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‎⁦ #free_nasr_alfhd⁩ ‎⁧ #ناصر_الفهد⁩ ‎I often find myself remembering the special Shuyūkh whom I loved for the sake of Allah, never letting a single day pass without making duʿāʾ for them repeatedly throughout the day. Foremost among those I mention after my parents is ḥabīb al-qalb, al-Shaykh al-Imām Nāṣir al-Fahd — فكَّ اللهُ بالعزِّ أسره. ‎I reminisce about the days of daʿwah we spent together, recalling the statement of Imām Aḥmad — may Allah have mercy on him — “إذا مات أصدقاء الرجل ذلّ” — “When a man’s friends die, he becomes humbled.” At times, I find myself extending its meaning in my heart: when a man’s friends die or are imprisoned, he becomes humbled. ‎Over the years, I often longed to read those letters again, though I had assumed they had all been confiscated during repeated raids in which digital devices, papers, and entire collections of belongings were seized. In many of those raids, they would even leaf through every book in my library, leaving the shelves emptied and the volumes scattered across the floor. ‎Weeks ago, however, I was overwhelmed with joy to discover that I had once printed one of his letters and used it as a bookmark in a notebook. ‎The Shaykh — فكَّ اللهُ بالعزِّ أسره — went out of his way to send me several letters from prison, written with ink made from a mixture of coffee and water, and a straw used as a pen. The first of those letters was the one attached here, sent after he learned of my release from prison. It contained words of encouragement and support the like of which, at that time, I had heard from no one outside my own family. For that alone, apart from his many other favors, I don't believe I could ever make enough duʿāʾ for him. ‎Having no close companion besides my father — may Allah grant him a long life filled with righteous deeds — I often find comfort in the companionship of Shaykh Nāṣir — فكَّ اللهُ بالعزِّ أسره — by returning to his books during quiet moments. I keep them within arm’s reach wherever I sit; they bring solace to my heart, and I never tire of reading them. ‎Rediscovering this letter brought even greater comfort, especially at a time like this. ‎May Allah keep him and his brothers steadfast upon the ḥaqq, hasten their release with honour, and grant us the joy of seeing them as imams leading this ummah sooner rather than later. ‎May Allah humiliate those who imprisoned them and those who rejoice in their imprisonment and oppression, and reunite us with them in al-Firdaws. ‎Ahmad Musa Jibril ‎4 Dhul-Ḥijjah 1447 AH ‎✍️**A Letter from Shaykh Nāṣir  — فكَّ اللهُ بالعزِّ أسره —** ‎From Nasser bin Hamad Al-Fahd to the two noble brothers and virtuous Shaykhs, Musa bin Jibril and his son Ahmad, may Allah protect them from every evil and grant them success in every good. Amin. ‎Salāmun ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh. To proceed: ‎Indeed, I praise Allah to you, the One besides whom there is no deity, and I ask Him, Glorified be He, that this letter reaches you while you are in goodness and well-being. News of you reached me through (******) — may Allah grant him success — and I was pleased with the state you are now upon [i.e., the da‘wah you are engaged in], and praise belongs to Allah. ‎Whatever has befallen you of trials is the path of the prophets and the righteous reformers. ‎I ask Allah, Glorified be He, to make what has afflicted you an elevation in your ranks and an expiation for your sins, and to make us and you steadfast upon the firm word in this worldly life and the Hereafter. ‎And I give you glad tidings that we, along with all the brothers in the prisons, are in a tremendous blessing that reminds us of the statement of Shaykh al-Islam — may Allah have mercy on him — during his final imprisonment in the Citadel: “If I were given the equivalent of this Citadel filled with gold, it would not equal for me the gratitude I owe for this blessing.” ‎Convey my greetings to all the brothers with you, and may Allah preserve you. ‎Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah. ‎Al-Ha’ir Prison, ‎20 Rabīʿ al-Thānī 1434 AH

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For more info: Biography of our Noble, Al-'Alim al-Mujāhid al-Jalīl Shaykh Nāsir bin Hamad al-Fahd [ثبته الله] Adapted from a biography written by at-Tibyan Publications and by a biography written by his son Mus'ab Ibn Nasir al-Fahd https://justpaste.it/ShaykhNasirAlFhd Video [Bio & Torture in Saudi Prison] https://youtu.be/1mlcP9IyBsM

