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The Greatest Jihad

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The Greatest Jihad: Combat with the Self
AuthorImam Khomeini
LanguageEnglish
Genrelecturs
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
1991
Publication placeIran
Published in English
December 6, 2013
Pages86
ISBN978-1-49435-076-5

Jihad al-Akbar (The Greatest Jihad) is a set of lectures created by Imam Khomeini in Najaf, which was published in 1991 by the institute for compilation and publication of Imam Khomeini's works.[1]

Etymology

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Jihad in Islam means striving way of God.(al-jihad fi sabil Allah)[2]

In the Islamic view, jihad is two types:[3]

  1. External jihad ( physical jihad):
  • Jihad (the help of God's religion) is with pen or tongue or sword.[3]
  1. Inner jihad ( spiritual or jihad al-nafs ):
  • Jihad al-nafs is against all evil, anger, lust, insatiable imagination and any other bad morality in humans.[4]

Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of Shiites, said: “The Muhammad dispatched a military unit to the battlefront for defense. Upon their (successful) return, he said to them "Blessed are the people who did the jihad al-Asghar" but yet jihad al-Akbar has remained.[5] Practices of the Religion[6] jihad al-nafs was called jihad al-Akbar and physical jihad was called jihad al-Asghar.[7][8]

Context

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In this book, Imam Khomeini Orders to Persons and students and clerics who do Jihad al-nafs. "It is necessary that you purify yourself so that when you become a head of an institution or a community you purify them and in this way take a step to rectify and build a society".[9][10] Find a good teacher and participate in ethics classes."The possibility of evil propagation and unclean hands intervening and portraying the phenomenon of having an ethical programme of rectifying one-self as unimportant eventually corrupts the hawza".[10] In the thought of Imam Khomeini, human learns to Loss of worldly likings and self-giving to God. Imam says: People should not be proud of reaching a high position (scientific, material, political, etc).[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ansari, Nasir al-Din. "The Works and Declarations of Imam Khomeini". Islamic Thought Foundation.
  2. ^ Josef W. Meri, ed. (2005). "Medieval Islamic Civilization". Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415966906., Jihad, p. 419.
  3. ^ a b Michael Bonner (2008). Jihad in Islamic History. Princeton University Press (Kindle edition). p. 13.
  4. ^ Staff writer (30 October 2012). "Merits of the Soul: Struggle against the Self (Jihad al-Nafs)".
  5. ^ Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī (1956). Bihar al-anwar. Javad al-Alavi va Muhammad Akhundi, 1956. p. 182.
  6. ^ Esposito, John L. (1988). Islam: The Straight Path. Oxford University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0195043983.
  7. ^ Bonner, Michael (17 August 2008). Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice. Princeton University Press, 2008. p. 78. ISBN 9780691138381.
  8. ^ a b HAGHANI KHA VEH, ABOULHASSAN. "ABOULHASSAN HAGHANI KHA VEH".
  9. ^ Khomeini, Ruhollah. Jihad e Akbar. p. 23.
  10. ^ a b Abbas, Mirza. "The Methodology of Imam Khomeini (r) in the Purification of the Soul".
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