The Art Of War

THE ART OF WAR

Allah Is Honor; They Seek To Strip Man Of All His Honor But Only Those With Honor Can See Allah, Only Those With Mercy Can See The Merciful, Only Those With Majesty Can See The Majestic, Only Those Who Are Meek Can See The Immense (Azzim), If It Is Not Your Own Self And Ego In Front Of You Stopping You From Seeing Him, Then It Is The Self And Ego Of Others Blocking You, Thus Is The World Today. If You Want To See Allah Then Look At The Honor Given To Men Who Go To War For Their People, “Indeed God Loves Those Who Fight For His Cause In Battlefield Formations (Rows And Ranks) Firm As An Unbreakable Cemented Structure” (61:4), The Light Of Allah Is Honor Upon Honor Layered To The End Of Reality, Everything Allah Does It Is Raised To Its Highest Honor Then Given To The World, Thus The Reality Of Honor Is The Closest Reality There Is To Seeing Allah Himself And It Is Most Clearly Seen In The Honor Earned By Men Of War!

  1. LOOK AT WHO IS ASKING!
  2. LOOK AT THE NAMES IGNORE THE STORY!
  3. MYSTERY CREATES OPERTUNITY!
  4. WOMEN ARE LIGHT, WAR IS ATTRITION THAT CONTRAST IS THE STANDARD!
  5. THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME IS SURPASSING YOURSELF!
  6. THE WORLD IS WHOSE REALITY YOU ARE WALKING IN!
  7. YOUR REALITY NEEDS TO SEE NOT YOUR EYES!
  8. SEEING THE FIRST STEP MEANS SEEING THE FIRST REALITY!
  9. SEEING REALITY IS DECIDING REALITY!
  10. IN WAR ALLAH IS HONOR AND HONOR IN WAR IS HIM!
  11. DECEPTION WARPS REALITY ONLY HONOR IN DECEPTION REMOVES DISASTER!
  12. HONOR IN WAR COMPLETES A PERSON IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LIGHT OF ALLAH!
  13. LEADING IS ABOUT ENCOMPASSING REALITY NOT BEING UNDER IT!
  14. SIGHT COMES FROM PERCEIVING, PERCEPTION COMES FROM SOLVING PROBLEMS!
  15. FINITE SELF CONTROL IS CONTROL OVER REALITY AND FATE!
  16. CONTROL OVER REALITY COMES FROM CONTROL OVER TIME!
  17. TIMELESSNESS WITH ALLAH COMES FROM MASTERING FINITE TIME!
  18. DISCERNMENT IS THE KEY TO SIGHT, PERCEPTION, CONTROL, REALITY!
  19. EVERY WORD HAS ITS REALITY YOU WRITE YOUR OWN FATE WITH YOUR WORDS!
  20. FATE IS MOVED BY THE SMALLEST ACTION BUT THE SMALLEST ACTIONS ONLY RESULT IN THE SMALLEST CIRCLES OF FATE!
  21. INTENTION DECIDES THE POWER OF FATE AND THE POWER OF YOUR ACTIONS!
  22. MOVE AS REALITY CHANGES, NOT AS YOU PLANNED IT AND YOU WILL MOVE WITH REALITY!
  23. ISSUES OF THE SELF PRECLUDE YOU FROM JUDGING OTHERS, NOT REALITY!
  24. WHEN YOU START MOVING WITH THE SIGHT OF OTHERS YOU SHOULD STOP LEADING!
  25. ANY SIGN OF PETTINESS IS A SIGN OF THE END!
  26. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THINGS, NOT MEMORIZE EVERY THING, THIS IS THE WAY OF MASTERING ALL THINGS!
  27. MASTERING ALL THINGS COMES FROM ELEVATING THE SELF ABOVE IT, THE SELF ONLY EARNS WHAT IT HAS BEEN ELEVATED ABOVE, THIS IS THE WAY OF MASTERING FATE!
  28. WHEN YOU ARE BEING FOOLED IT IS NOT ABOUT THE PATH YOU TAKE EXTERNALLY, IT IS ABOUT THE PATH YOU TAKE INTERNALLY!
  29. DON’T LOOK AT WHO THEY ARE LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE!
  30. YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE WILL OF BEASTS BECAUSE IN THEIR WORLD POWER IS STUBBORNNESS WHILE MAN CAN OVERCOME THE STUBBORNNESS OF POWER WITH THE INTELLECT!
  31. WHEN YOUR AIM IS TO KILL IN WAR MARTIAL ARTS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE YOU KNOW IT!
  32. YOUR ENTIRE BODY IS MIND OVER MATTER! YOU ARRIVE BY CONQUERING THE DETAILS OF YOUR SELF! 
  33. YOU HAVE TO TAKE POWER AWAY FROM SPIRITUAL CREATURES TO WIN WARS!
  34. THE INTELLECT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE INTELLECT NOT TRICKS!
