By Abdullah
We live in an age overshadowed by oppression and injustice, an age in which the tyrannical and inhumane laws of the disbelievers have spread their shadow across the world. Everywhere, we witness acts of cruelty, bloodshed, and brutality carried out by deceitful rulers and complicit international institutions. The scale of this injustice is vast, yet even this reflects only a fraction of the suffering humanity continues to endure under corrupt and merciless powers.
For years, the Islamic Ummah, most painfully the oppressed people of Palestine, has lived beneath the crushing weight of coercion, violence, and relentless hardship. Thousands of children, women, and ordinary Muslims have been martyred in the most savage ways imaginable, subjected to torture and humiliation without restraint. Meanwhile, organizations that loudly claim to champion human rights have remained silent spectators. In doing so, they have exposed their true face to the world: rights reserved for themselves, never for Muslims.
Yet within this Ummah, there have always been those who refuse to withhold any sacrifice in defense of Islam, their land, their honor, and their dignity. Over the past years, the mujahideen of Hamas not only stood firm against the chief criminals and executioners of our time, but also safeguarded the honor of the Muslim people. Acting on behalf of the Ummah, they defended the oppressed population of Gaza and delivered a heavy blow to the tyrannical Zionist regime, proving that the voice of the oppressed cannot be erased.
From among these mujahideen emerged a voice that carried particular weight, the martyr of the Ummah, Hudhayfah al-Kahlout, known as Abu Ubaida. As the spokesperson of Hamas, he came to symbolize the cries of an oppressed people. Yet he was far more than a spokesman. He was a voice that carried the stories of grief, endurance, and pain rising from Gaza’s darkest nights. Through him were heard the cries of mothers, the vulnerability of children, and the fear of fathers who faced death at the dawn of every day.
He fulfilled his duty toward his faith and his Ummah with unwavering resolve. As a mark of his sincerity and loyalty, Allah Almighty honored him with the noble gift of martyrdom. Without doubt, his departure is a deep wound for a weary Ummah, an Ummah that has long stood suspended between hope and pain, awaiting divine mercy.
Abu Ubaida was not merely a military figure. He was a message, a message of resistance, dignity, patience, and unshaken belief. His words carried the scent of faith, and his sentences were woven with the verses of patience and the promises of divine help. Every statement he delivered renewed a simple yet powerful truth: the Ummah is still alive. Wounded and isolated though it may be, it neither abandons its stance nor renounces its faith.
As expressed in those weighty words once declared, “You are our adversaries before Allah Almighty,” these words today echo in the minds of Muslims everywhere, stirring conscience and demanding reflection.
The martyr Abu Ubaida (may Allah accept him) defended Islam not through slogans, but through endurance, steadfast adherence to principles, and loyalty to his commitments. His martyrdom did not silence his voice. Rather, it gave birth to countless new voices within awakened hearts across the Ummah.
His blood testifies that the path of justice does not end with death, and the voice of truth is never extinguished. On the contrary, it grows stronger: “If Zaid is killed, Ja’far remains; and if Ja’far is killed, Abd Allah ibn Rawahah remains.”
Today, the Ummah has lost a son, yet he has left behind a path illuminated by faith, patience, and awareness. Abu Ubaida, whose face was concealed but whose spirit shone brightly, taught us an enduring lesson: honor lies in perseverance, and dignity is found in the refusal to submit.
While all Muslims carry a moral responsibility toward the oppressed people of Palestine, we renew our pledge to nurture a generation that preserves the legacy of honor, courage, and steadfastness. The memory of Gaza’s martyrs will never fade, and their sacrifice will continue to inspire resilience and devotion, Insha’Allah.
