The word jihad has a lexical range as well as a specific technical religious usage. In this discussion, its defined legal sense is qital fi sabil Allah, fighting in the way of Allah.
The lexical sense of effort or hardship does not mean that every laborious act automatically receives the same technical rulings and merits. A defined religious term must be understood through its recognized religious usage, not only its broad dictionary meaning.
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Wiping Over Khuffs and the Continuing Rulings of Hajj and Jihad
The word jihad has a lexical range as well as a specific technical religious usage. In this discussion, its defined legal sense is qital fi sabil Allah, fighting in the way of Allah.
The lexical sense of effort or hardship does not mean that every laborious act automatically receives the same technical rulings and merits. A defined religious term must be understood through its recognized religious usage, not only its broad dictionary meaning.