Defense of Self, Property, and Homeland, and Whether It Is Jihad
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If a person defends himself, his family, his property, and his homeland, is this considered jihad in the path of Allah?
Answer:
Yes, if his intention is to repel injustice from himself and to repel the aggressor from himself and his property. In fact, he is a martyr if he is killed while defending himself, his property, or his family; he is a martyr, as stated in the hadith. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If a person defends himself, his family, his property, and his homeland, is this considered jihad in the path of Allah?
Answer:
Yes, if his intention is to repel injustice from himself and to repel the aggressor from himself and his property. In fact, he is a martyr if he is killed while defending himself, his property, or his family; he is a martyr, as stated in the hadith. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 88 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجهاد|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:44)
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