On July 3, 2009, Daniel Patrick Boyd was recorded while preaching to an undisclosed amount of people about when jihad is permissible and his belief that those who say jihad is not necessary have left Islam. He refers to the "kufar," which essentially means non believers. The government summary of this recording can be seen here.
Transcript:
Boyd:
"Maybe it is ok if I just sit here and chill in America , you know make some money and work for the day when I have enough knowledge to make jihad. You're trippin and you have left Islam [Allah forbid!]. Sheikh Abd-al-Qadir Al-Murabit [May Allah be pleased with him] said, quite bluntly, if you live amongst the kufar [UI few words]. Listen to him, he is talking to us. If you live amongst the kufar and they, the kufar, are comfortable with you, you've left Islam; you left Islam a long time ago, man. Period. He doesn't give any explanation. He says if you need an explanation for that you don't know anything about Islam. I'm going to give you and explanation of what that means. It means you don't even know the most basic [fundamentals of religion]. You don't know anything. You just heard that there is one Allah and Mohammed is his messenger. The [Hypocrites] said that. The Kufar say that. You've got nothing more than they have but to be [a believer], to be [faithful] is different.
"You must take the step. You must be [odd]. You will be strange, weird. They're gonna look at you and say man and think about you and say 'man that guy is crazy. He is full of-' and they are going to say all those bad words. He is extremist. He is out to lunch. He is not Arab. He doesn't know anything. He has no degree from any school. Yeah, I'm telling you you're going to hear every one of these. How do I know them? Because that's what has been said to me, about me, behind my back, in front of my face, doesn't matter. I told them [Praised be Allah!]. I am only telling you the [evidence] of the Koran. I'm not telling you my opinion. I'll give you whose opinion it is. You're saying all the scholars of all time are all full of it? So what does [consensus] mean? We don't go with the consensus? Consensus means something that every scholar agrees on, every scholar agrees on like Ibn Taymiyya [May God be satisfied with him] uh [May Allah have mercy on him] said it is [consensus]. It is consensus. Every scholar knows it for sure that after [faith] there is no duty in Islam after [faith] except jihad [in the path of Allah].
"What's jihad? Jihad [exactly] Defending the Muslim lands. Now, there is no offensive jihad today as you can clearly see, right, because you have to have [the Caliphate]. You have to have an Islamic sharia government that sends out this party [UI one word] kufar then that means that there can only be defensive jihad today. Ok, well what is defensive jihad for? Is it for defending the lands of Algeria that have been taken over by Kufar government? Okay, it's been done. But we're not making it. Is it about losing the wealth being stolen from the Muslims? Okay, they're stealing it, killing our women and children, raping them, having them as [booty]. They've got it. They've got it. They've got it. Today, I'm not going to tell you how many thousands of Iraqi women are having Kufar semen in them from the Kufar raping them, and now they're having babies from this Kufar. But it is still not time for jihad, huh? It's still Meccan period. [Allah forbid!]
"Why don't I go there and argue with those people? Because I'm afraid that I'll punch them in the nose. That's why. And it is going to create a big fitna. That's why. I have nothing with them but except [I seek refuge in Islam]. That's all I have for them. I can't go anymore. I can't go there and pretend like I don't know what's happening. And their little nice smiles and whirlwind talk is going to somehow convinced me otherwise. No, I know better. It's a smokescreen and it is [infidelity]. It is disbelief in Allah and disbelief in his prophet. If you disobey them then this is infidelity. The kufar when you ask them, Allah says 'Who is your lord?' 'Allah.' Ok, 'And is this the prophet of Allah?' 'Yes.' But they are not believers. Why? Because they don't obey them. That's why. If they're not obeying them, they are not of the believers.
"So now the people are going to tell me you should go make [repentance] for saying that. Make [repentance] for saying what? Saying [a[verse] of Koran. I'll never make [repentance] for saying [a verse] of Koran. Now, you bring me some [verse] for Koran and make [repentance] to Allah. Make repentance to Allah that I'm saying what Allah said. Now, if I give you my opinion that anybody who has blond hair is a Kafir, this I should make [repentance] for. I'm speaking from my opinion. Okay? But when I'm telling you what Allah is telling us, I'm standing and just delivering because I fear Allah more than I fear you, more than I fear whoever you go and talk to, more than I fear they're ganging up on me through you. No, I fear Allah [laugh]. I say to them, 'bring your worst. While you bring your worst I have Allah and I am sufficient with it.'
