The Objectives and Aims of Jihaad
Shaykh Sa`eed ibn `Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtaani
The Levels of Jihaad
© 1997 Invitation to Islam

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Allaah, the Most High and the Most Majestic, has stated the objectives behind jihaad in the cause of Allaah, the Most High. He, the Most Perfect, says:

Fight them until there is no more fitnah (shirk), and the religion will be for Allaah Alone. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allaah) then certainly Allaah is All-Seer of what they do. [Soorah al-Anfaal: 39]

Fight them until there is no more fitnah, and all worship is for Allaah Alone. But if they cease let there be no transgression except against the wrong-doers. [Soorah al-Baqarah: 193]

So in light of this, the objectives of jihaad include:

1. Raising the Word of Allaah, the Most High

The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: Whoever fights in order to make the word of Allaah the highest, then he is in the Cause of Allaah. [Related by al-Bukhaaree with al-Fath (6/28)]

2. Helping the Oppressed

Allaah, the Most High, says:

And what is wrong with you that you do not fight in the Cause of Allaah, and for those weak, ill treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors. [Soorah an-Nisaa: 75]

3. Repelling Aggression and Protecting Islam

Allaah, the Most High, says:

Whoever transgresses against you, retaliate likewise against him, and fear Allaah, and know that Allaah is with those who fear him. [Soorah al-Baqarah: 194]

For had it not been that Allaah tests one set of people by means of another, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and masaajid, wherein the name of Allaah is mentioned often, would surely have been pulled down. Verily, Allaah will help those who help His (Cause). Truly, Allaah is All-Strong, Almighty. [Soorah al-Hajj, 40]

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