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Peace be upon you, brothers and sisters. Those who are truly in danger are not the prisoners in the occupation’s prisons—if they are killed unjustly, we believe that what God has in store for them is better than the humiliation and betrayal they endure now. We are the ones in danger if we fail to support the prisoners to the best of our ability.
What the Muslim world is facing amid the current state of war, I believe, is partly a consequence of abandoning Gaza, and what is to come will be far worse. If we wish to protect ourselves, we must support the prisoners who now face imminent execution and defend Al-Aqsa, which stands on the brink of destruction after prolonged closure.
Events have shown that the closure of even a single strait or a partial disruption in energy production can send shockwaves and cause chaos across the globe. The Muslim world possesses both of these vulnerabilities. This is not a matter of "there is nothing we can do." If there were even a sincere intention, these could be used as leverage.
So what of those who not only abandoned Gaza but actively aided its enemies, leading to the capture of its people? Everyone will pay the price according to their position and capacity—rulers and subjects alike—whether through negligence, betrayal, or complicity.
The prisoners are the nation’s capital. The occupation has held them captive for years—some for decades—only to now seek to execute them, aiming to erase their memory from our souls and extinguish our will to resist and reclaim our rights from them. Thus, the occupation’s greatest victory in this matter would be for us to forget the prisoners.
Do not wait for tragedy to strike—do not wait for them to be killed before we sing their praises and compose elegies in their memory. If the hypocritical global media ignores their plight, then you must revive their cause. Share their stories so the world knows that our prisoners are more precious than theirs.
We have seen how the media was obsessed with the health of their (dead) prisoners who emerged from tunnels, prompting nations to mobilize their most lethal weapons against Gaza, slaughtering without discrimination between women, children, or the elderly. Where are the rights of the child, which they claim to uphold, for the three hundred and fifty children—by their own definition—who are also prisoners? Where are the rights of the women whose suffering these organizations ignore, turning a blind eye to the plight of fifty-three female prisoners? These are false and hypocritical claims. How can they remain silent and blind when they are complicit in the crime?
Revive the stories of our prisoners. Make them a topic of your gatherings. Mention their names and research their stories: Who are they? How did they sacrifice? What did they sacrifice? Why did they act as they did? Take pride in them, for this will spite the enemy who seeks to kill their ideals in us and in generations to come.
Revive the story of the man now at the top of the execution list—the one who fiercely defended God’s sanctities and struck those who insulted God with severe punishment. God chose him to be a thorn in the side of the occupation for years until they captured him, still holding his head high. His story is preserved in the book he wrote himself, Amir al-Dhil (Prince of Shadows).
Revive the stories of our prisoners as a tribute to the people of Gaza and its martyrs—so we believe—who paid with their blood to free them and to free Al-Aqsa. Some prisoners have been freed, while others remain. Revive their cause so that they may know their nation has not and will not forget them, that their sacrifices were not in vain, and that there are those who will continue to support the cause they fought for.
Revive their stories so that our children learn that a Muslim does not forget their Muslim brother. No matter how weak this nation becomes, it does not belittle its sons and heroes. Remember that freeing the captive (fakk al-‘ani)—liberating a prisoner—is among the greatest religious obligations and one of the most beloved acts to God the Almighty. Let us strive for this to the best of our ability, even if all some of us can do is keep their cause alive and pray for them.
Be their voice today so that God may be with you in your distress tomorrow. We ask God to protect our prisoners and the journey of our Prophet, peace be upon him, and to help us support the prisoners and those who are exiled. May He not subject us to the punishment of abandoning them.
And peace be upon you, and God’s mercy.