Jihad In Islam

Jihad is a complex term whose meaning literally is ‘striving’, however, this term has always confused not only the non Muslims but the Muslims to say the very least. There are various types of Jihad, however with the recent turn of events. The world is exposed to a Jihad which is violent and the world has identified Jihad as being ‘holy war’ which is typically fought between Muslims and non Muslims.

The meaning of Jihad is generally taken as that of being the spiritual one, that is not the case always. Looking into the life of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), there is not even a single war that was called Jihad; rather they were secular wars. Jihad has its own set of moral ethics and values to be followed: these include formal announcement of the

The book is a source of knowledge for the non-Muslims as well as the Muslims as Cook is a religious scholar and does a good job of remaining neutral while delivering his job.

The meaning of this word is also explained by Dr. Farooq Khan.The word used for war in Quran is Qital. Qital is used in the Quran fifty four times, while Jihad is used twenty nine times. Jihad is used mainly as a peaceful struggle in twenty one times; and war is used in eight places as a part of struggle.

Qital was used mainly on the enemies who were plotting some havoc on the Muslims or on those who were joining hands with the pagans or the enemies of the Muslims. This law and rule is somewhat used in the modern times as well. Quran has given permission of war in two

As-siyar is the Islamic international law which along with Sharia, religious law and order, has developed and was integrated as the law centuries before it was implemented in the western world. Majid Khadduri explains it thus:

[T]he siyar, if taken to mean the Islamic law of nations, is but a chapter in the Islamic corpus juris, binding upon all who believed in Islam as well as upon those who sought to protect their interests in accordance with Islamic justice.

There are four main sources which define the Islam ic law, mainly: Quran, Sunnah, Ijma, Qiyas, Ijtihad. Quran and Sunnah have the prime value and after that the rest follows as they are the Divine source. Ijma, Qiyas, Ijtihad generally means the council of learned people who make laws of the time , keeping in view the laws of Quran and Sunnah.

As-siyar encompasses the law that all minorities living within the Islamic state peacefully while if they pay the Jizya, they are under the protection of Muslims from any external forces and they enjoyed the same rights. This means the Islamic law enjoys the approach that it can be based to form a better and efficient international legal