Assertion: jihad | /r/HasProperty | jihad al-asghar
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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 reference stated that Jabir said, "We have returned from the lesser jihad (al-jihad al-asghar) to the greater jihad (al-jihad al-akbar).
text: Al Jihadul Akbar’ greater jihad, whilst Jihad against the disbelievers is called ‘Al Jihadul Asghar’, lesser jihad?
text: Though it is true that medieval Muslim scholars did divide the world into these two basic categories, Sicker overlooks the long and sophisticated discussions regarding the multivalent meanings of jihad fi sabil Allah (struggle in the path of God), especially the jihad that scholars referred to as the greater jihad (jihad al-akbar); that is, the spiritual struggle within oneself, which is more meritorious than the lesser jihad (jihad al-asghar) conducted against the Dar al-Harb.