AMONG THE
BELIEVERS ARE
MEN:
HUDHAYFAH
AL-BATTĀWĪ
Hudhayfah al-Battāwī was a man in a time in
which men were few. Of firm ‘aqīdah and manhaj,
he stemmed from a good, muwahhid family
known for sacrifice and generosity. Hudhayfah alBattāwī was a dentist who did not dream of esteem
and wealth like many doctors, because he never
saw delight and relaxation in other than jihād. He
never perceived happiness in anything except in
gaining martyrdom.
He started his journey by giving bay’ah to Shaykh
Abū Mus’ab az-Zarqāwī (rahimahullāh) and he
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used to detonate explosive devices against the
crusader patrols – who were magnified in the
eyes of the cowards and were insignificant in the
sight of this lion – to turn them into severed body
fragments mixed with their vehicles’ wreckage.
Thereafter, he moved on to media work because
of the brothers’ need for him in this domain.
Thus, he performed that which was due upon him
in the best manner until the crusaders arrested
him. In prison, he remained utterly steadfast and
stayed there some years during which he increased
his knowledge and studied Allah’s book until