Penned by Abdul Azeez al Abini



7) The technique of Insult and Abuse

They use all sorts of despicable words and obscene acts to shatter the morale, and this is an evidence
of the degree of spiritual values and manners that they possess. That nation has devoid itself from all
sorts of manners of war and ethics of conflict. So be, O brother, like a prepared rock, those sayings
and acts must not shake you for I know many of my brothers who have been patient on that and by
Allah, it has only increased their determination and steadiness. Know that you are Allah’s and put to
trial in Allah (‘s way) and the believer is tested to the extent of his Imaan and this interrogator, had it
not been for the chains between you, he couldn’t have harmed you.

This is one of the types of insults that is directed to you. And there is another form and that is the
abuse of the religion or the abuse of Our Lord Almighty or the insult of Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him) or the abuse of the Holy Quran.

Shaikh Abu Lais Al Libi (May Allah Have mercy on him) said ‘The Saudi interrogators used to curse
Allah, the Almighty, in front of me to provoke me but I used to show indifference’. Why does the
interrogator use this technique?? The answer is, because he knows that you are religious and that this
will affect you and the proof to this is that they do not use this technique with people with ethical
cases, so showing dis concern and indifference will force him to turn to another technique and Allah
knows best.



8 ) The technique of Surprise

This technique has many different and varied aspects and though it may be varied and in different
forms but the technique is the same.

The first picture, the brother was conversing with the interrogator in an extended conversation (May
be rightly called -side burns) so that the brother feels secure and at a point of negligence from the
brother the interrogator surprises him with a question that takes from him a very important
information.

The next picture, the interrogator comes to the brother and he is asleep and asks him for example his
email so the brother gets up from his half sleep and in half consciousness tells him.

The third picture, the interrogator speaks with the brother in a nice and friendly manner or says that
your case is closed, then surprises him with a photo of a brother he knows or a name or a title or a
place or an incident in such a way that you suppose that the interrogator has come to know something
of what you were hiding from him. After that, he will observe the contours of your face if they had
changed and then smile and say that it is better for you that you confess because we know everything.
So this is the third picture that happened to some of whom I know and some of them happened to me
personally.

The 4th picture is, that he enters upon you one of the members of your group whom you do not know
is imprisoned or he could be imprisoned in suspicion only, so beware and do not hasten.



9) The technique of Doubting

As for the doubting of leadership, they will say that your so and so leader is cooperating with us so
that we can hunt you one by one and the evidence to this is that so and so is with you and so and so
and then he counts the names of the working brothers and this information he must have obtained
from the confession of someone or through other ways. What is important is that he might not arose
doubts directly and openly but he might just hint it to you so that he makes you conclude this. Didn’t
we hear the continuous rumors about Kasim Al Remmi (May Allah protect him), that he is in San’aa
and that he has a house of 2 floors and that he is living comfortably. Or they might try to insert doubts
in the work and its credibility, so they will say, for example, that your methods are useless and your
security is weak and that you (as a group) have been infiltrated and your experience to organize big
happening or national revolts is pretty weak.

They may also turn to inserting doubts in your religion and Aqeedah, and this is done most of the
time, with the help of scholars of evil, in the rooms of Munasahaat (instruction) as they call it and
what these agents mostly emphasize on, is to create doubt in the matters of Walla and Baraa
(Allegiance and Acquittal) and the problems of the ruling and obligations of Jihad. They will try to
convince you that the apostates who have entered disbelief from many various doors are, but
Muslims, and they are the rulers (wullaa al amr) and to rebel against them is a major sin and that the
Jihad in Iraq and Afghanistan and other occupied Muslim countries is not Jihad according to the
Shariah, and other types of doubts.

And I had seen these ‘Instructors’ and while in the hands of the interrogators, yes, I had seen them and
they are entering upon a brother to “instruct” him or more rightly “to misguide” him, I had seen them,
each one of them carried a basket filled with sweets and temptation so they sat with the brother in a
quiet meeting “filled with doubts”.

This however is only digressing this topic, for this is not its scope. Instead we should specify for this a
separate autonomous topic, more rightly several topics, to prevent this disease that has spread in
different prisons. Even the captives of Cuba are not safe from this evil and their harm and if you want,
then ask the “Isitrahaat al Samamah” what is called as (Munasahaat) Instruction breaks.

