreed to rule according to the tyrants represented by the United Nations, the African Union, and other local and global tyrannical organizations. He did not announce his non-belief or lack of recognition for them. Almighty God said: `Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the revelations that have come to thee and to those before thee? Their real wish is to resort together for judgment in their disputes tothe Evil One, though they were ordered to reject him. But Satan`s wish is to lead them astray far away from the right` (Koranic verse; Al-Nisa 4:60).

"10. This mandate is invalid because its owner has become an infidel and apostate who abandoned Islam because he committed several things that are considered takfiri as we stated above. Almighty God said: `Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to them,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up with false hopes. This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has revealed, `We will obey you in part of this matter`; but Allah knows their inner secrets` (Koranic verses; Muhammad 47: 25, 26)."