September 23, 2002

After finishing the Taliban rule from Afghanistan, America took hold of the country and arrested hundreds of Mujahideen. These Mujahideen were then sent to a prison on the island of Cuba, Guantanamo Bay. America is refraining from presenting these prisoners before any court, nor is America agreeing to give them the status of "Prisoner of War". Furthermore, no one is allowed to meet them, nor are reporters allowed to visit their location. The detainees include citizens from many different countries - the nationalities of all the detainees are still not known fully. This is because America is trying hard to keep the world in the dark regarding these prisoners.

It is heard that Mujahideen from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Australia, Britain and Pakistan are also among the detainees. Therefore, a group of Believers belonging to different countries is imprisoned there - a treasure, a precious group of people, who had participated in Jihad side by side with the Taliban are now imprisoned by America. Along with these countries, some of the leaders of the Taliban are also imprisoned there - these are a people whose only crime is that these courageous souls refused to bend down in the face of American power, and they still refuse, to the point where America has totally failed to make them utter statements in accordance with its own liking.

The international agency, Red Cross International, has delivered letters from three of the Guantanamo Bay detainees to their families. Among them, two of the Mujahideen, Mash'al Awad Sayyaf Harbi and Aaniq Nu'man Ibrahim are residents of Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and

the fear of Allah and remain conscious of their duty to Him. Yusuf Abdullah Saleh sent the message to his family that Allah has lifted his brother Abdul-Malik, who has now achieved his wish. Yusuf sounded very eager in his extremely short letter. While advising his family in his letter, he quoted the following verse of the Quran as a reminder for them:

He further writes: "This is the path where a Believer is tested, and Allah tests the Believers very much. Therefore don't grieve and don't worry. I am okay here. If you want to know about Abdul-Malik, then let me tell you that Allah The Most High has selected him for His Sake and he has achieved a great success. Allah The Most High has accepted your gift to Him and he has reached the goal for which he


the third has been identified as Yusuf Abdullah Saleh Rabeesh.

A weekly journal from England has published these letters. In the letter that Aaniq Ibrahim has written to his brother, he has mentioned that he will soon reach Allah The Most High.

Such a mention shows that Aaniq Ibrahim thinks that his life is about to end. This means that the Americans must have subjected him to very severe torture, as a result of which there is a threat to his life. It is also possible that Aaniq Ibrahim may be faced with being hanged, or being killed due to severe torture, and that he is expressing these possibilities through his letter. Despite all these difficulties and torture, Aaniq Ibrahim advises his family to remain calm and at peace with respect to his present condition. He tells them that he is living in prison with his heart at peace, and advises them to hold on to


yearned. It is my prayer that Allah makes him an intercessor for you all." Yusuf Abdullah further writes that he is in the captivity of the Americans and that he is happy with whatever Allah has willed.

Mash'al Harbi has addressed his mother and brothers in his extremely brief letter, asking about their condition, while mentioning nothing about himself other than that he is okay. He, however, did request them to write back to him as soon as possible.

From these letters we find that they are content with the Will of Allah and are steadfast upon their faith and also advise their families to remain patient and firm on faith. Since truth and falsehood are clearly apart, the three of them considered it unnecessary to write anything referring to their being on the Truth and the Americans' being on the path of Falsehood.

 

 
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