  35. TIME IS FIRE, PRECIOUS, WARS ARE WON BY OVERWHELMING YOUR ENEMY WITH CHOICES!
  36. DARKNESS AND EVIL ARE NOT THE SAME THINGS, THE SOUL REACHES INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE TO SEE GOD!
  37. YOU HAVE TO WALK IN THE DEPTHS OF DARKNESS WITH INTEGRITY TO OVERPOWER ITS BEASTS!
  38. MOST PEOPLE DON’T HAVE AN INTELLECT THEY JUST HAVE REACTIONS!
  39. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH TO SEE WHAT’S REAL!
  40. YOU DEFEAT SPIRITUAL CREATURES BY DEFEATING THE HABIT IN THEM!
  41. WHEN YOUR SENSES ARE DELUDED REALITY IS NOT A JUDGE PRINCIPLES ARE!
  42. YOU HAVE TO CARRY REALITY SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING!
  43. HIGH AND LOW ARE POSITIONS IN REALITY, INTEGRITY GIVES YOU THE HIGH GROUND!
  44. YOU ARE ASKING ME TO TEACH YOU TO SEE WITH YOUR EYES WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT EYES ARE!
  45. KNOWING WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR ENEMY IS THE START OF THEIR END!
  46. THE PROPHET OF ALLAH AND TSUN TZU BEFORE HIM SAID “WAR IS DECEPTION”, YOU SHOULD GET RID OF THE FODDER BY ANY MEANS, BUT YOU SHOULD GIVE MEN THEIR HONOR AND FACE THEM, THEY ARE NOT FOR SUCH THINGS!
  47. WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE PATH OF LIONS, THE PATH OF KINGS, YOU SHOULD COMPLETE THE PATH OF SHARKS, GREAT WHITE SHARKS, WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE PATH OF SHARKS, THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE PATH OF MEGALODONS, GREAT WHITE MEGALODONS, WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE PATH OF MEGALODONS, YOU’VE PAST HELL, THAT’S WHERE PROPHETS ARE!
  48. THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO THAT ANYTHING THAT RUSHES AHEAD OF TIME IS RUIN, WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU WILL SEE HOW YOU HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT YOUR ENVIRONMENT PROPERLY, THIS IS THE REALITY OF DISCIPLINE!
  49. ONLY REAL FEAR SPREADS REAL FEAR, BECAUSE HYSTERIA ONLY REACHES THE FOOLISH, WHILE REAL FEAR REACHES THE HEARTS OF MEN!
  50. HALF OF WAR IS GETTING YOUR ENEMY TO PANIC!
  51. YOU NEED TO RECOGNISE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, NOT WHAT YOU KNOW!
  52. YOU CAN’T CHEAT AT WAR, IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND REALITY!
  53. UNDERSTANDING REALITY IS THE FIRST TEST OF LEADERSHIP, IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT REALITY YOU ARE IN THEN YOU SHOULDN’T BE LEADING!
  54. STUDY YOUR ENEMY LONG ENOUGH AND YOU WILL LEARN THEM, BUT YOU WILL SEE ONLY WHAT YOU KNOW!
  55. IT’S ONLY AFTER LEARNING THE COMPLETE PICTURE WILL YOU KNOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!
  56. WHAT IS MORE POWERFUL ITS REALITY IS FROM ANIMALS AND THAT IS THE END OF ITS FATE WITH GOD, WHAT IS BETTER, ITS REALITY IS WITH MAN AND THAT IS THE END OF ITS FATE WITH GOD!
  57. EMOTIONS CHALLENGE LOYALTIES, NOT PRINCIPLES, DO THINGS ON PRINCIPLE FOR OTHERS AND YOUR LOYALTIES WILL BE SAFE!
  58. IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO WAR, YOU WON’T EVER KNOW IT!
  59. THE WORLD MOVES WHEN YOU START WALKING!
  60. IF YOU HAVE AN ARMY THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT WAR, YOU DON’T HAVE AN ARMY!
  61. THE FIRST RULE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS DON’T OPEN ANY DOORS, REALITY WON’T KNOW HOW TO COME IN!
  62. THE MAIN REASON ARMIES FALL IS THAT THEIR ENEMIES COME TO KNOW THEM!
  63. IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE INSTINCTS OF WHAT IS BEING SAID YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO USE IT!
  64. NEVER LET REALITY BECOME DRY LIKE A DESERT, THAT’S THE POINT WHERE YOUR ENEMY IS STRONGEST!

