The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has issued a fatwa that Jihad is Fardh Ayn due to the genocide being executed in Gazzah.

Answer

We are not aware of the Fardh Ayn concept of the IUMS. In terms of the Shariah, Fardh Ayn means that an act is compulsory on every Muslim man and woman, e.g. Salaat and Saum. If the IUMS subscribes to this Shar'i meaning, then obviously, the fatwa is erroneous in this particular aspect, that Jihad in the Gazzah scenario cannot be Fardh Ayn for all the 2 billion Muslims of the world is quite obvious.

How will 2 billion Muslim men and women make their way to Gazzah? Assuming by some figment of hallucination, they manage to reach Gazzah whilst all Gazzans are taking refuge and fleeing, what will the 2 billion Muslims do under the sky? Should they stand there to be slaughtered by the merciless bombing from the skies and commit suicide in fulfilment of the alleged Fardh Ayn fatwa? Suicide is never Fardh Ayn.

Furthermore, if the 17 members of the Fatwa Committee of the IUMS really believe that Jihad has become Fardh Ayn, then why are they not in Gazzah? Why are they sitting and enjoying safety and luxury wherever they may be?

In so far as Jihad being obligatory on all Muslim governments and armed forces is concerned, this is correct – 100% correct. However, the major issue in this respect is that today there are no Muslim governments and armies. All of them are kuffaar – munaafiq and murtad. Thus, the Fatwa has no meaning for them. We are in agreement with the rest of the Fatwa.