These are: the jihad against yourself, the jihad against Satan — which are called the greater jihads — and the jihad against an open enemy — known as the lesser jihad.

Jihad, according to Islamic law The Arabic term jihad literally means a “struggle” or “striving.” This term appears in the Quran in different contexts and can include various forms of nonviolent struggles: for instance, the struggle to become a better person.

In Arabic, the word means “effort” or “struggle”. In Islam, it could be an individual’s internal struggle against baser instincts, the struggle to build a good Muslim society, or a war for the faith against unbelievers.

Sexual jihad (Arabic: جهاد النكاح‎, romanized: jihad al-nikah) refers to the alleged practice in which Sunni Muslim women sympathetic to Salafi jihadism travel to warzones such as Syria and voluntarily offer themselves to be “married” to jihadist militants, often repeatedly and in temporary marriages, serving sexual …

The greater jihad is the daily struggle and inner spiritual striving to live as a Muslim. The lesser jihad is a physical struggle or ‘holy war’ in defence of Islam. Mosque or ‘masjid’ A ‘place of prostration’ for Muslims, it is a communal place of worship for a Muslim community. Ummah Means ‘community’.

The ‘Greater Jihad’ is the struggle both to overcome evil (munkar) within oneself and to always act morally (maruf) as a Muslim. The importance of the Greater Jihad is ensuring that both actions and intentions adhere to the will of Allah.

Shi’a Muslims believe that imams are leaders appointed by God to be Muhammad’s successors. Shi’a Muslims believe that imams are inspired by God, are without sin and are infallible, which means that they can interpret the teachings of the Qur’an without making any errors.