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Shaykh Abdul Azeez Al-Badry: Struggle of a Martyr

  Allah ( ‘azza wa jal ) says: “Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration”  [Ahzab: 23] Shaykh Abdul Azeez Al-Badry was a prominent man of knowledge, preacher and political activist in Iraq in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Having been educated by some of the prominent scholars of Iraq, he was also one of the early and prominent members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Iraq who struggled in the work for Allah’s deen and gave his life in its cause, murdered by a brutal regime and a martyr ( insha Allah ) for a great cause. Early Life, Education and Activism He was born in the city of Samarra in Iraq in 1929. He grew up in a scholarly environment and received his religious lessons from a range of esteemed scholars of Baghdad, such as Sheikh Amjad Al-Zahawy, Sheikh Muhammad Fu’ad Al-Alus...

Full translation of the Penultimate from HT to the Muslim Ummah in general and its People of Power in particular

The Penultimate Call... from Hizb ut Tahrir To the Muslim Ummah in general...and its People of Power in particular (Translated) Praise is for Allah and peace and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, companions and all those who follow his way. Dear brothers and sisters: May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you. We direct this call to you in the blessed month of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting about which Allah Subhanahu wa Taa'la said, ((شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ)) "The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Qur'ān was revealed as guidance for mankind, and as clear signs that show the right way and distinguish between right and wrong." [Al-Baqarah: 185] Similarly, the Messenger of Allah (saw) said about it in the hadith Qudsi related by Abu Hurayra (ra), «قَالَ اللَّهُ: كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ، إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ، فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأ...