Readying Mobilizing Troops

Readying Mobilizing Troops

Mosques: Mobilizing Troops’ Headquarters

When Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon him and his Household, immigrated from Mecca to Yathrib in Al-Madinah Al-Munawara, the first thing he did was building a mosque named later after his name: The mosque of Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon him and his Household. He believes the mosque is a fundamental structure required for establishing the entire Islamic state and spreading his mission. Since that time, the mosque has become the axis of the Islamic movement.

Originally, mosque is a sacred place for worshiping Almighty Allah; besides that, it is used for educating people about Islamic «Shari’a» and jurisdiction; it is also gathering place of Muslims militants and the two Islamic types of Jihad called respectively: The greater Jihad (the military one); the smaller Jihad (the spiritual one; i.e. mediation and considering one’s deeds and intentions). Based on all of these, the mosque has a great role in the mobilizing movement until it becomes its real headquarters and axis.
Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“Mosques are the best places for the troops of both resistance and mobilization. Mosques are very significant places and headquarters”.

Thus, its role must be kept active, not getting lost or oblivious at.

Stay Organized

Imam Al-Khamenei says:
“Mobilizing members are from within the public; they work hard, but they must stay organized and educated”.

Having members from different mass groups, workers or employees, must not create chaos among them. On the contrary, the mobilizing troops who carry the specific mentioned traits must therefore stay more organized than any others else. Organization means being beneficial, productive and fulfilling duty properly. Imam Al-Khamenei has repeatedly insisted on mobilizing system organization as saying.

“Officials of the mobilizing body must pay great attention to. Organization, for it is basic in order to get fruitful results from work, education and intellect combined together”.

Stay Trained

Mobilizing troops are Islamic defensive army; They should be always present and alert to confront any potential rival attack. These troops are the armor of Islam; militarily, they must be highly trained so that they can fulfill their role whenever required to face any external or internal challenges and the various and comprehensive dangers that are currently facing the entire Islamic world.

Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“We have to stay alert for defending the Islamic Revolution; we must never become oblivious to the importance of that. Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib “Peace be upon him» says: ‘None would sleep instead of the one who is supposed to sleep”1; that is why mobilizing troops, especially youths, must stay physically fit, able and ready as usual to defend this revolution”.

Therefore, youths must not be satisfied with primary training but rather must go ahead in advanced levels and always develop their capacities.
Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“Primary military training must never be sufficient; advanced training must be continuous”.

Stay Cultured

Culture is the basis of the mobilizing body; thus cultural programs must stay running at the mobilizing headquarters in order to face the cultural pollution that is attacking youths through rival media.

Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“Let these young believers and the pure hearts of the mobilizing troops be away from the dangers designed by rival media; the enemy is polluting the spirits and the minds of our good youths; this is one of its tactics; besides that they are adopting thousands of means to pollute the ideas of the youths”.

Stay Pious

In addition to being highly trained, educated and cultured, there is another aspect that must be carefully reserved: The spiritual one; that is staying pious in a way that prevents from committing any sins in order not to let our youths be easily trapped to materialistic seductions. Being religious, pious and fearing Allah are the characteristics and the identity of the mobilizing individual.

Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“Know that the weapons adopted by the enemy against whom you raise ‘Death’ slogan2 is spreading the seeds of sins, desires and corruptions in an attempt to get you dragged to such an atmosphere. Pay attention! It is true that our youths are strongly faithful and pure but there are still others who are not strong enough so that they may surrender to rival and Satanic tricks. It is your responsibility to reserve this specific group from such tricks”.

Mobilizing System is our Pride

To belong to such an intellectual, cultural, and religious system that fills the gaps and takes the initiatives in confronting challenges should be the wish of every one of us. This system is based on piety, sacrifice, and fearing and loving Almighty Allah. It is thus our source of pride. Imam Al-Khamenei himself wishes he were one of the
mobilizing members.

“I am proud of being a mobilizing member and I would like to announce that I am fully ready to defend this revolution from whatever post I occupy”.

However, being proud is not sufficient at all for such feeling must be associated with practical steps to keep the efforts and sacrifice of the mobilizing body reserved; these steps may be expressed through audio-visual, painting and print productions.

We owe this Ummah the right of reserving the efforts of the mobilizing system. We owe it the right of clarifying its position, civilization and enlightening role and consequently presenting it among other civilizations. We owe coming generations the right of transmitting this righteous heritage into their time; it should be transmitted honestly so that it will be demonstrated in its best image, practice and methodology; it should be transmitted in artful means that targets emotions and consciousness.

Specialized and creative people should do their best to preserve this heritage in their own special and various ways.

Imam Al-Khamenei says:

“I see that the eternal stances of mobilizing system have never been recorded; they must undergo editing and publishing channels; there’s a great gap in writing books,
stories and plays, drawing pictures, making films, animations, exhibitions, and many others in order to make this heritage available in the hands of people who have not seen mobilizing achievements”.

May Allah let us be among mobilizing members; May this command be interpreted in statements and deeds. All praise belongs to Almighty Allah.

* Mobilizing system. Nun Center for Writing and Translation. Published: 2011.