Assertion: jihad | /r/HasProperty | physical struggle
Facets:
value: to defend the ummah
type: PURPOSE
value: for self-defense
type: PURPOSE
value: for the purpose
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The lesser jihad: physical struggle, often associated with fighting and killing.
text: Jihad is physical combat, not just for self-defense but for the purpose of spreading Islam, and there is no greater virtue:
text: Muhammad is reported to have advised his companions as they return after a battle, "We are returning from the lesser jihad (physical fighting) to the greater jihad (disciplining the self).
text: The lesser jihad (jihad al-asghar) is the physical (external) struggle, a shared communal obligation for some Muslims (fard kifaya), on behalf of all, to defend the ummah from aggression.
text: the lesser Jihad - the physical struggle against the enemies of Islam.