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When I used to call Shaykh Ḥamūd al-'Uqlā, may Allāh سبحانه و تعالى raise his rank in Jannah, he constantly would express so much love for Shaykh Nāṣir. And I can't say for sure, because Allāh knows best but I believe—because I contacted him to the very last days of his life— I believe that Shaykh Nāṣir was possibly his favorite student. And Allāh knows best In one of Shaykh Nāṣir's daring letters from prison, Shaykh Nāṣir said: "Contrive anything you may wish against me, and give me no respite. Conspire against me without delay. If you have anything more than crucifixion and killing, then bring it up. ولست أبالي حين أقتل مسلماً على أيّ جنبٍ, كان في الله مصرعي I don't care when I'm being killed as a Muslim, in which way I die for the sake of Allāh وَذَلِكَ فِي ذَاتِ الإِلَهِ وَإِنْ يَشَأْ يُبَارِكْ عَلَى أَوْصَالِ شِلْوٍ مُمَزَّعِ Because this is for Allah's Sake and if He wishes, He will bless my torn limbs and broken joints." When we take on the task of Da'wāh, especially during times like this, we already know our lives and freedom and honor are at stake. In fact, we would be astonished not to be treated with hostility. Sometimes it gets to the point where you need to enlighten the enemies that there's nothing they can do to harm you. And there's nothing that they can do that you don't expect, because we know our enemies. Shaykh Nāṣir mentioned in that same letter, the same quote Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned: “What can my enemies do to me? My Paradise is in my heart, it goes with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion, to send me into exile is to send me away in the path of Allāh, and to kill me is to make me a martyr.” We ask Allāh سبحانه و تعالى to delight our eyes with his release because his specific condition, and conditions like his melt every heart, if that heart has any Islām and Imān in it. —Causes of Istighfar Shaykh Ahmad Jibril lecture 1

After 2003, it reached to me that he read Fatāwah Ibn Taymiyyah 6 more times and authored an 800 lines poem, a matn outlining Ibn Taymiyyah's principles in Usūl al-Fiqh and his principles in Usūl at-Tafsīr. He has books responding to Murji'ah and Rāfidah, and principles of Takfīr and on the sciences of Hadīth. He is a Muḥaddith in every sense of the word. An 'Ālim in Ilal al-Ḥadīth. Ilal al-Ḥadīth is referred to hidden, unappeased reasons where a Ḥadīth can be classified as weak even though it may appear authentic. He even has a book on the lineage of his tribe: al-Asā'idah which became a reference on that topic. The Shaykh's lineage goes back to Al Asā'idah, the tribe of Ḥalīmah as-Sa'diyyah who nursed the Messenger ﷺ. And al-Asā'idah are considered the maternal uncles of the Messenger ﷺ by way of nursing. The Shaykh compiled a book on the names of families belonging to that tribe and even though it's more of a lifeless topic, he actually pumped life into it and made it a very interesting read. We lost contact, meaning we lost contact with each other for some time and I later found out that it was because he travelled to Madīnah from his hometown Riyād when he heard there was an order to apprehend him. And later on, he was apprehended even in Madīnah and not long after that, I myself was taken to prison as well. There are few letters or booklets released in intervals where we lost communication that were not sent to me, and I can't testify if they were his or not, because we can only bear witness and testify to what we are sure of, especially in matters like this. After I was released from prison, I was contacted by those who are in direct contact with him in prison, and he sent me a personal letter and a few of the books that he wrote in prison, in order to publish and circulate them. And one of them is this book that we are going to go over إن شاء الله. He also responded to a question I asked which was to set a curriculum for students of 'ilm which I plan to teach إن شاء الله and he responded Jazāhullāh Khayr and I believe it's translated in to English as well.