And lastly if doubt leaks into the heart then it leads to hesitancy and then defeat and then the doubter
thinks “Why am i resisting? Why am I combating?” And then it leads to matter after matter and the
enemies will have achieved their goals in extracting information in the easiest of ways and there is no
Might nor Power except with Allah.



10) The use of Tricks

And there tricks are many and from them is, for example, when the dimensions of one case varies...
They will interrogate one of the dimensions thoroughly and accurately. The interrogator will ask the
brother many questions some of which might be very unimportant and branches to nothing to the
point that the brother might think it is not important, for example, he asks about what you used to
drink? And about what did you talk?? And did you laugh in your meeting? And what made you
laugh? And what was the color of the wall of the house and the carpet and the books? And such other
silly questions, then he calls the other dimension of the case and says to him your friend has confessed
everything, so the brother, for example, says ‘This is not true’. Then the interrogator says, Do you
remember that so and so meeting in this this place, where you where drinking this and you laughed
when so an so said so and so. The brother will then think that his friend really has accepted everything
even the small details! So this technique is very cunning and wicked and this technique has succeeded
with some of the brothers because they were ignorant about it. There are two solutions to this
technique.

Firstly, the answers to these should be very short like “Yes, in the beginning” or “no” or “I don't
remember” or “almost” and don’t ever mention the details. In this way you will also benefit in another
way and that is, you will cut the threads of your case because the continuing to talk will open upon
you more questions or information or dangerous threads.

Secondly, say to the interrogator ‘If you are truthful that he has confessed then bring him near me and
ask him to confess’

And from the tricks of the enemy when there are several dimensions that he comes to one of the
dimensions with an “interrogation” file, this file is fake, written with handwriting similar to that of the
brothers, ‘see these are the confessions of your companions’. Just say to him simply ‘This is
absurdity’.



11) The technique of Sentiment

This is done through the interrogator dressed in the personality of someone very careful about you or
through instructions in the rooms of Munasahaat (instructions). In a summary, this technique is an
attempt to ‘tie’ you with close ones, may it be your father or your mother or your brothers or children
and community. For we, all praise to Allah, have strong family ties and the Mujahideen are from the
most loving of people to their sons and mothers and community and this is known and apparent, but
the Islamic duty is the one that has forced them to move and work in the way of Allah so they kept the
command of Allah in front of all the other commands because they worked on the saying of Allah the
Almighty

ْ[قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَلٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَـرَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَـكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِىَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْفَـسِقِينَ ]

Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in
which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger, and
striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allah brings about His Decision (torment). And Allah guides not the
people who are Al- Fasiqun (the rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
(Tawbah 24)


12) The use of Equipments

1) The lie detector

This equipment measures the heart beat rate and the speed and movement of the blood. When a
human experiences fear or gets worried, the speed of his blood and his heart beat rate increase
directly. Consequently the speed of blood circulation and pulse increases. So the best way with this
equipment is that when the interrogator asks ordinary questions try to show fear and when he asks
dangerous questions try to remain calm, so that if one of the times you get worried in a dangerous
question he cannot detect you and so on.

2) Spying equipment

These may either be equipments that listen in or tape or surveillance cameras, and here I remember a
story that happened with one of the brothers who were in the prison in front of me I ask Allah to
hasten his release. The story is that the interrogator called the brother for interrogation and after
almost 2 minutes, a military personnel came into our section and entered the brothers’ cell. We did not
know why he entered it. Then the brother came back to the prison and started talking to one of the
dimensions of his case about a matter that the enemy did not know. Then the interrogator called the
brother after approximately 15 minutes and the same military personnel entered the prison and
removed the small recorder. In this way the interrogator was able to know some important matters in
the case. So be cautious while talking in the prison especially in matters that can lay a charge on you
and turn your cards. And if you really have to talk, then do so in signs and Allah knows best.


We will complete inshaAllah in the next edition


Translated by
Dar Al Murabiteen publications

The School of Yusuf Part 7
Sada Al Malahim magazine
Issue 7

Jazakallah Khair

May Allah bless you all for your work