What does Al-mjahda mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-mjahda (مجاهدة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-mjahda

Al-mjahda according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

In language: fighting; in religious law: warring against the soul that incites to evil by burdening it with what is hard, in accordance with what religious law requires.

Al-mjahda according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

In language: fighting; in religious law: fighting the soul inciting to evil by loading it with what weighs on it of what religious law demands.

Al-mjahda according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

In language: fighting. In religious law: warring against the soul that incites to evil by imposing on it what is hard, according to what religious law requires (al-Ta'rifat, p. 180).

Al-mjahda according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Weaning the soul from its habits and loading it against its desires, generally speaking.

Al-mjahda according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

A reciprocal form of jahd, with fatha and damma: the utmost of capacity and toil in work; it is also used of fighting.

Al-mjahda according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

In language: fighting; with the Sufis: warring against the soul inciting to evil that it bear what is hard upon it, as religious law requires.

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