Fariq Naik – Meaning of Jihaad

21 August 2024

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The speaker discusses the misconceptions of " war" and the " war room" in the title of Jihad, which is not only misunderstood by non-English Muslims, but also by those from other cultures. Jihad is a Arabic word that means to strive or struggle, meaning to struggle in self defense against evil tendencies. Jihad also means to strive and struggle in a battlefield.

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The first number one misconception the top of the charts is regarding

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the word jihad. Jihad is not only misunderstood by many of the non

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Muslims, but it is even misunderstood by many of the

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Muslims, non Muslims as well as many of the Muslims, they believe

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that jihad is any war fought by any Muslim, whether it be for any

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reason, whether it be for land, whether it be for language,

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whether it be for color, whether it be for race. Jihad does not

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mean any war fought by any Muslim, whether it be for land, whether it

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be for language, whether it be for color,

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Jihad comes from the Arabic word jihad, which means to strive,

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which means to struggle.

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And Islamic terminology, Jihad means to strive and struggle

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against one's own evil inclination.

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Jihad also means to strive and struggle where there is

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oppression. Jihad also means to strive and struggle in self

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defense.

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Jihad also means to strive and struggle in the battlefield.

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So Jihad basically means to strive, to struggle and.

"I really think this is one of the greatest causes one could support"

Mufti Ismail Menk