Shaykh Al Islam, Qutb Allah Rami Al Boustani Al Rifai

The Best Tactical Mind In History

Understanding The Mistake Of Pompey At The Battle Of Dyrrachium Against Caesar, Should Be The Test For All Leaders In The World Today, Just Like The Kobayashi Maru Test In Star Trek, Otherwise, You Shouldn’t Be A Leader Or In Charge Of Anything; Leaders Will See Different Solutions To This Problem, And They Show Themselves As Time Develops Reality, Each Answer Will Lead To A Different Fate.

Once You Go Through All The Different Scenarios You Will Understand Victory Against Caesar Is At The Start, But To Make Any Such Move At The Start You Need Instincts That Have Mastery Over Reality, And This Is The Reality Of The Elite Few Through History, Those Who See Reality Correctly First. Pompey Should Have Made The Move At The Beginning Of The Engagement And Not Waited For Caesar, Pompey’s Weaker Forces Only Became Weaker Over Time, While Experience Only Sheds Light On Reality And Gives Certainty The Longer It Develops.

These Are The Kinds Of Tests Leaders Should Be Proving Themselves In, Not Who Can “Augment” Themselves The Best, There Is A Reason God Placed Mankind On Earth Alongside Predators Like The Dinosaurs, They Are A Mountain Men Needs To Climb To Face What Is Really In The Universe, Spiritual Domination And Spiritual Warfare, But Man Chose An Earthly Nature Instead.

“Understanding Reality Is The First Test Of Leadership, If You Don’t Understand What Reality You Are In Then You Shouldn’t Be Leading!”

This Is The First Test Of The Battle Of Dyrrachium!

“When You Complete The Path Of Lions, The Path Of Kings, You Should Complete The Path Of Sharks, Great White Sharks, When You Complete The Path Of Sharks, That Will Lead You To The Path Of Megalodons, Great White Megalodons, When You Complete The Path Of Megalodons, You’ve Past Hell, That Is Where Prophets Are!” – And Jesus (q) Walked On Water – 26 “When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified”, That Was The Reality He Walked With! 

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: On the day of the battle of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! I appeal to You (to fulfill) Your Covenant and Promise. O Allah! If Your Will is that none should worship You (then give victory to the pagans).” Then Abu Bakr took hold of him by the hand and said, “This is sufficient for you.” The Prophet came out saying, “Their multitude will be put to flight and they will show their backs.” (54.45)

Narrated Abu ‘Is-haq: Once, while I was sitting beside Zaid bin Al-Arqam, he was asked, “How many Ghazwat did the Prophet undertake?” Zaid replied, “Nineteen.” They said, “In how many Ghazwat did you join him?” He replied, “Seventeen.” I asked, “Which of these was the first?” He replied, “Al-`Ashira or Al- `Ashiru.”

Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari: “An Army from the armies of the Muslims, whose commander was Salman Al-Farisi, besieged one of the Persian castles. They said: ‘O Abu ‘Abdullah! Should we charge them?’ He said: ‘Leave me to call them (to Islam) as I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) call them.’ So Salman went to them and said: ‘I am only a man from among you, a Persian, and you see that the Arabs obey me. If you become Muslims then you will have the likes of what we have, and from you will be required that which is required from us. If you refuse, and keep your religion, then we will leave you to it, and you will give us the Jizyah from your hands while you are submissive.’ He said to them in Persian: ‘And you are other than praiseworthy and if you refuse then we will equally resist you.’ They said: ‘We will not give you the Jizyah, we will fight you instead.’ So they said: ‘O Abu ‘Abdullah! Should we charge them?’ He said: ‘No.'” He said: “So for three days he called them to the same (things), and then he said: ‘Charge them.'” He said: “So we charged them, and we conquered the castle.”

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best companions are four, the best Saraya (military unit) is four hundred, the best army is four thousand, and twelve thousand will not be beaten due to being too few.”

Narrated Yazid bin Hurmuz: That Najdah Al-Haruri wrote to Ibn ‘Abbas asking if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would fight along with women, and if he would fix a share of the spoils of war for them. Ibn ‘Abbas wrote to him: “You wrote to me asking me if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would fight along with women. He did fight along with them, as they would treat the wounded. They received something from the spoils of war, but as for their share, then he did not fix a share for them.”

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed the one who betrays will have a banner erected for him on the Day of Judgement (for the world to see).”

Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The amir (ruler) who is over the people is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock; a man is a shepherd in charge of the inhabitants of his household and he is responsible for his flock; a woman is a shepherdess in charge of her husband’s house and children and she is responsible for them; and a man’s slave is a shepherd in charge of his master’s property and he is responsible for it. So each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock.

Narrated ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Samurah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Abdul al-Rahman b. Samurah, do not ask for the position of commander, for if you are given it after asking you will be left to discharge it yourself, but if you are given it without asking you will be helped to discharge it.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When Allah has a good purpose for a ruler, He appoints for him a sincere minister who reminds him if he forgets and helps him if he remembers; but when Allah has a different purpose from that for him. He appoints for him an evil minister who does not remind him if he forgets and does not help him if he remembers.

Narrated AbuMaryam al-Azdi: When I entered upon Mu’awiyah, he said: How good your visit is to us, O father of so-and-so. (This is an idiom used by the Arabs on such occasions). I said: I tell you a tradition which I heard (from the Prophet). I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If Allah puts anyone in the position of authority over the affairs of the Muslims, and he secludes himself (from them), not fulfilling their needs, wants, and poverty, Allah will keep Himself away from him, not fulfilling his need, want and poverty. He said: He (Mu’awiyah) appointed a man to fulfil the needs of the people.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O ye men, do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you security; (but) when you (have to) encounter them exercise patience, and you should know that Paradise is under the shadows of the swords. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up (again) and said: O Allah. Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the hordes, put our enemy to rout and help us against them.

Abu Bakr (ra) said: O people! I charge you with ten rules; learn them well! Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those that are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy’s flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone.

The Prophet Muhammad (saws) said: ‘If people see an oppressor and do not stop him Allah will punish them all’’ [Tirmidhi]

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “How could Allah bless people who do not ensure the rights of the weak (oppressed) from the harsh (oppressors)”. [Baihaqi]

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: “Whoever assists, in any dispute, in oppression or collaborates with the oppressor he will continue with the anger of Allah until he perishes (dies).” [Ibn Majah]