Allah Subhanahu Wa Talah has created man on the nature of lust that he always think of its own welfare. Similarly Allah call us toward right path by showing us our profit. As mention in surah Asar chapter 103.
“ By Time (through the Ages), Verily, Man is in loss, Except such as have Faith, And do righteous deeds, And (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy”.(1-3)
Now to control that lust of human nature Allah said in surah Al-Imran chapter 3,
“ By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of that which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth Allah knoweth it well”.(92)
As if you like wealth so also share it with needy, if you like cars so give among the best of your car to needy. If you like houses so share the best of your house with poor and needy in the way of Allah. One thing that everyone likes and no one can deny that its no favorite is your own life and now your Allah and your faith is asking to give among the best of things which you like most. Now it the time to make a deal and sell this life to Allah. As Allah said in surah Saff chapter 61,
“ O you who have believed, shall I tell yopu of a bargain that will save you from painful torment? It is that you should believe in Allah and His Messenger, and should exert your utmost in Allah’s way with your wealth and yourself. This would be best for you if you only knew.(10-11)
Now we understand that bargain of surah asar in which man was in lost. Mean that we reach to the righteousness when we did bargain of our wealth and life with Allah. Similaly Allah said in Quran surah Tauba chapter 9,
“ Allah hath purchased of the Believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise): They fight in His Cause, and slay and are slain: A promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, The Gospel, and The Quran: And who is more faithful to his Covenant than Allah? (111)
What a beautiful bargain is it. The seller sold his life and buyer bought the life. The buyer give heaven and seller got that heaven. The buyer made seller happy and seller made buyer happy. As mention in Quran surah Tauba chapter 9 ,
“ Well-pleased is Allah with them, As are they with Him.” (100)
So what to say about the people who have attain the righteousness and made their creator happy with their character because the base of faith is to make the creator happy. Now who every did the Jihad from his wealth and life did the bargain with Allah. And where my mind goes I can see that jihad is the only way by which we can fulfill the verse of Quran which say “By no means shall ye attain righteousness” because in jihad we have to spend our wealth, our home, our life even every thing which make us comfort we left that every thing for Allah and that is the meaning of “By no means shall ye attain righteousness”. Allah once again say in Quran surah Nisa 4
“Let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. In cause of Allah whether he is slain or get victory.” (74)
Now this thing is clear that any person who want to make creator happy, and those who want to enter in heaven. Should to jihad in the cause of Allah. But if any doubts about jihad remain in mind so lets us clear them also. Allah said in surah Maidah chapter 5,
“ O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him, and strive with might and main in his Cause: that ye may prosper.” (35)
On above ayah Creator clear on us that if we want to be His loved one, and want to approach to Him, and want to be blessed one. So, no need of doing anything just to do jihad in His cause and this is the only way Creator told us to reach Him and no other way goes to Him. and also mention in surah Hujrat chapter 49,
“Only those are believer who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones.” (15)
The word for sincere in Arabic is Sadiqeen, this show us that after the Prophecy the two top most ranks Sadiqeen and Shuhada belong to those person who do jihad in the way of Allah. Now the reward of giving life in the way of Allah is only could give by Allah because a man don’t have that much power to give reward of his jihad and what a man can give reward of giving life. That will give only Creator to that man by make him happy who do bargain with Him. That’s why Allah said in surah Al-Imran chapter 3,
“Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their substance in the Presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the Bounty provided by Allah: And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), The (Martyrs) glory in the face that on them is no fear, Nor have they (cause to) grieve. They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah, and in the fact that Allah suffereth not the reward of the faithful to be lost (in the least).” (169-171)
Who do bargain with Allah and gave their lives to Allah now they started to receiving the rewards. First those who got slain, got the life of forever. They are happy on food and reward of Creator but those who took put in jihad but came alive they also got the happiness of Creator and got reward form Creator.
Now a days, some people say that these ayah of jihad are from just small period of time are now they are not valid. Now let me clear their doubts also. Allah said in Quran surah Nisa chapter 4,
“And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?—Men, women and children, whose cry is: “our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from Thee one who will protect; and rise for us from Thee one who will help!” (75)
In this ayah Allah made jihad obligatory on all time. When ever Muslims of any part of world need help jihad will become duty of every muslim. Prophet said after me there is no prophet so any peoson who preach this religion is same like messenger in the land of Israel. So now this verse of Quran is for us also. Allah said in Surah Anfal chapter 8,
"It is not fitting for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until He hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporal goods of this world; but Allah looketh to the Hereafter: And Allah is exalted in might Wise". (67)
It is proved in that verse that the jihad is not only mention in islam but it also mention in old books also. Now islam is last religion and Prophet Muhammad SAW is last Messenger so now its the duty of this ummah to do jihad in the cause of Allah on the land of Allah. It is the duty of muslim to regulate the conditons of world and any one who mischief on earth to give him right lesson so humanity can flourish in a good manner.
Now those people reject the verses of jihad those have rebellious in their heart. When ever the name of jihad anem they run away and try to save their wealth and life from the cause of Allah. these are those who find Hujjah (to find their ways to save their salves from orders). They sold the verses of Allah and accept small amout of wealth against it. Allah said in Quran Shurah Alaq chapter 96,
" Seest thou one Who forbids-- A votray when he (turn) to pray?". (9-10)
In this verse its clear that in this ummah there are also black sheep. When a person want to walk on the way of Allah they make him stop and give hujjah (to find their ways to save their salves from orders) to make him stop. Now those have disease in their hearts for thim Allah said in Quran Surah Muhammad chapter 47,
" Those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death". (20)
Now those have disease in their hearts to save their wealth and lives, when they listen the name of jihad their faces are like dead once. They find the way to left behind and give their hujjah (to find their ways to save their salves from orders) to other people. And when mujahideen went on in cause of Allah, so they made their fun. For that tpye of people Allah say in Quran Suarh Ahqaf chapter 46,
"Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) Messengers of inflexible purpose; and bein no haste about the (unbelievers). On the Day that they see the (punishment) promised them, (it will be) as if they had not tarried more than an hour in a single day. (Thine But) to proclaim the Message: But shall any be destroyed except those who transgress?". (35)
Allah has given time to those hearts those have disease in it to control their disease and if they not control it and going against jihad so shall they be punished even they are muslims. They rejected the words of Allah, His messanger and Quran. I think my these all speech on verses of jihad in Quran is enough to prove Jihad in Islam. In my next article I will use Hadith to prove Jihad in Islam.
May Allah give me power to Explain and you to understand and we all to work on it. (Ameen)
