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What is jihad?

ما الجهاد؟

Jihad is the exertion of effort in seeking God's pleasure. The books of jurisprudence give it graded meanings, from the struggle against the self to the struggle by hand and fighting in the way of God.

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Jihad is striving to earn God's pleasure. The books of jurisprudence describe graded meanings, from the striving of the self to the striving of the hands and fighting in God's path. 1

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The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

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