“And left despite her refusal.” This account tries to imply that, by going against her wishes, this young jihadi was behaving erroneously. In fact, he almost certainly was aware of that centuries old ruling that, when jihad becomes an individual obligation (i.e., defensive jihad, deemed a fard ayn), the permission of the father is not required for any young would-be jihadis. If that’s the case, obviously the permission of the mother is moot.
“Saudi Arrested in Pakistan Asked Mother’s Blessing to Perform Jihad”¦And Left Despite Her Refusal,” by Turki Al-Saheil for Asharq Alawsat, May 25:
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- The mother of Fawzi al-Rashidi, one of the four Saudi nationals arrested by Pakistani authorities whilst disguised as a woman, could not convince her son to turn away from what he described as performing “Jihad for the sake of God” on Afghan soil.
Naif al-Rashidi informed Asharq Al-Awsat that his brother Fawzi, who appeared on television screens last week dressed in traditional brown Pakistani garments had attempting to obtain his mother’s blessing to join the ranks of the fighters along the Pakistani — Afghan border.
Naif told Asharq Al-Awsat “Fawzi would sit next to my mother and insist that she allow him to go and perform Jihad. He was attempting to go with her consent, but her position was clear on this issue, and she said that she would not forgive him if he went there.”However Fawzi, who gave a false name to the Pakistani authorities after he was arrested in Pakistan’s tribal region along with three other Saudi nationals, did not heed his mother’s repeated calls against travelling to Afghanistan. According to Naif al-Rashidi, his brother Fawzi did not have a history of ideological fanaticism or religious extremism during his youth, and that he dropped out of education after completing Middle School.[…]
Naif al-Rashidi told Asharq Al-Awsat that his brother Fawzi, who used to work for a private company selling Japanese cars, would publicly repeat that he was going to perform Jihad as people had “guaranteed his entry into Paradise.”…