A Muslim can't live without Jihad ya akhi!

Hudhayfa was born in 5th October 1997 in Adana, in the province Karaisali. He was the youngest of 5 kids. After he had finished the primary school and the secondary school he broke up his education because he didn't want to study. But his father insisted and wanted him to have an education. So he took Hudhayfa an brought him to a car mechanic and Hudhayfa started to work there. 

Hudhayfa was a joung kid without bad habits. All of his friends liked him and despite of his young age he had a strong personality and that's why all of his friends respected him. 

Hudhayfa made his first experiences with Jihad when his oldest brother went to Afghanistan 2007. When his brother was saying good bye to his family Hudhayfa hid himself on the top floor to hide his tears from his brother. He always hid his feelings and emotions from his family. 

Under the influence of his brothers he grew up in an islamic atmosphere. His brothers always were on hijrah or in prison for the case of Allah and Hudhayfa was the only kid who stayed with his parents all the time. So his parents really loved him very much and they overcame their pain with Hudhayfa. Two of Hudhayfa's brothers have been in prison for a long time after they have been held responsible for an attempt. After they had been released one of his brothers - Harun - went to Syria immediately. The other brother - me, Abu Ayman - stayed in Turkey and observed the court procedure whic was still continuing.  

Hudhayfa was upset and said to his oldest brother: "What kind of brother are you? Your brother is in Syria and you remain here! How can you leave him there alone?" His brother said to him as a joke: "Why don't you go to him?" And Hudhayfa answeared him: "When I grow up, I will go!"

And after his oldest brothers also went to Syria, Hudhayfa started to perform the prayers at night and fasted a lot. He was preparing himself mentally for the jihad. His parents said to him: "Oh my son! We are really old! Please stay with us and look after us. If you also go to Syria, who will take care of us?" His parents tried to send Hudhayfa to Germany to his sister in law (the wife of his oldest brother, who was in Germany at that time). But Hudhayfa rejected. He said to his sister in law: "I really don't want to come to Germany, I have a bad feeling. I'm scared that I could deviate there. Syria is better for my iman." He always asked his sister in law to help him to persuade his parents, so that they allow him to go to Syria. He said to her: "I've read the ahadith. The Romans will enter Syria and the gates of Sham will be closed one day. The Romans are the Americans. I have to go to Sham before America goes there. Otherwise maybe I won't find another opportunity to get there. In Germany I will only have dunya and mundane things, but in Sham I can strengthen my iman." These words came from a 17-years-old...

At work he met some Arabs and learned the arabic language in a very short time and he was speaking arabic almost perfectly. He regularly called his brothers in Syria and asked them to organize the way for him. But his brothers wanted him to stay with his parents and always found some excuses to hold him back. One day, after Hudhayfa called his oldest brother and asked again for the way, his brother said: "The way is still closed and too dangerous." Hudhayfa got very upset and said: "Everyone is going to Sham! The way is open for everyone but for me it is closed?!"

One day Hudhayfa wrote to his brother from the internet and told him that he was in Urfa and that he would cross the border in a few minutes to join ISIS (Daesh). The whole family got a big shock and everyone was worried about him and they tried to find a way to save Hudhayfa from going to ISIS. Then Hudhayfa admitted that he was only joking to scare the family. The whole family was relieved. After that everyone realised that is wasn't possible to stop Hudhayfa from going to Syria, because he was really determined. He also left his work and the only thing he was talking about was Syria an Jihad. 

Finally his parents allowed him unwillingly to go to Syria to his brothers. Hudhayfa couldn't believe it and he was so happy that he jumped from one room to another like a little child. His eyes started to shine and he was loughing all the time. Then he suddenly got sad and said that he had no money for the journey. His sister in law, who was with him in Turkey at that time, sold her golden ring and gave the money to Hudhayfa. Hudhayfa wasn't able to sit silently for even one minute...

On 28th February 2015 Hudhayfa entered Syria with 3 other friends of him. His two brothers were waiting for him at the border. Hudhayfa stayed with this brother Harun and Harun tought him how to use and clean a weapon. Hudhayfa was a tall and strong young man. His brother Harun bought him military clothes and shoes and Hudhayfa always was wearing these clothes. If someona saw Hudhayfa from his back, he thought that Hudhayfa was a 30-years-old man; but if he saw Hudhayfa's face, he realised that he was actually still a child. 

Hudhayfa never neglected his dhikr and alway read the Quran. One day, when he was cleaning his weapon, one of the brothers said to him: "The Hoor al Ayn will kiss the mujahid, who cleans his weapon." When Hudhayfa heard this, he said: "Ya akhi, please give me your weapon and let me clean it. I don't want the Hoor al Ayn to leave me even for one minute." And he was always looking for somebody's weapon to clean it..

Hudhayfa was waiting impatiently for the day he would meet the kuffar to fight them. Harun brought him to the Sayfullah-Shishani-Group from Jabhat al Nusrah, where he got his military education. He often wrote to his sister in law, who was in Germany, and asked her to come to Syria. He said to her: "Don't be scared, just come here to Syria. If my brother dies, I will protect you and take care of you in shaa Allah. Don't stay in Germany, it is not good for you. You can't imagine how beautiful it is here." ...

The brothers made an agreement between themselves. They agreed that the death of all 4 sons would be very hard for the old mother and father. So they decided, that one on them would stay with the parents in Turkey, one of them would stay in Atmeh and organize everything from there and the other two would go to the battlefield and fight. And Hudhayfa insisted to go to the battlefield.

His friends in the headquarter (maqar) told, that Hudhayfa always said "A Muslim can't live without Jihad ya akhi!" Althought he was only 17 years old, he managed to surprise everybody with his maturity and his comprehension. His older brothers called him many times to come to Atmeh on the two islamic festivals (3id) to spend his festival with his brothers, but Hudhayfah didn't come. He was afraid, that his brothers would send him back to Turkey or that they wouldn't allow him go turn back to the battlefield. Hudhayfa even didn't call his parents because he was afraid that his heart might get weak and the he might want to go back to his parents when he hears their voices. 

One month before his shahadah he called his brother and told him about a dream, that he had seen. Hudhayfa had not even finished talking when his brother realised that Hudhayfa would become a shaheed soon in shaa Allah.. His brother didn't want to scare Hudhayfa and so he just said to him: "You will kill lots of kuffar in shaa Allah." 

In his last days at the headquarter he always told his friends that he wanted to join Jayshul-Fath and fight with them until he becomes a shaheed. And in these days he sent many massages to his parents and asked them to forgive him. This matter was really important for Hudhayfa and he asked his parents again and again to forgive him.  

One da before his shahada his mother called the oldest brother and told him about her dream, that she had seen. In her dream Hudhayfa came back to her and he was wearing some dirty clothes. She said to him: "Oh my son. Take these dirty clothes off and take a shower and I will give you new and clean clothes." Hudhayfa was smiling and said: "Ok Mum." When he took his clothes off, his mother was surprised that his body was really clean and shining, it was not dirty at all...

On the 9th october Hudhayfa went to Halab Kastello to perform the Ribat (sentry) against the communist kurdish PYD. It was already dark when Hudhayfa took his place at the Ribat. He was watching the enemy through a little hole in the wall of a building. And at that moment a bullet from a sharpshooter of the PYD hit him on his forehead between his eyebrows...

Allah, the Almighty, gave him the shahadah. His brother Harun had been in Syria since almost 4 years and underwent more than 100 deadly situations, but he only got injured twice. The jihad doesn't bring the time of death nearer and doesn't delay it. If Hudhayfa had not died here in Syria he would have died somewhere else. He performed the Jihad here in Syria for 7 and half months. 

We ask Allah to accept his Jihad, to clean him from all his sins and to let him enter Jannatul Firdaws. And we ask Allah to give patience to his family!

May Allah revive the dead hearts through the Shahadah of Hudhayfa! And we hope that our brother has taken his place among the shuhadaa! Congratulations to your shahadah oh Hudhayfa!

The eyes are crying and the heart ist suffering, but we won't say anything that displeases Allah! Oh Hudhayfa, your separation makes us really sad!

We forgive you my brother and we hope that you forgive us too and we ask Allah to allow you to be our interceder on the Day of Judgement!

Written by: Abu Ayman, the oldest brother of Hudhayfah...