Jihaad the Most Misunderstood Word – Dr Zakir Naik
ITC-20
Today unfortunately Islam is the most misunderstood religion in the world. The religion which has the maximum misconception in the world today, it is Islam. And one of the reasons for these misconceptions about this religion, I would say it is the media.
Today we find in the international media there is virulent propaganda regarding Islam. We find in the international newspapers, in the international magazines, radio broadcast stations, on the international satellite channels, on the internet there is virulent propaganda regarding Islam.
And the most misunderstood word regarding Islam, it is the word Jihad. It is not only misunderstood by the Muslims but because of the Media it’s also misunderstood by the non-Muslims. Today most of the people whether they are Muslims or non Muslims, they think that any war fought by any Muslim for any reason whether it be for personal gain, whether it be for name, whether it be for fame, whether it be for honor, whether it be for land any war fought by any Muslim is called as Jihad.
Jihad does not mean any war fought by any Muslim for any reason. Jihad comes from the Arabic word ‘jahada’ which means to strive which means to struggle.
In the Islamic context jihad means to strive and struggle against one’s own evil inclination. Jihad also means to strive and struggle to make the society better. Jihad also means to strive and struggle against oppression. Jihad also means to strive and struggle in self defense. So jihad basically means to strive and struggle. For e.g. if a student is striving and struggling to pass in the examination in Arabic we’ll say he is doing jihad. So Jihad basically means to strive and struggle.
Today most of the orientalist, they translate the word jihad as ‘holy war’, if you translate holy war into Arabic it is ‘Harbo Muqaddasa’ and this word ‘Harbo Muqaddasa’ appears no where in the Quran, nowhere in any sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam).
This word ‘holy war’ if you go back into history was first used for the crusades. When the crusaders forced people to accept the religion of Christianity by force and unfortunately today it is used for the Muslims and Islam.
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