[Qoute]Boko Haram members said
though Allah enjoins them to
fight enemies and infidels, He
also enjoins them to accept
dialogue whenever requested.
The video was in Hausa and
Arabic languages but was
subtitled in English.
The spokesman of the sect’s
Shurah committee, Muhammad
Lawan dan Sulaiman, said it had
become pertinent for the sect to
“bend towards dialogue with the
government as a reference to
Allah’s injunction”.
He said continuing to fight under
the prevailing condition would
amount to arrogance as that
would neither make the weaker
stronger nor make the stronger
weaker.
According to him, “it is
permissible to reach peace
accord and lay down arms with
reparation to or against us
because of the Allah’s saying
when you turn to peace, turn to
it with completeness and depend
on Allah”.
He said: “Thanks to Allah the
Most High who enjoined us to
fight enemies and the infidels
who also enjoined us to answer
the call to dialogue with the
infidels and the enemies
whenever they request for that.
Praise also to the Noble Prophet
of Allah Muhammad whom
peace is upon him and his
companions and those who
fellow them in good faith up to
the day of resurrection.
“We are indeed surprise with the
visit paid to us by a dialogue
committee set up by the Federal
Government of Nigeria. More
surprised, the committee met us
in prison custody and explained
to us reasons for their visit and
also asked four fundamental
questions. First, is it possible to
dialogue and reach peaceful
resolution of the conflict
between our brothers and the
federal government who are
engaged in fighting? Second,
which way is the dialogue going
to follow?
Third, which assistance those of
us in detention would give in
realisation of that? Fourth, what
assistance do the detainees need
to facilitate the dialogue?
“My response is as follows, with
the hope that it is in accordance
with Allah’s injunction: Indeed,
dialogue between the jihadists
and the government is possible.
This is because dialogue is well
rooted in Islam as Allah says in
the chapter of Anfal in the
Quran that “if they turn to
peaceful coexistence, you also
should follow suit, you should
also depend on Allah. Indeed,
He is all-hearing and all-
knowing. Alhafiz Ibn Kharhik said
if they turn to dialogue, you
should accept to do it’. It was
based on these that when the
pagans sought ceasefire for 10
years with the Holy Prophet in
the year the treaty of
Hudaibiyyah, the Prophet
accepted to their terms, and that
it was.
“Ha’ad said there are lots of
benefits in heeding to call in the
verse which instructed the
prophet to positively respond to
other party’s call for dialogue as
quoted above. Some of the
benefits include forgiveness is
desirable at all times. So, if they
approach you first, is better up
to the point where he said: ‘what
is feared in dialogue is
treachery’. But in this, Allah went
on to say it is sufficient for the
Muslims and if the infidels
embark on any deceit, it will
boomerang. Abdullahi Bin
Mas’ud said, ‘you regard the
conquest of Markkah from
infidelity as the greatest
achievement and is considered
the treaty of Hudaibiyya as the
key that opens Makkah’.
“Jibrin bin Abdullahi also said a
similar thing. Raka’u bin Malik
also said the treaty of Hudaibiyya
is key to conquest of Makkah. In
view of the authorities quoted
and several others similar to
them, it is pertinent for brothers,
the Jihadists, to bend towards
dialogue with the government as
a reference to Allah’s injunction.
In the verse mentioned earlier,
moreover, also, Allah said it is
not proper for the believers to
follow their desire if Allah and
his apostle decide on matter.
May Allah help us.
“Here are opinions of scholars
on the matter of the questions.
Imam Ibn Kayyum Al-Auza’I, in
his book Zadul-Ma’ad Fi Hadyi
Khairil Ibad, after espousing a
chapter on the treaty of
Hudaibiyyah set a new chapter
on the benefit of the treaty.
Among them include its validity.
The fact that the pagans and
transgressors ask for any matter
which remains within the domain
of the creator, the believers
should accept the request even if
they stood on the way to the
realisation of their goal, so long
as it will not lead to the greatest
sin. This is one of the most
difficult moments for the
companions of the prophet.
“Ibn Kayyum also said it is
incumbent on a leader to take
advantage of any window that
will bring peace for the people.
He should not even wait to be
approached. Reaching peace
with non-believers is lawful so
long as it will bring relief to
believers. Peace accord, he said,
has multiple advantages to
believers. Also, the treaty of
Hudaibiyyah which legalised
repatriation of believers who
migrated to the unbelievers as
well as the class which prohibited
repatriation of deserters
excluding women was accepted
though unfavourable to Muslims.
