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‘Greater Jihad’, ‘Lesser Jihad’ and ‘Jihad in the Way of Allah’
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Preface
In a previous article I described the various types of jihad and demonstrated that Jihad encompasses warfare/fighting and terror and indeed this forms the vast majority of “jihadi activity”.
Some Muslim writers and commentators have made the argument that the “real jihad” is all about “battling one's inner demons” as it were and that “real jihad” has little to do with fighting anybody and that when jihad does involve fighting it is only in defence{1} of Muslims and/or Islamic lands.
In this article I intend to extend and amplify the arguments presented in the previous article to show that not only does jihad include fighting, it is sword-jihad that is the primary meaning of jihad and that far from being defensive, it is offensive in nature.
To do that I will use the primary sources of Islam: the Koran, Hadith (in particular the Sahih Hadith of Bukhari and Muslim) and Sharia Law.
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In the west we often interpret “jihad” as “waging war in the name of Allah” or “Islamic holy war”. This is not without justification, but it also annoys and upsets many Muslims who see jihad as a “supreme effort” to lead a “godly personal and social life”.
Thus Muslim scholar Mahmoud Ayoub states that "The goal of true jihad is to attain a harmony between Islam (submission), iman (faith), and ihsan (righteous living)."
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Introduction
In parts one and two of this series, I discussed the verses of the Koran that set out the war covenant and (some of) those that support it.
In this final part of the series, I will look at some of the “highlights” from the Canonical Sunni Hadith collections (see bibliography) and Malik's Muwatta that also support it.
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Introduction
In part one of this series I discussed the key verses (emboldened in the list below) that form Allah's war covenant with the Muslims.
In this part I will consider some of the supporting evidence found in the Koran.
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In two previous articles, I discussed the four forms of Jihad and Greater and lesser Jihad.
This article considers another aspect of overall “Jihadi” doctrine mentioned in those articles in greater detail.
Whilst many today are aware of the verses of the Koran that pertain to fighting, perhaps fewer are aware of how these verses combine to form a “war covenant” between Allah and Muslims, which will be set out in detail in this article.
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