His work greatly resembles the style of Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله, and سبحان الله they both have in common that they wrote volumes from memory while they were both in prison. And I said something about Shaykh Nāṣir sometime ago which in reality I took from Ibn Daqiq al-'Id ash-Shāfi'ī when he said about Ibn Taymiyyah, when he first met him. And I say it not only from my first-hand knowledge of matters pertaining to Shaykh Nāṣir, but his writings prove it and more so, his writings from prison. And Allāh سبحانه و تعالى knows best. Ibn Daqiq al-'Id said: 'when I met Ibn Taymiyyah رحمهم الله جميعا. I met a man who had all the sciences of knowledge before his eyes. Meaning; everything was in his mind. He takes that which he wishes and he leaves that which he wishes.' His guards, Shaykh Nāṣir's guards says that he sleeps only for four hours and spends the rest of his day between 'Ibādāh, reading and writing. I personally find his writings extremely enchanting and very captivating. So captivating to me that I read most, if not all of his books many times over and over. In fact, some of his books I've read more than 20 times. You escape with his books to the days of the salaf and righteous 'Ulamāh, the courageous 'Ulamāh that we yearn for without leaving the comfort of our homes. When he writes on a topic, he masters it. May Allāh increase him. And when he writes on contemporary issues or refutes, it's airtight and he leaves his opponents no room to substantially respond or to breathe. He did so with Youssef Qaradhāwi when he was popular and his ideology was spreading. He responded to him numerous times until a character names Walīd ibn Hādī, a retired judge from Qatar, he called out Shaykh Nāṣir for a debate in 1999. Walīd ibn Hādī called Shaykh out and he told him what I'm going to do with you and the debate will make a child's hair turn great. I remember that statement and he said, bring your shroud with you and be ready. Four years after his release in '99, he was re-arrested again in 2003 and he has been in prison since then.

Shaykh AMJ about Shaykh Nasir al-Fahd: Last time I spoke about him, I mentioned some of his prison conditions and some of the torture he endures. I mentioned some of his Shuyūkh and I stated that he memorized the 9 books of Ḥadīth and 20 essential books on various topics. And after that it reached me that he memorized even more than the 20 books I mentioned. I also said he authored 65 books in prison and it reached to me that it's well beyond 85 now and drastically growing. Allāhumma Bārik Lahū. Within this book that we are about to go over إن شاء الله, he refers to unpublished books that he wrote in prison. One of them for example is, responding to 'Ulamāh who consider it a sin for men to wear clothe below the ankle if it's for show off only. Meaning, they stipulate it's only prohibited if it's for show off. He responded to those 'Ulamāh as he states, —he also has another book he refers to that's unpublished and he wrote while he was in prison pertaining to Shirk al-Khafī, which is hidden shirk like show off and specifically he states that it pertains to show off as it pertains to students of knowledge in du'ā. It's extremely difficult to write in prison because of the conditions one is put in, because there is physical and mental torture, one lacks peace of mind. In Shaykh Nāṣir Al Fahd's case, sometimes they blast music near his cell as a method of torture. Sometimes the hard work in writing in pens and pencils are taken, so he may need to write with ink made of coffee and a straw —among other forms of hostility that they practice against captives. When Allāh سبحانه و تعالى preserves high lofty ranks near him in Jannah for some of his Awliyā that he loves, but their deeds couldn't be sufficient to take them to those high high levels. Allāh may choose for his Awliyā trials in Shahādah in this Dunyāh as means to attain those high ranks near Him with the sealing of their palaces the 'Arsh of Allāh سبحانه و تعالى. We ask Allāh that Shaykh Nāṣir be among those. And at the same time I ask Allāh سبحانه و تعالى to ease his hardship and suffering and that He keeps him steadfast and firm as we know him. A major obstacle in writing in prison above all that which I mentioned is that you don't have the references that you need —and you are in dire need of when writing books. They may allow some books, but a student of 'ilm needs a great vast variety of books when writing. Shaykh Nāṣir's wife, (May Allāh سبحانه و تعالى honour her) circulated a picture of his vast library some time ago. Sometimes you look up a detail, or you want to do the simple task of researching the authenticity of a Ḥadīth, and that leads to a research in numerous volumes from different titles. Especially when you are a mujtahid in such matters and he is. But Allāh سبحانه و تعالى blessed him with a great memory to write so many books with so little, if any references. May Allāh سبحانه و تعالى grant him Barakāh.

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Shaykh Nāsir al-Fahd [ثبته الله] Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril: In a very secretive ongoing trial, the Saudi government has moved to appeal the 31 year sentence Shaykh Nasir al-Fahd received in 1435/2014, and now they have requested for his execution. Very few people know about this development and not many raise awareness regarding this allamah and his brothers. [Muharram 17, 1443] For more info: Biography of our Noble, Al-'Alim al-Mujāhid al-Jalīl Shaykh Nāsir bin Hamad al-Fahd [ثبته الله] Adapted from a biography written by at-Tibyan Publications and by a biography written by his son Mus'ab Ibn Nasir al-Fahd https://justpaste.it/ShaykhNasirAlFhd Video [Bio & Torture in Saudi Prison] https://youtu.be/1mlcP9IyBsM #فكوا_أسر_العلماء_في_السعودية #Free_Saudi_Scholars

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