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