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| Author | Imam Khomeini |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | lecturs |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | Iran |
Published in English | December 6, 2013 |
| Pages | 86 |
| ISBN | 978-1-49435-076-5 |
Jihad al-Akbar (The Greatest Jihad) is a set of lectures created by Imam Khomeini in Najaf, which was published in 1991 by the institute for compilation and publication of Imam Khomeini's works. [1]
Jihad in Islam means striving way of God.(al-jihad fi sabil Allah) [2]
In the Islamic view, jihad is two types: [3]
Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of Shiites, said: “The Muhammad dispatched a military unit to the battlefront for defense. Upon their (successful) return, he said to them "Blessed are the people who did the jihad al-Asghar" but yet jihad al-Akbar has remained. [5] Practices of the Religion [6] jihad al-nafs was called jihad al-Akbar and physical jihad was called jihad al-Asghar. [7] [8]
In this book, Imam Khomeini Orders to Persons and students and clerics who do Jihad al-nafs. "It is necessary that you purify yourself so that when you become a head of an institution or a community you purify them and in this way take a step to rectify and build a society". [9] [10] Find a good teacher and participate in ethics classes."The possibility of evil propagation and unclean hands intervening and portraying the phenomenon of having an ethical programme of rectifying one-self as unimportant eventually corrupts the hawza". [10] In the thought of Imam Khomeini, human learns to Loss of worldly likings and self-giving to God. Imam says: People should not be proud of reaching a high position (scientific, material, political, etc). [8]
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