Jihad

Jihad is the pillar of religion and the path of the felicitous.

الجِهادُ عِمادُ الدِّينِ ، ومِنْهاجُ السُّعَداءِ . ح: 1346

Jihad is the pillar of religion and the path of the felicitous. H: 1346

جِهادُ النَّفْسِ مَهْرُ الجَنّةِ . ح: 4755

Jihad of the self is the dowry for Paradise. H: 4755

رُدَّ عَن نَفْسِكَ عِند الشَّهَواتِ ، وأقِمْها على‏ كِتابِ اللَّهِ عِند الشُّبُهاتِ . ح: 5406

Prevent your self from fulfilling its desires, and make it hold fast to the Book of Allah during misgivings. H: 5406

امْلِكُوا أنفسَكُم بدوامِ جِهادِها . ح: 2489

Gain control of your souls through constant self-struggle. H: 2489

رَدْعُ النَّفْسِ‏ وجهادُها عن أهْوِيَتِها يَرفَعُ الدَّرَجاتِ ويُضاعِفُ الحَسَناتِ . ح: 5407

Controlling the self and combatting with it against its lower desires raises one's stations and multiplies one's rewards. H: 5407

بالمُجاهَدَةِ صَلاحُ النَّفْسِ . ح: 4319

Salvation for the soul is [attained] through self-struggle. H: 4319

جاهِدْ نَفْسَكَ عَلى‏ طاعةِ اللَّهِ مُجاهَدةَ العَدُوِّ عَدُوَّهُ ، وغالِبْها مُغالبةَ الضِّدِّ ضِدَّهُ ؛ فإنّ أقْوى‏ النّاسِ مَن قَوِيَ على‏ نَفْسِهِ . ح: 4761

Struggle against your self in Allah's worship just as one fights one's enemy, and overcome it just as one overcomes one's opponent, for the strongest of people is he who has triumphed over his self. H: 4761

جاهِدْ شَهْوَتَكَ وغالِبْ غَضَبكَ وخالِفْ سُوءَ عادَتِكَ ، تَزْكُ نَفْسُكَ ، ويَكْمُلْ عَقلُكَ ، وتَسْتَكمِلْ ثَوابَ ربِّكَ . ح: 4760

Struggle against your lower desires, overcome your anger, oppose your bad habits, purify your self, perfect your intellect, and bring to completion the reward that is with your Lord. H: 4760

طاعَةُ اللَّهِ سبحانَهُ لا يَحُوزُها إلّامَن بَذَلَ الجِدَّ ، واسْتَفْرَغَ الجُهْدَ . ح: 6009

Obedience to Allah cannot be attained except by one who possesses earnestness and exerts himself to the utmost. H: 6009

المُجاهِدونَ تُفْتَحُ لَهُم أبْوابُ السَّماءِ . ح: 1347

The doors of the heavens are opened for those who wage jihad. H: 1347

أفْضَلُ الجِهادِ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ عنِ الهَوى‏ ، وفِطامُها عَن لَذّاتِ الدُّنيا  . ح: 3232

The best jihad is combatting one's self against its desires, and weaning it from the pleasures of this world. H: 3232