Preservation, protection and maintenance of national asset is a great religious and national obligation.

This is because on the one hand they are the essential pillar of the economic system of the country and on the other hand, play a fundamental role in the procurement of basic religious, educational and social needs of the Afghan Muslim people.

So construction and protection of public properties is a dire need for the strengthening and prolongation of Islamic system.

No doubt, all public properties (used by common people) like roads, bridges, tunnels, water dams, irrigation systems, electricity junctions, electricity transfer centers, mines extraction and refinery centers and their equipment, educational institutions, seminaries, mosques, schools, universities, health centers, clinics, hospitals etc. are the shared properties of the nation.

Their existence benefits the common people and lack of them harms the common man.

Their destruction is not only an anti-human crime but is a wicked act according to the Islamic Sharia, because public properties are part of the “Baitulmal”.

Any intentional tampering with and destruction of Baitulmal is a great sin as per the injunction of the holy religion of Islam.

If we go through the history of the guided caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them all) or the history of the Muslim Amirs who came after them, we would find out that each of them had instructed his Jihadi commanders with an eye to the situation of that time to thwart every kind of corruption and destruction during Jihadi operations as best as they could.

The instructions of Abu Bakr Siddique (may Allah be pleased with Him) is spectacularly clear. He addressed Mujahideen: “Stay a while, I want to advise you about ten things, remember them all…. In his instruction, he advised them to shun from betrayal, embezzlement and avoid the killing of unarmed people, cutting of fruit-bearing trees and the killing of cattle.

The esteemed Amir-ul-momineen Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid (may Allah protect him) following the footsteps of the righteous Amirs has repeatedly instructed his Mujahideen in his messages to protect (people’s) personal properties and national assets.

For example, in his message on the eve of Eid-ul-fitr 2014, addressing the Mujahideen, he said to them:” This is your religious and national obligation to strive for the wellbeing of people…. Causing harm to people’s life, property and honor is a great crime, the perpetrator of which will not escape accountability neither in this world nor the world to come.

Your conduct with people should be but tolerance, humility, patience, selflessness and mutual respect…….. you should take care of the people’s life and property during Jihadic operations so that they may not be harmed.”

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan began the sacred Jihad on the basis of the rulings of Islamic Sharia aimed at gaining independence of the country and people, forcing the invaders to leave the country and establishing an independent Islamic regime.

Therefore, it deems it its duty to preserve and protect public properties-even it considers it a national and Sharia- based responsibility of every Mujahid. So every Mujahid is duty-bound on the basis of Sharia to hinder harm to and destruction of baitulmal (public property).

The Islamic Emirate will take drastic measures in the light of Islamic Sharia against those who try to cause harm to the people and the country.

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Guest blog Islamic Emirate (March 19th 2015)

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.