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76 - الجهاد (1) الجهاد الأصغر

76. JIHAD (1) The Lesser Jihad 1

374 - الحَثُّ عَلَى الجِهادِ

374. Encouraging of the Lesser Jihad

(يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ) .2

"O Prophet! Wage jihad against the faithless and the hypocrites, and be severe with them. Their refuge shall be hell, and it is an evil destination." 3

(قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ . . . أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتّى‏ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ واللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفاسِقِينَ) .4

"Say, 'If your fathers and your sons, your brethren, your spouses, and your kinsfolk, the possessions that you have acquired, the business you fear may suffer, and the dwellings you are fond of, are dearer to you than Allah, and His Apostle and to waging jihad in His way, then wait until Allah issues His edict, and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot." 5

1184.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن ماتَ ولَم يَغْزُ ، ولَم يُحدِّثْ بهِ‏نَفسَهُ ، ماتَ على‏ شُعْبَةٍ مِن نِفاقٍ .6

1184.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever dies, having neither waged a campaign nor having intended to do so, dies on a branch of hypocrisy [in his heart].' 7

1185.مستدرك الوسائل : رُوِيَ أنَّ رجُلاً أتى‏ جَبَلاً لِيَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ فيهِ ، فجاءَ بهِ أهلُهُ إلى‏ رَسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله فنَهاهُ عَن ذلكَ ، وقالَ له : إنَّ صَبرَ المسلمِ في بعضِ مَواطِنِ الجِهادِ يَوماً واحداً خَيرٌ لَهُ مِن عِبادَةِ أربعينَ سنةً .8

1185. It is narrated in Mustadrak al-Wasail that a man went to a mountain to worship Allah and his family had went to the Prophet (SAWA) to complain about him. The Prophet forbade him from it, saying, 'The patience of a Muslim in certain places of jihad for one day is better than worshipping for forty years.' 9

1186.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ الجِهادَ بابٌ مِن أبْوابِ الجَنّةِ فَتَحَهُ اللَّهُ لِخاصَّةِ أوْليائهِ ، وهُو لِباسُ التَّقوى‏ ، ودِرْعُ اللَّهِ الحَصينَةُ ، وجُنَّتُهُ الوَثيقَةُ .10

1186.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Indeed jihad is one of the gates of Paradise that Allah has opened for his exceptional friends. It is the garment of piety, Allah's fortified defense and a solid shield.' 11

1187.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الجِهادُ عِمادُ الدِّينِ ، ومِنْهاجُ السُّعَداءِ .12

1187.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Jihad is the pillar of religion and the path of the felicitous.' 13

1188.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ فَرضَ الجِهادَ وعَظَّمَهُ وجَعلَهُ نَصْرَهُ وناصِرَهُ. واللَّهِ ، ما صَلُحتْ دُنيا ولا دِينٌ إلّا بهِ .14

1188.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily Allah has made jihad obligatory and has magnified it and made it a [source of] triumph and a helper. By Allah, neither one's worldly affairs nor one's religion are set aright except through it.' 15

1189.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الجِهادَ أشْرَفُ الأعمالِ بعدَالإسلامِ ، وهُو قِوامُ الدِّينِ ، والأجْرُفيهِ عَظيمٌ مَع العِزّةِ والمَنَعةِ ، وهُو الكَرّهُ ، فيهِ الحَسَناتُ والبُشْرى‏ بالجنّةِبَعد الشَّهادَةِ .16

1189.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Certainly jihad is the noblest of deeds after [acceptance of] Islam, and it is the pillar of religion. The reward for it is great, while at the same time, consistently maintaining one's honour and strength. It is the assult in which there are rewards and good tidings of Paradise after martyrdom.' 17

1190.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في كتابِه إلى‏ عامِلِه مِخْنَفٍ - : فإنَّ جِهادَ مَن صَدَفَ عَن الحقِّ رَغْبةً عنهُ ، وعَبَّ في نُعاسِ العَمى‏ والضَّلالِ اخْتِياراً لَهُ ، فَريضَةٌ على‏ العارِفِينَ .18

1190.Imam Ali (AS) said, in his letter to his administrator Mikhnaf, 'Indeed it is a duty upon he who has knowledge to struggle against he who turns away from the truth while despising it and he chose to sleep in blindness and misguidance.' 19

(اُنظر) السلاح : باب 962 .

(See also: WEAPONRY: section 962)

1.The Arabic word jihad lexically means struggle, fight, or combat, but has adopted a very specific meaning in Islamic terminology. When used in its general sense or as 'the lesser jihad', it refers to physical combat or 'holy war' against infidels, disbelievers or hypocrites who wage war against Islam and Muslims. When used in the sense of 'the greater jihad'- (jihad al-nafs) - coined by the Prophet (SAWA) in his famous tradition (See Ch.۷۸: JIHAD (۲): The Greater Jihad), it refers to one's combat against one's own base self. In this chapter, due to want of an exact English equivalent, the word jihad will be left as it is (ed.)

2.التحريم : ۹ .

3.Qur'an ۶۶:۹

4.التوبة : ۲۴ .

5.Qur'an ۹:۲۴

6.صحيح مسلم : ۳ / ۱۵۱۷ / ۱۵۸ .

7.Sahih Muslim, v. ۳, p. ۱۵۱۷, no. ۱۹۱۰

8.عوالي اللآلي : ۱ / ۲۸۲ / ۱۲۱ .

9.Awali al-La'ali v. ۱, p. ۲۸۲, no. ۱۲۱, and Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. ۱۱, p. ۲۱, no. ۴.

10.نهج البلاغة : الخطبة ۲۷ .

11.Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon ۲۷

12.غرر الحكم : ۱۳۴۶ .

13.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۱۳۴۶

14.وسائل الشيعة : ۱۱ / ۹ / ۱۵ .

15.Wasa'il al-Shia, v. ۱۱, p. ۹, no. ۱۵

16.بحار الأنوار : ۳۳ / ۴۴۷ / ۶۵۹ .

17.Bihar al-Anwar, v.۳۳, p. ۴۴۷, no. ۶۵۹

18.شرح نهج البلاغة : ۳ / ۱۸۲ .

19.Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, v. ۳, p. ۱۸۲

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