Fariq Naik – Meaning and Aspects of Jihaad

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			But normally when the term jihad
is used, it is taken for granted
		

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			that it is jihad visa vie the law
unless specified. So Jihad
		

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			basically means to strive and to
struggle, for example, striving
		

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			and struggle against one's own
evil inclination, striving and
		

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			struggling against oppression. One
type of jihad is Qatar, that is
		

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			fighting in the way of Allah
subhanaw taala. But Jihad does not
		

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			basically mean a war. Jihad
basically means to strive, it
		

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			means to struggle. Many non
Muslims, including many so called
		

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			Muslim scholars, inverted commas,
they translate this word jihad as
		

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			holy war.
		

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			Nowhere is this word holy war
present in the Glorious Quran, or
		

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			in the authentic a hadith of our
beloved Prophet Muhammad, may
		

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			peace and blessings be upon him.
This word holy war, in Arabic, it
		

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			is hard to
		

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			know where is this word how to
		

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			present in the Glorious Quran, or
in any authentic hadith of our
		

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			beloved Prophet Muhammad? May
peace and blessings be upon him.
		

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			This word holy war, it was first
used to describe the Christian
		

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			Crusaders, the Crusades, who
spread Christianity at the point
		

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			of the assault.
		

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			So Jihad does not basically mean a
war. Jihad basically means to
		

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			strive and struggle.