What Jihad IS NOT!

If you open a modern Oxford English dictionary, you would probably find the definition of Jihad as “a holy war undertaken by Muslims against non-believers”. This is a very poor definition. Before trying to define what Jihad is, we should first define what it is NOT.

Jihad is NOT Holy War
Jihad is NOT blowing up one’s self (Suicide is a sin in Islam)
Jihad is NOT killing innocent people
Jihad is NOT flying a plane into a building packed with civilians
Jihad is NOT fighting out of anger and hatred
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they don’t agree with you
Jihad is NOT killing others just because they are not Muslims

The real meaning: Jihad is an Arabic word from the root Jee Ha Da. It literally means to struggle or strive. Jihad is struggling or striving in the way or sake of Allah. Jihad takes a very important status in the doctrine of Islam and is one of the basic duties for every Muslim. Though, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the term Holy War. Such a term, or its equivalent doesn’t exist in the Islamic doctrine. The Christian Crusaders in the mid-ages invented this ideology of Holy War.There is nothing “Holy” about wars. Wars only involve killings and disasters!

Jihad has many forms,

-Jihad of the heart/soul (jihad bin nafs/qalb)
-Jihad by the tongue (jihad bil lisan)
-Jihad by the pen/knowledge (jihad bil qalam/ilm)
-Jihad by the hand (jihad bil yad)
-Jihad by the sword (jihad bis saif) [as self-defence]

Op, these set of people have spoiled islam it is you that can explain this to your fellow muslim bro and sis. All what you just write are pure nonsense to these people, they can even kill you for this post. But sincerely, muslims around the world need to be tolerance, reduce extremism and you will see how things will be. And another thing is that, let imams stop hate speech against nonmuslim because this is where it started. May God protect us from these people

There is nothing to understand there, jihad is EVIL. Islam, religion of 'peace' tearing pple into pieces all over d world

elijah2u:
Op, these set of people have spoiled islam it is you that can explain this to your fellow muslim bro and sis. All what you just write are pure nonsense to these people, they can even kill you for this post. But sincerely, muslims around the world need to be tolerance, reduce extremism and you will see how things will be. And another thing is that, let imams stop hate speech against nonmuslim because this is where it started. May God protect us from these people

No , you 're wrong. They can never spoil Islam. Bad and extremists are not just Muslims just like comparing Hitler or missionaries slave masters who killed and maimed millions of Africans with no apology as nonsense, you also May end up being a hardliner or extremist calling my opinion nonsense without hesitation. You have displayed intolerance of my ideas and solution on how to really strike and destroyed extremist not as religious but vagabonds. In Sri Lanka and maymar Buddhist 're killing Muslims, Israel killing Muslims and displacing them of their land,Hitler killed Jews. In USA white killing blacks, people of extreme characters are everywhere. What's bad Is bad irrespective of color,language and faiths. I'm from Lagos, a Yoruba man ,Muslim and my sister is a Christian,we do things together ,we love each other. If you dare my sister I will deal with you even if you share same faith with her. My point is we 're all human, we will better when we isolate bad and call it bad not by tagging by tribes,color and religion,by this we fight common fight and win together.

@ op, we all believe that.. But Islam leaders need to do something about that.. If possible modified the Quran.. Had it been Bible wasn't modified, there would be more Christian terrorist as well