Sitbatan Kali-Silat: Islamic ruling on self-defence

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Islamic ruling on self-defence

Islamic ruling on self-defence
http://islamqa.com/en/ref/21932

What is the viewpoint of Islam toward self-defense? Is it a right? Are there conditions on that right? Does the Qur'an speak to the issue of self-defense?

Praise be to Allaah.

Protecting oneself and one’s honour, mind, wealth and religion is a well-established basic principle in Islam. These are the five essentials which are well known to Muslims. A person has to defend himself; it is not permissible for him to consume that which will harm him, and it is not permissible for him to allow anyone to harm him. If a person or a vicious animal etc attacks him, he has to defend himself, or his family or his property, and if he is killed he is counted as a shaheed (martyr), and the killer will be in Hell.

If the harm that will result from this aggression is little and he gives up defending himself for the sake of Allaah, then undoubtedly Allaah will compensate him for that, so long as this does not cause any increase in the wrongdoing against him or anyone else.

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr.

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Guro Rohnee Tiong Gumpal

I teach Filipino Kali and Pentjak Silat (Self Defense and Martial Arts). I am a firm believer in practice makes perfect, but more important what and how you practice.

For Example, if a boy studies cooking most of his life and masters french cuisine, then put him in a mechanic uniform and tell him to overhaul a diesel engine, he'll most likely fail in his attempt; similarly if a student studies and masters a certain style or sport, that is his expertise and in another arena he would be a novice at best.

I teach Guerrilla Style Tactics of hand to hand combat, Blade and Gun defense . From empty hands (unarmed combat) to armed combat, it's all based on the idea that the enemy is armed and out to kill you. Straight to the point, no nonsense. I have two ranks, red and black. Red means you know and Black means you understand. That's all you need.

All that matters in the end is that the student learns what he/she has to do to go home at the end of the day.

Maraming Salamat Po.
Guro Rohnee T. Gumpal