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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Lectures On Ashura Jihad and Martyrdom Ustaz Moosvi I seek refuge in the Hearer and the Omniscient Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The believers fight for the cause of Allah. The unbelievers fight for the cause of the Devil. So fight against the friends of Satan, for the evil plans of Satan are certainly weak. (Surah Nisa, verse 76).
One of the important Islamic subjects which have often been discussed is Jihad. If most of the Quranic verses are studied carefully and in a proper manner it will be observed that every time after a few verses there occurs a verse which contains an order regarding Jihad.
On the one hand fighting and Jihad has been mentioned on one ground or another in the verses containing religious, social and moral principles and orders, and on the other hand the propaganda is being carried on for a few centuries that Islam spread through sword and made advances and con- quests so much so that this vicious propaganda has impressed even our educated young men. The Muslim and impartial non-Muslim scholars have also written books on the Islamic principles of defence and Jihad.
What does Jihad mean in Islam and how did Islam make progress? Did a revolution take place in the Arabian Peninsula? How many lives did each party lose in this intellectual, moral and social revolution? Were the battles fought in the early days of Islam defensive or offensive? All these questions are important m themselves.
However, if we start discussing these matters it is feared that we shall he digressing from our real subject and the things which it is proposed to narrate now will he left unsaid Apart from the religious and social orders, laws and rules, defence is a natural and psychological matter Allah has created a power m human nature which is called the power of anger This power is also present in animals in different forms and its object is the defence of their life Every animate being has a right to live and in order to defend this right it makes use of its limbs.
The Almighty Allah has not only deposited this power in every animate being hut has also created it m the plants It appears that some kinds of vegetations are meant for the living beings like fruits and flowers, and there are some other kinds which exist only for procreation although other beings are no doubt pleased with their beauty and they enjoy it.