The scope of jihad al-nafs (struggle against the self) in all acts of obedience, whether obligatory or recommended
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the struggle against the self (jihad al-nafs) extend to both the obligatory acts and the recommended practices, or is it limited to the obligatory acts only?
Answer:
We struggle against it in all acts of obedience, both the obligatory and the recommended. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the struggle against the self (jihad al-nafs) extend to both the obligatory acts and the recommended practices, or is it limited to the obligatory acts only?
Answer:
We struggle against it in all acts of obedience, both the obligatory and the recommended. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1723] شمول جهاد النفس لجميع الطاعات فرضاً وسنة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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