Striving Against the Self and Striving Against the Enemy
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Question:
The Shaykh’s issue: Abdullah told him repeatedly, “Your case is that the struggle against the self is harder than the struggle against knowledge.”
Answer:
A person does not struggle against the enemy until he has struggled against his own self; there is no doubt about this. So the struggle against the self is undoubtedly the most important prerequisite. Whoever does not struggle against his own self cannot struggle against the enemy. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The Shaykh’s issue: Abdullah told him repeatedly, “Your case is that the struggle against the self is harder than the struggle against knowledge.”
Answer:
A person does not struggle against the enemy until he has struggled against his own self; there is no doubt about this. So the struggle against the self is undoubtedly the most important prerequisite. Whoever does not struggle against his own self cannot struggle against the enemy. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 88 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجهاد|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:15)
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