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May Allah Grant You Patience, Shukri: The Sanabel Abu Baker that I knew!!

By: Ahmad Musa Jibril

When I was transferred to the Communication Management Unit, also known as the Terrorist Unit or (Guantanamo North)–a special secret illegal prison within the US BOP prison system designed especially for a selected few Muslims.

After a short time there, I was asked by the brothers there to stand up as their Amir. At this time I started classes in Islamic Sciences and did not have time to take on such a responsibility, so I refused their request.

On an early morning after sunrise, as I was on a rusted manual treadmill that was provided for us in a small cage. Shukri asked to speak to me, and knowing that it was regarding the matter of being the Amir, I tried to brush off the conversation and continue my daily routine. “You need to accept being the Amir because everyone has by ijma (consensus) decided that they want you to be, and by you not accepting, it would make the problems we have out of control.”

My workout slowed down as he engaged me in the conversation. After several minutes, I reluctantly agreed.

Over the upcoming months, I learned more about him and our other brothers in the unit. They shared their past and opened their hearts. Among that which brother Shukri agonized over was his daughter, Sanabel. He, as the other brothers in the prison, loved his family deeply, but he faced a dilemma that not many others faced. His daughter, Sanabel, who was ill from childhood, continuously occupied his thoughts. The doctors predicted that she would not live very far past the age of seven but, by the will of Allah, she made it to her mid-twenties, Alhamdulillah.

One day, my dear brother Mukhtar Albakri (One of Lackawanna Six case) came to me and told me that Shukri is in the yard crying and that I should go check on him. This yard that he was in is basically nothing more than a small cage. When I went to look for him, he had gone back to his cell. I asked him what had happened and he told me that he just got off the phone, and that his Sanabel is in critical condition, with an unlikely recovery.     Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on May 15, 2013 in Biographies, Collateral Damage

 

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A Forgotten Prisoner! The Smiling Somali

One of the questions I am repeatedly asked, is about brothers in prison who may be forgotten.

20120917-083114.jpgEven though this brother’s case got worldwide attention, most Muslim prisoner lists–if not all–may have overlooked him.

Small in size, light in weight but with a huge heart.

He gets no correspondence from anyone–ever. His only contacts are his mother and aunt in Somalia.

My beloved brother Muse was ‘accused’ of being the leader of a group of pirates who overtook the Maersk Alabama on April 8, 2009, and held its captain captive for five days.

A Leader of a dangerous group and only being 15 at that time according to his father and 16 according to his mother.

None of that is true. Nor does it have any substance.

How can one get fair treatment when his female judge, who is supposed to be impartial and unbiased, began to weep in sorrow for the alleged victims?!?!

When they brought him from the jails and detention centers to our CMU prison, I was permitted to leave my cell to greet him and speak to him in the confinement within the confinement. I then asked the authorities, on behalf of the Muslims, that they take him out of solitary confinement inside to be with us, which they gladly did. The smiling face many saw was that of a bashful little boy full of eman, yet sorrow had taken its toll on him.

He showed me the scars on his wrists where he wanted to take his own life. But from his first moments there to my last moments there, he was among the brothers constantly with me–learning and reading. When he felt bad and down, he would wait for everyone to leave my cell and then come cry. He used to love to come to my cell. He would make me leave my bed so he can lay in it and make me sit on the stool and read him Qur’an as he slept.

On my way out of the doors to freedom, he kept embracing me and choking up with tears and even though I physically left the prison, it was as if I left part of my heart and soul there–him and the rest of my brothers.

As miserable as prison life is, there are times one cherishes and thinks of them as better than his days of freedom.

(Details to be continued in the future sometime–inshallah.)

*I received over 425 questions pertaining to my years in prison. Since the purpose is not personal, but to let the world know what our brothers and sisters go through, I may inshallah have one or two or a few Q & A sessions on this topic. Jazakum allahu khairan and please remember all our imprisoned brothers and sisters in your duaa.

Ahmad Musa Jibril

Write our brother and let him know he is NOT forgotten and that he and his family remain in your thoughts and du’a:

Abdulwali Abukhadir Muse 70636-054
 FCI Terre Haute
 Federal Correctional Institution 
 PO Box 33
 Terre Haute, IN 47808
 USA
 
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Posted by on September 17, 2012 in Biographies, Flashback

 

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Sisters Corresponding With Brothers in Prisons

Question: Is it permissible for female sisters to write brothers who are in prison (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى hasten their release)?

Islam came with guidelines, rules and principles that scholars derived from the study of the Koran and hadith.

Among those principles are what Imam Ahmad, Malik, Ibn Taimieh and others established under (سد الذرائع  ) which is the rule of avoiding something permissible that may lead to a prohibited/haram matter.

Another principle of Islam is (درء المفاسد مُقدّم على جلب المصالح), which means when the evil is greater than the benefit, then leave the benefit as much as possible.  One need not achieve it since it’s buried in the greater evil.

A third principle of Islam is   (ما أفضى إلى مُحرّم فهو مُحرّ), which means whatever leads to haram becomes in itself haram.

Based on the above mentioned principles of Islam, one should avoid corresponding with inmates of the opposite sex.

Most, if not all, the time, females writing male inmates start off with good intentions, but then the shytan enters, instigating and making a person think it’s only an innocent pen pal, or one can earn great reward for writing our beloved brothers in prison, or maybe instill the hope of marriage.

There may be a benefit to writing someone of the opposite sex, but that leads to excessive communication and possibly even haram.

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Posted by on June 12, 2012 in Maktabah

 

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Sheikh Ahmad Musa Jibril Free After Ten Years of Imprisonment!

!الله أكبر ولله الحمد

Allahu Akbar Walillahi Alhamd!

الله أكبر ولله الحمد لقد تم الإفراج عن الشيخ أحمد موسى جبريل من سجن ’جوانتانمو الشمالي’ السري بعد ما يقرب من عقد فيها - وهو في منزله ولله الحمد ضمن بعض القيود

Allahu Akbar walilahi Alhamd – Shiekh Ahmad Musa Jibril has been released from the secret ‘Guantanamo North’ CMU prison after nearly a decade – He is under still under some confinement restrictions. Pleas continue to keep him and his family in your du’a and  we ask Allah to reward him for his patience and that He guides him and keeps him upon the Straight Path, Ameen!

You may contact the Shaykh to convey your heartfelt Salaams by phone or electronic mail at:

Shiekh Ahmad Jibril’s Phone Number: (313) 643-4966
Shiekh Ahmad Jibril’s personal email: ahmadmusajibril@gmail.com

Source: AhmadJibril.com

 
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Posted by on April 19, 2012 in Bushara

 

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Fulan fi Sijan al-Rumi: August 20, 2011

Brother Abdelbari:

A’sslamu Alykum’

We ask Allah SWT that this reaches you and all the brothers in the best of Eman.

Brother I would like to thank you for remembering us in this Ramadan with your cards. It means very much to us. You asked many questions relating to our status here and I will respond to some of them and will respond to the rest in the future Enshallah.

Don’t be discouraged if some brothers do not respond there are many reasons for that so please excuse us and don’t let it deter you from contacting us, as it means very much to us that we hear from our brothers and sisters outside.

I did see similar cards like the unique one you sent me in the hands of many other brothers during mail call the same day I received mine so that indicates that many brothers received your cards even though I did not ask them.

Brother our situation here is great during this Ramadan. We are blessed by Allah SWT the one whose Grants are uncountable. As to the brothers you specifically mentioned and our day to day life I’ll mention some of that.
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Posted by on August 20, 2011 in Letters from Fulan, Risala

 

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