User talk:Jrp32
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This is you: "I don't think that you will find anyone outside of western islam and the taqqiya of eastern islam claiming that jihad is anything other than physical war against the infidel. I believe you will find that this very strained interpretation of some kind of "inner struggle" is an invention of the Ahmadi (choose spelling) sect in the latter nineteenth century. And, btw, all sects of islam, to my knowledge consider the ahmadi to be apostates to the "true" religion. Please provide Quranic or Hadithic justification for this idea of jihad being other than war for allah. A major Sunni or Shia fiqh will also suffice so long as it is verifiable online"
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions. (1999). Ed. Wendy Doniger. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 087-7790442. , Jihad, p.571
and I encourage you to scour www.quranexplorer.net to find all the answers to your Islamic questions... FlightlessOstrich 16:20, 15 March 2008 (EDT)
- To spare you from going out and finding the book, it says, "Jihad is directed against the devil's inducements, aspects of one's own self, or against a visible enemy." For example, one could engage in Jihad against an alcohol addiction. FlightlessOstrich 16:26, 15 March 2008 (EDT)
- The "visible enemy" thing mostly came about after the Crusaders attacked Jerusalem. I could find that book too, but it's buried under other books somewhere. FlightlessOstrich 16:28, 15 March 2008 (EDT)
Sura 29:5 And whosoever striveth, striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures. The word "strive" here is equivalent to "jihad" in Arabic. FlightlessOstrich 16:36, 15 March 2008 (EDT)
- This is to say, don't fight for Allah, because Allah can do whatever Allah wants. If you're going to improve yourself/you're situation, do it. But don't say it's for Allah. FlightlessOstrich 16:39, 15 March 2008 (EDT)