Jihad...Something which cant be tell or spelled loudly even in India anywhere...
After watching allot of movies on 9/11 and similar subjects for India like train balsts and Attacks i went through the word "Jihad" . Digged the hole till the rabbits end. Refrenced several holy and many religious books.
And here what i came up with...
Till yeterday i was also like you... The meaning of this word was same for me.
If we were to make a list of all the Islamic terms and concepts that have been misunderstood or deliberately distorted, by the apologetic Muslims or Western writers, then Jihad can easily be placed at the top of that list.
Although the significance of Jihad in the Qur'an and Sunnah cannot be overstated, its exact place in the overall framework of Islamic values has been a matter of some debate. Some writers have described Jihad as the fifth pillar of Islam, while others have relegated it to a mere Farz-e-Kafayah (a collective, rather than personal, duty).
A highly misleading but popular idea in this respect is that any war in which the Muslims are engaged, even if the motives are other than purely Islamic, is Jihad fi Sabeel lillah. In view of the confusions that surround this most fundamental of Islamic concepts, Iam going to discuss the meaning and importance of Jihad compared with the other duties and obligations of a Muslim.
The word Jihad is not synonymous with "Holy War" as you can find on google its self when you will hit enter with "define:jihad"
it will return
":A Holy war waged by muslims against infeilds."
which is what the Western media wants everyone to believe.
After four decades of Cold War, the Western powers suddenly found themselves without a legitimate enemy, and, consequently, they have designated Islam and the Muslims as the most deadly threat to world peace.
The image of all Muslims as terrorists was introduced by numerous so-called documentaries. In the face of such widespread media stereotypes, it is indeed an uphill task to educate the non-Muslims regarding the true meaning of Jihad. Much more important, however, is the task of removing the misconceptions among the Muslims themselves.
This has been described in the Qur'an as follows:
They alone are the mo'min who come to believe in Allah and His messenger and afterwards never doubted, and who strive in the way of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Only they are truthful and sincere. (Al-Hujurat 49:15)
(I took it from Quran)
What does this ayah really mean? I serched the meaning as i dont know arabic and got that ,
It means that there is absolutely no way, for a person who claims to be a believer, to avoid Jihad fi Sabeel lillah and still remain a believer in the sight of Almighty Allah .
The word Jihad means to struggle against some opposition. Thus, each and every human being is engaged in Jihad, in the sense that everyone has to struggle for his existence.
However, the kind of Jihad we are talking about should be qualified as fi Sabeel lillah, that is to say, trying and exerting one's utmost in the path of Almighty Allah. It is an continous activity involving the sacrifice of physical and mental resources, wealth, property, and even life, only for the sake of attaining the pleasure of Allah .
So must keep in mind that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has described the struggle to make one's own self obedient to Almighty Allah as the "Greater Jihad." We cannot expect to eradicate the evils in our society unless we first subjugate our own sinful impulses. Similarly, it is also essential that all the available means and resources be utilized in calling people towards the light of Islam, in removing their false beliefs, and in helping them realize the truth of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) teachings, before initiating the final phases of Jihad.
Jihad is rule out the evils in you। Jihad is not what you heared on a silver screen from some character handling a AK47 in hand and with Kurta Payjama.
Jihad is saving the humanity and not what you are hearing from illiterate mentors having conferences without having a knowledge of one word of Quran।
Jihad is about keep yourself safe from every evil and protect the humanity and spread happiness and not what you read in some sick orthodox magazines.
Recently I have seen Sharukh saying "My Name is Khan and i am not a terrorist" in some european country but।
Its India and its a magical country where you dont have to say that...My Name is also Khan and everybody knows that here i am not a terrorist। And i never need to say that too. But this blog was to just clear the misconception about the word which was floating in my mind from the day i saw to little boys playing Cop-Theif.
And defeneately they were influenced some terrorism movie, i heard saying one " Mai Jihad ki Ladai Lad raha Hu"। followed by all bollywood lines like "Done ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai" .
But then i thought i should better tell the meaning of that। So to you all guys.
Love you all... Love you India....
This is Javed A. Khan
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