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ABU MUAZ AL-KUWAITI

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Abu Muaz Al-Kuwaiti (Adil Al-Ghanim). Kuwait. Commander of the Foreign Volunteers. Killed during Operation Miracle, 21st July 1995: a military operation to recapture Muslim land occupied by the Serbs. Aged in his late twenties. 1st Hand Account. Present on In the Hearts of Green Birds . Audio recording of his voice and video footage of him in action available at the end of this page.

The son of a Kuwaiti Governor and an Olympic athlete, holding national records for Kuwait, he went to Afghanistan to join his brothers and stayed there on and off for six years. Every few months, he would return to Kuwait in order to raise money and awareness about the Jihad in Afghanistan. He would stand up after the prayers in the Kuwaiti mosques and deliver speeches to the congregation reminding them of their duty to assist their brothers in Afghanistan. He arrived in Bosnia on 04 May 1994 and soon became the commander of the Foreign fighters, due to his previous military and organisational experience from Afghanistan. He was a very humble and pious brother. In Operation Miracle, July 1995, he was not placed in the attack group due to his senior rank and that made him very sad. After the operation was successful, Abu-Muaz went to the top of the mountain and began to organise the groups. He was then hit by a bullet to his upper leg and fell down Shaheed. Four days later one brother from Madinah Al-Munawarra, in Bosnia at the time, saw him in a dream where Abu-Muaz came back to the mosque of the Mujahideen in the Front-Line Base Camp.

The brother narrates,

" I saw Abu-Muaz meeting all the brothers and everyone was happy at seeing him. He had a bandage on his upper leg in the same place as he was shot .Now I became angry at how Abu-Muaz is here when he is supposed to be Shaheed? So I went up to him, shook his hand and asked him,

'Abu-Muaz, why are you here? Are you Shaheed or not?'

He turned away and did not want to say anything. Then, when no-one was looking, he began to make his way to the exit of the mosque. I knew he was going to try and leave, so I waited for him at the door of the mosque. He left the mosque and went outside. Then I saw a plate under him which began to lift him up into the sky. I then ran up to him, grabbed his leg and said,

'Abu-Muaz! Please tell me what is happening! Why are you here? Are you Shaheed or not?'

He replied, 'Yes, I am Shaheed.'

I asked him, 'What is martyrdom like?'

He replied, 'On the day of the operation a window opens in the sky from Paradise and all the Mujahideen that are going to be killed that day pass through this window straight into Paradise.'

I then asked him, 'What does the actual martyrdom feel like?'

He replied 'You do not feel a thing. As soon as you are killed, you see two beautiful blonde-haired girls who accompany you up to Paradise.'

I asked him 'What is the Paradise like?'

Abu-Muaz replied, 'It is not one Paradise but it is many Paradises!'

I said, 'What about enjoyment and pleasures?'

He replied, 'Every day and in every place.'

Abu-Muaz then said, 'Now let me go.'

So I said to Abu-Muaz, 'Just one last question. Can you tell me when I am going to be Shaheed?'

Abu-Muaz said, 'I cannot tell you that.'

So I asked him, 'Can you at least tell me by coming to me in a dream a few days before I am killed?' and Abu-Muaz said,

'I will try. Now let me go.'

A brother who knew Abu Muaz personally, narrates:

"A very rich man from Kuwait but he still knew the obligation of Jihad. He spent six years in Afghanistan and after Afghanistan finished, he came to Bosnia. This brother used to speak very fast but when he spoke he used to give us Islamic lessons and news of what was going in Bosnia. And when he would speak, he would make you feel so good. Even if it was the worst news that he was giving you, it would make you feel so happy to hear it. Because of his good manners and his organisational skills, the brothers chose him to be the Commander of the Foreign Mujahideen section. A gift that Allah had given him was the tafseer (interpretation) of dreams. So the brothers would go to him and tell him their dreams and he would tell them what they meant. And very often they would come true with pinpoint accuracy. This brother would work night and day in the service of the Deen and the rest of the brothers. And in Operation Miracle, Allah took him as shaheed."

Whilst he was alive, Abu Muaz once said jokingly, 'If I am killed, if Allah accepts me from the Shuhadaa', then take a picture of my face from the left and the right, so that the people can see whether this is an Arab or not!' He meant to say this as a joke to answer those people in the world who were denying the existence of Foreign Mujahideen in Bosnia. Abu Muaz's soul left his body with a clearly distinct smile on his face and video recordings were made of his face from all angles to prove to the people two things: (i) that this was a Foreign non-Bosnian fighter and (ii) it is true that some martyrs are actually found with smiles on their faces, after they have been killed.

May Allah keep you smiling O Abu Muaz and bring you to the ranks of the Prophets together with your Mujahideen brothers that were killed before you. Ameen.

Click on the buttons below to hear Abu Muaz speaking before Operation Black Lion, May 1995, giving general advice to the Mujahideen before the Operation and praying to Allah for Victory. The words are in Arabic but an English text translation is given below each graphic.

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"And we ask Allah (Glorified and Most High), with all His beautiful Names and all His highest Attributes, to grant us a clear conquest and help us with a clear victory, as He is All-Powerful over that. And I also ask Allah (Glorified and Most High) to accept the martyrs from amongst us, if there are any martyrs."

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"As for why we came to Bosnia-Hercegovina, we did not come here except for Jihad in the Way of Allah (Glorified and Most High), and to assist our Mujahideen brothers. And, further to that, the brothers with us in Bosnia-Hercegovina have not carried out any massacring and ethnic cleansing. And this is what we have made clear that we will help our brothers as one group: the group of our father Prophet Ibrahim, who was from the righteous and not from the Polytheists."
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Abu Muaz in action on the front line. Will take a few moments to download.

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Abu Muaz in action on the front line and pictures of him martyred.


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