Jihad and martyrdom?

Question

Jihad and martyrdom? can someone explain?

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Answer 1

ESERO deserves the 10 points. I don't believe I've ever heard it put as clearly and simply as his answer.

Answer 2

Jihad has many meanings the one you refer to that leads to martyrdom is doing every thing possible to fight the invaders of Muslim’s land as in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine.
Yesterday in CNN, they show the tragedy of the 15 year old Iraqi girl who was raped by five Americans before they killed and burned her with her mother, father, and little sister. Her two brothers were at school, and when they came they were shocked, if those two brothers in the future take revenge from the Americans by performing suicide bombings which is the only way they can afford then they are martyrs even if the whole world said they are terrorist. Some wise persons should study the real causes of the spread of terrorism in the world and I think it is not difficult to find the truth, watch what is going in Gaza and Iraq and you will know who the victims are and who are the real terrorists.

Answer 3

I'll give you the right answer for your question. In Islam there is 2 kinds of jihad, Major Jihad and Minor Jihad. The major one could be fighting against the enemies of Islam or even holding to your Islam where there is a lot pf pressure against Muslims. The minor Jihad could be studying far away from your family or working overseas while your family live in another country. That's only few examples.

Answer 4

Jihad literally translates to "struggle." Islamically, Jihad is any form of struggle or effort exerted in the cause of Allah (God). In Islamic theology, Jihad is not limited to, as popularly understood, holy war. Jihad is of many types, with two major categories: Jihad al-Akbar (the Greater Jihad) and Jihad al-Asgar (the Lesser Jihad). Jihad al-Akbar is a struggle against the self, a jihad bin nafs, struggle of the soul. What this means is that a Muslim struggles to control their temptations and remain good Muslims. Jihad al-Asgar is a physical struggle, often associated but not limited to fighting. There are often five overlapping categories of Jihad.

There is a Jihad bin nafs, already explained. There is also a Jihad bil lisan, a struggle of the tongue. It is essentially correcting the evil perceived in the world and encouraging the good through speech, writing, and other such forms.

There is also a Jihad bil ilm, or struggle of knowledge. It is any struggle to gain beneficial knowledge and to use it preferably to correct evil. This knowledge is not limited to Islamic knowledge and extends to the art of rhetoric, logic, medicine, et cetra.

There is also a Jihad bil yad, or struggle of the hand. It is a struggle of good and evil by the Muslim taking action to correct it. This can be using one's wealth to perhaps create a school, or taking care of one's parents, et cetra.

Finally, there is a Jihad bis saif, or a struggle of the sword. This is a war that can only be declared by the leader of a unified Muslim state (most hold that only the Caliph can order war) and is bound legally by several rules of war in Islam. There are two types of such war - defensive and offensive: Defensive warfare is permitted whenever the Muslim state is attacked. Offensive warfare is permitted whenever oppression exists in a land, as traditionally understood.

Extremist sects and other Muslims draw varying interpretations.

Answer 5

Jihad is a holy war based on strong religious beliefs in which fighting and death are considered necessary in order to bring about the desired change. Martyerdom occurs when a person acting on their strong religious beliefs; usually in missionary type work, are killed by people who don't have the same belief. Jihad involves violent attacks on others to force them to change. Martyerdon involves being murdered because of expressions of belief. Both seek to affect change, however, a jihad initiates aggressive violent attacks to bring about its desired change.

Answer 6

jihad simply means struggle... we all struggle. the idea that struggles with others are greater or more meaningful than struggles with ourselves can be a harmful and evil delusion. we must not blame others for our own shortcomings or lack of faith. Allah would rather have a world full of infidels than a single deceived, lying and false Muslim.

Martyrdom is self-sacrifice. We can sacrifice parts of ourselves if it will serve Allah or the greater truth. But only Allah can judge that sacrifice or determine if we are truly martyred. The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

Answer 7

You have a link to website named "myilamweb.com" and you can't find a definition for Jihad or martyrdom?
Jihad - Religous war against "infadels" or nonbelievers
Martyr - One who sacrifices themselves (usually their life) for the betterment or what they believe is the betterment of a greater cause

Answer 8

Jihad has been explained in the last question regarding this subject, please refer.
martydom is the one who is killed in fighting in the path of Allah the Almighty.
This happens when disbelievers try to enforce the blasphemy laws on to muslims and demage the oneness of Allah the Almighty.
Or if the opponents try to humiliate anyone of Allah's messengers. Muslims are defendents of the oneness of Allah the Almighty and the dignity of all his messengers including Mosus, Jesus etc. (peace be upon them all)

Answer 9

Jihad is a "holy war", like the Crusades. And many people believe that if they die fighting this type of "war", they will go directly to Heaven--(Do not pass GO; do not collect $200.00.)

The Vikings had similar beliefs, and , of course, cowboys knew that if they died with their boots on they'd go straight to Heaven.

Answer 10

jihad = crusade
dying while you're at is is martyrdom.

Christianity was like that 1000 years ago, Islam is there now.
1000 years in the future the roles might reverse.