"[Shakeel Begg]:O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you" fasting has been prescribed, what does prescribed mean here in terms of fasting? [Audience]: “Prescribed.” [Shakeel Begg]: “Prescribed … Obligatory… Written for you. Allah the Exalted uses the same verb and the same formation of prescribed for Fighting. Now somebody might say, you know, if they have an argument with jihad and say, "Look well, you know, jihad means struggle, how we translate Fighting?" How can you translate Fighting? How can you run away from this, that’s it, Fighting is prescribed upon you; fighting has been prescribed for you.” 203. Eighth, the Claimant then, using the authority of the fatwas (legal writings) of Sheikh bin Baz represents the contemporary conflicts or struggles in Bosnia, Chechnya and Palestine, as Islamic issues and as justified Islamic Jihads. As regards the jihads in Bosnia and Chechnya he says this: “… I want to read from Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz Fatwas (legal opinions) and something during the jihad of Bosnia. Now during the jihad of Bosnia, you had national Fatwas (Legal Opinions), the national papers in Saudi Arabia from Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz and Sheikh Muhammad Saalih AlUthaymeen. The jihad in Chechnya had top students of Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen supporting the jihad, fighting the jihad and you had in the early stages of the jihad they were the ones who had set up Islamic Sharia courts in Chechnya. They would come to them, the Mujahideen (Fighters for Islam), the Chechnyan people would come to them for, you know, Islamic judgments and so on. These were students of Sheikh Muhammad Saalih Al-Uthaymeen. The scholars have always, always, past and present the true scholars, the likes of Sheikh bin Baz, and Al-Uthaymeen, Alalbani and others have always supported legitimate struggles and they make legitimate jihad in the lands of the Muslims.” 204. Ninth, the Claimant then explains how takfiri (a person who accuses other people of being Disbelievers) are going to help jihadi (a supporter of jihad) in the conflict in Bosnia: “But during the struggle in Bosnia something very common you would hear; it was that, you know, these people, they don’t pray. … No they didn't, they don’t fast, you know. We should really reconsider whether we should help them, are they really Muslims? Now the people who are classified as what they call Takfiri (a person who accuses other people of being Disbelievers) … Jihadi (a supporter of jihad), you know, "You’re a Takfiri, a Takfiri Muslim, you’re a Jihadi, you indulge too much in jihad," and so on. These are the ones who are now going to help people who say they are Muslims because of communism, you know, the rule of communism they 46