The word "Jihad" means struggle, or to be specific, striving in the cause of God. Any struggle done in day-to-day life to please God can be considered Jihad. One of the highest levels of Jihad is to stand up to a tyrant and speak a word of truth. Control of the self from wrong doings is also a great Jihad. One of the forms of Jihad is to take up arms in defense of Islam or a Muslim country when Islam is attacked. This kind of Jihad has to be declared by the religious leadership or by a Muslim head of state who is following the Quran and Sunnah.
Jihād
Many of the commentators of Qur'ān from among the earlier generations held that the verse of fighting (9:5) repeals many Qur'ānic verses which enjoin wise counsel and exhortations to the non-believers and the polytheists. On the other hand, some theologians of our time view that the verse did not abrogate the directives of good will but that Islam only permits defensive war. According to them, all t
-- Jihād
Many of the commentators of Qur'ān from among the earlier generations held that the verse of fighting (9:5) repeals many Qur'ānic verses which enjoin wise counsel and exhortations to the non-believers and the polytheists. On the other hand, some theologians of our time view that the verse did not abrogate the directives of good will but that Islam only permits defensive war. According to them, all t
he battles the Holy Prophet (sws) fought were defensive in nature; they were not initiated by the Messenger himself. The wars fought by the Successors of the Holy Prophet (sws) can therefore be best termed monarchical aggressions. They can no way be termed Jihād.
I believe that both of these views are untenable: the truth is quite the contrary. God sent the Prophet Muhammad (sws) in fulfilment of the promise He contracted with Abraham. The Prophet Muhammad (sws) was thus charged with the responsibility that was put on Abraham as mentioned in the following verse:
We enjoined Abraham and Ishmael to keep our House clean for those who circumambulate it, use it as a retreat, and kneel and prostrate themselves (2:125)
It needs to be appreciated that the Prophet Muhammad (sws) was the last Prophet of God. The religion he taught had to reign supreme over all other religions. In order to fulfill this divine scheme, the Prophet was first directed to preach the religion of God to the people around him so that they might adopt his...
I believe that both of these views are untenable: the truth is quite the contrary. God sent the Prophet Muhammad (sws) in fulfilment of the promise He contracted with Abraham. The Prophet Muhammad (sws) was thus charged with the responsibility that was put on Abraham as mentioned in the following verse:
We enjoined Abraham and Ishmael to keep our House clean for those who circumambulate it, use it as a retreat, and kneel and prostrate themselves (2:125)
It needs to be appreciated that the Prophet Muhammad (sws) was the last Prophet of God. The religion he taught had to reign supreme over all other religions. In order to fulfill this divine scheme, the Prophet was first directed to preach the religion of God to the people around him so that they might adopt his...
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