"[Praise be to Allah][Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?] yes, yes. Allah is sufficient for his servant. But they will try to frighten you with their [protectors], their big talk, their big sheiks from Andalusia like Jarbuh [I ask pardon of Allah]. Yeah that is where he is from. He came into Islam and he knows a lot about the [Islamic jurisprudence]. Allah [By Allah] But about the [doctrine], of applying it today, I never seen one thing that make any sense out of it. [UI], he is our brother [in the religion]. He has not shown open [Infidelity] or open [Apostasy] that I have seen. He is saying I'll go with what is not fitna and that is [Islamic jurisprudence]. Okay. "[Praise be to Allah] Don't say this is law. This is law now. If it goes against what is in the Koran then you cannot say this is law. You can say this is incomplete. It's a nice way to talk about it. But don't say this decides whether or not you can go give [a sermon] [I ask forgiveness of God Almighty]. This is a matter of [doctrine]. It's a matter of our creed in Islam and I'm telling you I agree with Ibn al-Jawziyyah. This whole book is about hypocrites and how to deal with them and jihad. That's what it is about. You want to talk to your little nephew who is four years old, teach him Islam. This is part of jihad, by the way. Just don't say it is jihad. It is underneath jihad. It's included. It is. You should be doing this while you're sitting and preparing yourself to go forward for the sake of Allah. You shouldn't sitting inactive, doing nothing, saying I'm just going to sit here and not try to help my little nephew while [if Allah wills] gets me out of here. You're doing the right thing. So in this case this is considered a lesser jihad but just put it where it is don't say you're jihad is working hard, teaching, giving da'wa. There is no da'wa without jihad. There is no calling to Islam without the implementation of the sharia.
"Look on this paper carefully what it says about the offensive jihad. Ready? Definition. [Jihad with arms] waging war against the kufar. Okay? That means attacking them who are not under a covenant with you – they don't have a peace treaty with you - and it's in their lands so that they can either be ruled by Islam, that means that they're going to accept the sharia but they are not going to be Muslim. That's fine. That's fine. No problem. Or they can embrace Islam. This is fine too. Or they can pay the [tribute] they can feel that they are disgraced because they are the ones who are having to pay for this protection you don't kill them for disobeying the sharia. This is the offensive jihad. {There is no god but Allah] And this is something that the scholars. Who? What scholars? Imam Ahmad, Imam Shafai. Is this scholar enough for you? These scholars said if a Muslim doesn't do this once a year he is disobeying the rules of jihad. And this is for the [a communal obligation]. This is not even [a personal obligation]. But what is jihad [of defense]? Fighting the enemy and blocking him from the lands of Islam if he enters it or plans to enter it. [There is no god but Allah]
"I'm sorry any of you please shoot your best shot. What's an Islamic land that doesn't have Kufar in it? Go ahead, take your time. ((Speaks to someone inaudibly)) He's speaking like an Arab now. And the only translator's note that he is putting in there and I'm glad that they did, this is the brothers at Fidyan (?), most of whom were mujahideen also. Is that he mentions that fighting the kufar from the one who have left Islam this is first. This is most important first before you go and fight the ones that are coming, the original kufar. It is very important and this is according to all of the [consensus] of scholars because these are the ones who do the most damage. These are the ones we are talking about. They are leaving Islam by saying no jihad. It'ss not necessary, fighting is not necessary. No you should go and get a degree first and get a good job. How are you going to get a wife if you don't have no money? And all of these kinds of worries and [temptations of Satan] instead of telling them Allah is sufficient for me. That's what he asked us in the Koran. Is Allah not sufficient for his slave? Yes. Yes, he is sufficient for his slave. Definitely. Anybody here say no? Allah is not sufficient for you? Allah asked the question. I'm not asking you the question. Allah asked, 'Is Allah sufficient enough for his slave?' Without doubt. Yet, they will try to frighten you. Who will try to? The [Hypocrites]. The Kufar. They will try to frighten you with their [protectors] with their protectors, their patrons, FBI, CIA [UI few words]. You might get hurt. All of this kind of nonsense. That's why they are trying to pry you away from obeying Allah and taking him as your intimate. He is my protector. I don't need anything else. And it works. All of us have been in the case that we have had someone try to dissuade us or talk us out of the [The Truth] and we have fallen victim to it."