From the strangest arguments I have seen condemning the Muslims who go to Palestine for Jihad fi-Sabilillah is:
“If you believe Jihad there is obligatory, then why don’t you go there!? If you can’t go there, stop being a Hypocrite and leave this affair to the rulers, and know your limits! And your scholars who said that Jihad in Palestine is obligatory, just like they said that Jihad in Syria was obligatory; they’re sitting in the comfort of their homes giving fatwas of Jihad, and Muslims died, while they sipped coffee! So don’t be foolish and stick to our kibaar scholars who warn from this, and say that going there for Jihad is wrong!”
Many things can be said in response to this, but one point will suffice.
If anyone ever utters the nonsense mentioned above, simply say this:
“Tell me O servant of Allah! Does my going or not going to do Jihad in Palestine change the ruling on the obligation of Jihad in Palestine? So if I go, will it make Jihad obligatory? And if I don’t go, will it make Jihad prohibited? Have you taken me as a Lord besides Allah, that my actions dictate what is legislated and not legislated in Islam?! And if you haven’t taken me a Lord besides Allah and what I do doesn’t affect the ruling, then what is the point of asking me this question? If my actions do not dictate the Islamic ruling, then you are only saying this to insult me, which is – firstly – very Unislamic of you! And secondly, you have issued an Islamic ruling based on your opinions! In fact, if you deny all of this and say it was an analogy, then congratulations! Shaytan preceded you in that, and how well is he a Salaf for you, that you used his Qiyas to reject Allah’s command! So woe to you! Fear Allah and do not use opinions or the actions of those bound by the legislation to dictate what has already been legislated in the infallible sources revealed by Allah!”