BitcoinwaSadaqatalJihad

BitcoinandtheCharityofViolentPhysicalStruggle

TaqiulDeenalMunthir

Oyouwhobelieve!ShallIguideyoutoatradethatwillsaveyoufromapainfultorment?

ThatyoubelieveinAllah,andhisMessenger,andthatyoustrivehard,andmakejihadinthe
causeofAllahwithyourwealth,andwithyourlives!Thatwouldbebetterforyou,ifyoubutknew!

[61:1011]

Afterthefallofthekhilafah,thebastionsofalshariafell.Kufrlawspreadacrosstheentire
earthwithfewareasevenconsideringjusteconomicsorhudud .TheMuslimsfound
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themselvestrappedinthemiddleofthis,withthebannersofdisbeliefbeingraisedabovetheir
heads.Consequently,manywereoutrightforcedtousekafircurrencies.Thesecurrencies,
simplythroughusage,assistthekufarbystrengtheningtheireconomy.Theyoftenfeeddirectly
intotaxesthatgotofundingtheiroppressive,murder,militaryforces.So,then,doesnotbeing
pleasedwithpayingtaxestothekufar,notintendingtochangeit,believingittobeokay,and
doingitwillingly,constitutekufr ?Alhamdullilah ,muchoftheummahisignorant,sowe
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cannotmaketakfirofthem,norshouldwe,norwouldwe.Yetthisquestionisverypuzzling.We
mustactivelylookforsolutionstoavoidbolsteringthekufarwhilstpreparationsaremadeto
movetoardhalkhilafah,whichhasonlyrecentlybeenestablished.

Ordinarycurrencyrequiresasystemoftrust.Onemusttrustinthekafirgovernmenttobackthe
currency,unliketheIslamicmodelwhichseeswealthbackedbyphysicalpreciousmetals.The
corruptnessofakhalifahcannothurtaMuslimordhimmis wealth,whereasthecorruptness
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ofapresidentcanharmallofhispeople,asseenwiththeintensepovertyintheUnitedStates
andtheupliftedconditionofahlulIraqafterdistributionofwealth.

Thissystemhas,therefore,eliminatedsadaqah forjihadonalargescale.Onecannotsenda
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banktransfertoamujahidorsuspectedmujahidwithoutthekafirgovernmentsrulingtoday
immediatelybeingaware.Perhaps,afewincrediblywealthyMuslimsmayfindwaystoavoidthis
system,especiallyonesinArabcountries,howeverthemajorityofMuslimsareincapableof
donatingtothosewhoneeditmost.Donatingtoimpoverishedchildrenorneedymothersisa
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Islamiclegalpunishments
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Disbelief
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AllgloryandthanksbelongstoAllah
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PeopleofthebooklivingundertheprotectionoftheMuslimstate
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Charity
gooddeed,however,weasMuslimsmustunderstandthatthiswillnotstoptheproblem.Only
thelawofAllahwillsucceedinultimatelyeliminatingpovertyandspreadingwealthandtearing
downoppression.

AproposedsolutiontothisissomethingknownasBitcoin.Itisadigitalonlycurrencycreated
throughaprocesscalledmining.Aminingmachineisapowerfulcomputerthatprocesses
recenttransactionssentthroughtheBitcoinnetwork,andvalidatesthem.Ifitfindsthatthe
transactionislegitimate,themoney,Bitcoins,aresentandsomeBitcoinsaregiventotheminer.
ThepeoplesendingBitcoinsgettheirtransactionsvalidatedandtheminerreceivesasmallfee,
benefittingbothsides.ThissystemallowsfornocounterfeitBitcoinstoeverexist,aseachone
canonlyexistalongsidevalidation.Bitcoinissentinstantlyacrosstheworld,withwaitingtimes
notexceedingfifteenminutesonthenorm.

Nocentralservers,individuals,orgroupsowntheentireBitcoinsystem.Thenetworkisbased
offofminerswhousetheirownpersonalcomputers,andanyonecanmine.Thenetworkis
thereforeworldwideandnotbasedinasingleareaeither.Tryingtochangethesoftwarefor
Bitcoinrequiresanextremelylargemajorityoftheminerstoagree,andiftheydislikeany
change,itwillnotgothrough,asdemonstratedinRabialThaniof1434 .SinceBitcoinonly
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goesfromoneusertoanother,notthroughanysystemsuchasPayPaloreBay,itiscompletely
decentralized.Thereisnopointofweakness,noonecanhacktheentireBitcoinsystem,and
aslongaspeopleuseBitcoin,itwillexistsafely.NewdevelopmentsinBitcoinhaveallowed
marketplacesthatrunonwhateverlawsystemtheindividualschoose.Thisinstantlyallowsfor
sharionlycompliantmarketsthatcrossallborders,nationstateregulations,sendmoney
instantly,andareuntrackablebykafirgovernments.Contractsusedinanonlinemarketplace
couldbearbitratedbythirdpartieswhojudgetoseeiftheconditionsofthecontractsaremet.
Qadis couldeasilybeintroducedtothissystemandrulebyshariabetweenMuslimsacross
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alkhilafah.Itsolvestheonlinemarketplaceissueforalkhilafahinstantly,whilstgivingMuslims
analternativetouseuntiltheyofferhijrah .
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TheSilkRoadwasthepopularonlinemarketrunningmostlyonBitcoin.Itwasanonlineblack
marketthatcouldhavepotentiallybeusedforanythingfrompurchasingweaponstodonatingto
mujahideen,thoughmostkufarusedittointoxicatethemselves.ItutilizedusersBitcoinwallets,
mixerstoconfusethosetryingtospyontransactions,reputationsystems,privatemessages,
sellerpages,andarbitrators,whichcouldbereadaptedtobeqadis.

DarkWalletisanewBitcoinwalletdesignedtocompletelyhidetheactivitiesofitsusers,
providingtotalonlineanonymity.Iteliminatesgovernmentregulationthattriestoidentifybitcoins
throughassociatingthemwithanindividualswallets.Itmixesalltransactionstogetherintoan
indecipherablemess,makingBitcoinuntrackable.Thisallowsourbrothersstuckoutsideofthe
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InMarchof2013anewversionofBitcoincausedtransactionstoberecordedinanincompatiblewaywith
previousversionsofthesoftware,theminersdecidedagainstit,anditwasnotupdated.
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IslamicJudges
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MigrationforthesakeofAllah
ardh DawlatulIslamtoavoidgovernmenttaxesalongwithsecretlyfundthemujahideenwithno
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legaldangeruponthem.

Tosetupatotallyanonymousdonationsystemthatcouldsendmillionsofdollarsworthof
BitcoininstantlyfromtheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdom,SouthAfrica,Ghana,Malaysia,
SriLanka,orwhereverelserighttothepocketsofthemujahideen,verylittlewouldbedone.
DarkWalletsbetareleasewillbepublishedwithinthenextcomingmonths,themujahideenof
DawlatulIslamwouldsimplyneedtosetupawalletandposttheirwalletaddressonline.Then,
Muslimsfromacrosstheglobecouldsimplycopythewalletaddress,logintotheirDarkWallets,
purchasewhateveramountofBitcointheywishtosend,andsendthemover.Themujahideen
wouldthenhavesomeoneontheothersideconvertBitcoinintowhatevercurrencytheywishat
optimalBitcointocurrencytransactionratestoreceivethedonationsfromthewholeummah.
Thissystemhasthepotentialtorevivethelostsunnahofdonatingtothemujahideen,itis
simple,easy,andweaskAllahtohastenitsusageforus.

Ameen,Ameen,thummaAmeen.
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