Jihad in the Path of Allah: Is it, in its specific meaning, fighting the disbelievers?
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The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The jihad in the path of Allah, which, if one achieves it along with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and following the Prophet, he attains Allah’s love for him—is this jihad in its specific meaning, which is fighting the disbelievers? Or is the intended meaning jihad in its general sense?
The Shaykh:
In its general sense, but among its most important aspects, and at the head of them, is the jihad against the disbelievers.
The questioner:
Those who strive in our cause, We will guide them to Our paths.
The Shaykh:
[Al-'Ankabut 29:69] [Al-Hajj 22:78] And the first thing you strive against in the cause of Allah is your soul that commands evil, then Shaytan, then the hypocrites, then the sinners, then the jihad against the disbelievers. Yes.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The jihad in the path of Allah, which, if one achieves it along with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and following the Prophet, he attains Allah’s love for him—is this jihad in its specific meaning, which is fighting the disbelievers? Or is the intended meaning jihad in its general sense?
The Shaykh:
In its general sense, but among its most important aspects, and at the head of them, is the jihad against the disbelievers.
The questioner:
Those who strive in our cause, We will guide them to Our paths.
The Shaykh:
And indeed, Allah is with the doers of good.
وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَAnd strive for Allah with the striving due to Him
وَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ
Source
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