Further benefit of treaty
Hudaibiyyah which followed the
conquest of Makkah was the
cessation of hostility for 10 years
and cessation could go beyond
the 10 years if the need arose
particularly when the people are
at weak point.
“Al-Sheik Yusuf Alqadawi said in
his book, Fiqh al Jihad, is
foolhardy for Muslims to wait
until when they are offered
powers by enemies before
making conciliation particularly
when it is imminent that the
enemy is far stronger and that
they cannot match them. It will
amount to arrogance that if
when continues fight under the
prevailing condition, a situation
which will not make the weaker
stronger, nor the stronger
weaker. If the Muslim leadership
reviews the situation and
foresees the danger in the
continuation of the war, then it
has to be stopped even without
the prompting of the enemy.
This is exactly what our leader,
Muhammad Yusuf, did when he
saw the situation deteriorating
then. Allah is the best of judges.
“Finally, I hope my fellow
brothers who claimed to align
themselves with the movement
of Muhammad Yusuf will come
to reason with the citations made
from the scriptures. They should
also see beyond their eyes, the
condition of the religion and the
people under the present
circumstance and embrace
peace. It is indeed evident
enough. Praise is to Allah and
His messenger and peace be
unto you all.
“Your brothers in Islam,
Muhammd Lawan dan Sulaiman,
Abdul-Auza’i, Al-Darnawo, Al-
Maliki.”
Addressing State House
correspondents after the video
was seen, the chairman of the
Presidential Committee on
Dialogue and Peaceful
Resolution of Security Challenges
in the North, Tanimu Turaki, said
the two-week-old video was
showed to prove to Nigerians
that indeed there had been
dialogue between his committee
and the Boko Haram’ shura
committee.
Turaki, who is also the Minister
of Special Duties, said: “Boko
Haram is a very disciplined group
which respects seniority” and it is
strongly believed that upon
watching the video and hearing
the Shura members in their own
words, field operatives of the
group would recognise their
leaders and be bound to
embrace dialogue. It is
incumbent on all true muslims to
accept dialogue. They (Shura
members) have called on their
members and Muslims to give
peace a chance.
Turaki said his committee was
still making efforts towards
meeting another set of senior
leaders of the sect, and a
splinter group - Ansaru.
On the reported death of the
leader of the sect, Abubakar
Shekau, Turaki said his
committee had not confirmed it,
noting that there was no clear
nexus between the sect’s shura
committee and the second-in-
command with whom the
government reportedly secured
an earlier peace deal, “or with
Shekau who is yet to be
personally reached.”
He however stressed that even if
Shekau had been killed,
“dialogue continues”.
The minister also noted that his
committee had no mandate to
pay compensation to victims of
the terrorist attacks, but would
advise the government on how
to bring succour to them
(victims).
Turaki, who said a list of the
victims as well as the
circumstances surrounding their
loss would be compiled,
maintained that the extension of
time-frame given to the
committee (November 24, 2013)
would be met.
According to him, it may not be
possible that dialogue with every
single leader will have been
reached by the end of the
committee’s work, but a
framework for further work will
be handed over to the
government.
Turaki said: “We are just coming
in from visitation in furtherance
of our civilities from Gombe and
Bauchi States. We just heard like
every other Nigerians about the
alleged death of Shekau. Now,
we know Col. Sagir Musa very
well and we’ve a lot of
interactions with him in the
course of our visit to Borno
State. When the information was
broken by members of the press,
we tried to get in touch with, but
we’ve not succeeded yet. Of
course, quite understandably,
there is no network service in the
state and we are just coming in.
So, we have not been able to
take time from where we are to
make inquiries as far as that
issue raised is concerned.
“What you watched is a video
clip of some members of the
Jama’atul Ahli Sunnat Nida’atul
Waljihad who have sat down in
Shura, the highest decision-
making body, and analysed from
purely Islamic perspectives,
taking into account the clear and
unambiguous provisions of the
Holy Qur’an and taking also into
account, the teachings and
fundamentally, the practices of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) on the issue of dialogue
and peaceful reconciliation,
strengthening submissions again
with the works of other Islamic
scholars globally who have had
cause in their lifetimes to also
make research and came on with
a lot of literature supporting the
cause on dialogue and stating
the parameters ad condition
under which dialogue
can take place.[/quote].

in my openion. to discourage other group from taking such staps boko haram ought to be crushed.

Brb..