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The term jihad is derived from the Arabic root jahada, meaning "to exert strength and effort, to use all means in order to accomplish a task". In its expanded sense, it can be fighting the enemies of Islam, as well as adhering to religious teachings, enjoining good and forbidding evil. [ 22 ]
632 Pages. ISBN. 978-1-52-209065-6. Al Jihad fil Islam (Eng: The Concept of Jihad in Islam) is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi on the subject of jihad in Islam. [1][2] The book is an English translation of the classic book in jihad, originally written and published in 1927 in the Urdu language.
[104] [105] According to theory, ijtihad requires expertise in the Arabic language, theology, religious texts, and principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh), [104] and is not employed where authentic and trusted texts (Qur'an and hadith) are considered unambiguous with regard to the question, or where there is an existing scholarly consensus ...
Noor-ul-Haq. (book) Noor-ul-Haq ( The Light of Truth) is a two-part Arabic book written by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in 1894. It consists of both prose and poetry. The first part was written in refutation of a book written by Padre Imad ud-Din Lahiz, a Christian preacher who had apostatised from Islam.
Jihad (جهاد) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to maintain the religion. In Arabic, the word jihād is a noun meaning "to strive, to apply oneself, to struggle, to persevere". [ 25 ] A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid, the plural of which is mujahideen (مجاهدين).
Fi sabilillah. The phrase fi sabilillah (فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّٰهِ, fī sabīli llāh) is an Arabic expression meaning "in the cause of God ", or more befittingly, "for the sake of God". [1] Alternative spellings for fi sabilillah include fisabilillah and fisabillillah. The phrase - which relates the distribution of zakat - is ...
The phrase "day of jihad" was an invention of the tabloids. Hamas never used those words. In fact, "there is no history of Hamas attacks on U.S. soil or U.S. troops," says Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi ...
Jihad (Arabic for "struggle") was given a military dimension after the oppressive practices of the Meccan Quraish against Muslims. It was interpreted as the struggle in God's cause to be conducted by the Muslim community. Injunctions relating to jihad have been characterized as individual as well as collective duties of the Muslim community ...