Is it allowed to rejoice at the victory of a disbelieving country over another like it?

Question: If two disbelieving countries fight, is it allowed to rejoice at the victory of one of them over the other while they are all Kuffaar?

Answer: Yes, If the Muslims are free from the evil of the country which was victorious, there is no harm from it upon the Muslims, it is closer to the Muslims than other than it, from the angle it aids them with weapons, with equipment, with such, there is a treaty between it and the Muslims, otherwise they are all Kuffaar, all of them enemies of Allaah.

And the defeated country is severe upon the Muslims, harmful to the Muslims, then verily a Muslim rejoices at something of relief from it, if a harmful enemy of it is defeated by an enemy lesser in harm to it.

And from this you find a lot of people during this time saying I ask Allaah to aid Russia against America, make feud between them, and aid this one upon this one, because America is foolish, very evil, very harmful, very trialing. Yes, those other ones are Kuffaar (too) and bad people;

But this one interferes in the affairs of the Muslims in the most severe and evil and barbaric (way), until it doesn’t want any movement from the Muslims except through it. Even some of Muslims said: If they could prevent oxygen from us, by giving it to us in installments, i.e. by their permission, they would do so.

So therefore they are harmful, they cause the heretic Raafidhah to descend upon the Muslims, also cause many enemies to descend upon them, and they loot their wealth, they are very harmful.

So for that reason we ask Allaah to causes the Kaafir country Russia to descend upon America, and to cause defeat to them or by what He wills from His creation.

Then also repulsive things have spread also in America now, repulsive to the natural disposition, repulsive character-wise, repulsive. They allow a man to marry another man, this – Russia – is a disbeliever but it doesn’t have this, they see themselves above and cannot get themselves to allow a man to marry with another man, until they started to make fun of them.

Answered by: Shaykh, the Allamah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu Abdirrahman Yahya bin Ali Al-Hajuri – may Allah preserve him

Source: https://t.me/sh_yahia_duroos/13645

Translated by: Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi