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Do Muslim youth and elders who say that the gate of jihad is closed and that now is not its time fall under the warning of the hadith: "Jihad will remain sweet and green as long as rain falls from the sky, and there will come a time upon people when their reciters will say: 'This is not the time for jihad.' So whoever reaches that time, blessed is the time of jihad." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, will anyone say that?" He said: "Yes, those whom Allah, the angels, and all people curse"? And when does jihad become obligatory upon a Muslim, and when is a Muslim considered to be hindering jihad?

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The aforementioned hadith was narrated by Ibn Asakir, Al-Dani, and Ibn Hibatullah with similar wordings, and the weakness of their narrations has been previously explained. Its chain of transmission includes Yazid Al-Raqashi, who is unanimously considered weak by the imams of hadith, and Abbad ibn Kathir, who is abandoned. Therefore, the hadith is weak and cannot be used as evidence.

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