JIHAD
IN ISLAM:
How to Understand and Practice It
Dr. Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan
al-Buti
This book examines the meaning
of Jihad is Islam--first presenting the essential
concept and then through an analysis of fiqhi issues
such as: Dar al-Islam, contract of free
non-Muslim subjects (dhimmi), tribute (jizyah),
charging with infidelity, treatment of apostates,
disobeying the ruler, belligerency, and
aggression. The book clears the concept of Jihad
from the unwarranted attacks to which it has been
subject, and the wrong conceptions of it held by
Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The author, Chair
of the Theology Department at Damascus University
and a well-known international Islamic thinker
who has penned over 40 books, shows
how--especially in recent times--the term Jihad
has been used and abused by countless groups,
factions and political parties who--in complete
disregard of the bases of fiqh, have
manipulated the concept of jihad to their own
ends. The author clarifies how, when, who and
with what means jihad is to be conducted,
according to the accepted schools of Islamic fiqh.
The book appeared in Arabic in
1994. The first printing was sold out in less
than a month, and since then the book has been
reprinted four times. It generated a huge
intellectual debate in the Arab world, a debate
that continues up until today. Sensing the
importance of the book, Dar Al-Fikr made Jihad
in Islam available for English readers.
Though the English translation is a bit rocky,
the ideas come through clearly enough that the
author's thinking is easily understood.
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Jihad in
Islam: How to Understand and Practise It
By: Dr. Muhammad Sa‘id Ramadan al-Buti
Translated into English by: Prof. Munzer Adel
Absi
$6.95, 188 pages, 1996, Dar al-Fikr,
ISBN
1-57547-222-8
Dar Al-Fikr Home
Page: http://www.fikr.com
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