The ruling on the claim that struggling against the self is the greatest jihad
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Question:
I heard that struggling against the self is among the greatest forms of jihad.
Answer:
How is that? This is not correct; this is not correct. As for jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted, yes, struggling against the self is required. But it is not the greatest jihad, because the greatest jihad is jihad in the path of Allah, the jihad against disbelievers and hypocrites. However, the jihad of the self is undoubtedly one of the types
I heard that struggling against the self is among the greatest forms of jihad.
Answer:
How is that? This is not correct; this is not correct. As for jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted, yes, struggling against the self is required. But it is not the greatest jihad, because the greatest jihad is jihad in the path of Allah, the jihad against disbelievers and hypocrites. However, the jihad of the self is undoubtedly one of the types
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/102 — archive.org (18:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.