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JEHAD WITH THE SELF
1) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) said that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) dispatched his soldiers to battle to fight the enemy and, upon their triumphant return, said: 'Greetings on those who have successfully carried out the 'Minor Combat' (jihad al-asghar), but have not yet engaged themselves in the 'Greater Combat'.' He was asked: 'O Prophet of Allah! What is the 'Greater Combat'?' To which he replied: 'Combat with the self.'2) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) said: 'Take responsibility for yourself, for if you do not, nobody else will.'
2) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) said to a man: 'Indeed you have been made the doctor of yourself, the ailment has been made manifest to you, you know the marvel of health and have been shown the cure, and yet look at how you treat your soul!'
3) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) addressed a man, saying: `Consider your heart to be a kind friend and a dutiful son, and your knowledge a father whom you can follow, and your self (nafs) an enemy that you fight and your wealth a destitute woman who you would repel.'
4) The Holy Prophet (pbuh) has said: `The truly powerful person is the one who has conquered himself.'
5) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) said: `He who does not have a preaching heart, a reproaching self and a guiding friend will be easily overcome by his enemy.'
6) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) narrated on the authority of the Imams before him, that the Holy Prophet (pbuh), in his advice to Imam `Ali (pbuh), said: `O `Ali, the best thing about self struggle is when a person wakes up with no desire to wrong anyone.'
7) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh) said: `He who has complete control over himself (nafs), when he desires something as well as when he fears something, when he is angry as well as when he is pleased , Allah prohibits the fire of Hell from touching his body.'
8) Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu'minin (pbuh) said: `The warrior is the one who combats his inner self.'
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