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Sep 04, 2013
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Syrian Boy, Mounted on Horse and Wielding Sword, Thanks Gulf Clerics for Supporting Jihad in Syria

#4093 | 01:51
Source: Online Platforms

In this footage, posted on the Internet on September 4, 2013, a Syrian boy, Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya, sits mounted on a horse and wielding a sword in his hand. Surrounded by a group of children, he calls upon Allah to bless and protect various clerics from the Gulf, including Saudi Sheik Muhammad Al-'Arifi and Kuwaiti Sheik Walid Al-Tabtabai, to the children's chorus of "amen."


Following are excerpts


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Our people in the Gulf, may you be blessed for your enthusiastic support.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: You have made great sacrifices for Syria.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, protect our scholars in the Gulf.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: First and foremost, protect Sheik Muhammad Al-'Arifi.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, bless him in all that he does.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Bless him when he is asleep.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: He is one of Your soldiers. Protect him, oh Allah.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, grant success to our people in Kuwait, and especially to Sheik Walid Al-Tabtabai.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: He is the epitome of manliness and sacrifice.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: He fears none but Allah and His Messenger.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: He confronts all those who wish to tear this nation apart.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, support him, support him, support him.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, I beseech You to provide assistance to him.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, grant success to our Sheik Nabil Al-Awadhi.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: In the name of the bereaved mothers and the people who memorized the Koran, who fast and who pray, I beseech You to provide him with assistance, oh Allah.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, protect the humane sheik Muhammad Al-Lahem, "the Sword of Justice," who cares for the needy and the refugees.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, help him to remove the injustice from our people in Syria.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, grant him success in all his good deeds.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: Oh Allah, I ask that You accept the honorable among the leaders of the Arab and Islamic nation.


Children in unison: Amen.


Abd Al-Salam Al-Raf'eiya: May You turn them into facilitators of good, not evil.


Children in unison: Amen.


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