ABSTRACT
Never think that those who are killed in the way of Allah are dead. They are alive living with Allah. The Qur'an includes a wide range of emphases on Jihad, as flexible as it may be, in response to different conditions. Jihad as physical warfare features prominently in the earliest Islamic writings. Throughout the Islamic jurisprudence's history, Muslims have recognized two kinds of jihad: the small (or lesser) jihad (al-jihad al-saghir) and the greater jihad (al-jihad al-akbar). The small jihad (al-jihad al-saghir) is the righteous war on behalf of the community and its defense. Islamic jurisprudence has distinguished four different ways in which the believer may fulfill the jihad obligations. Fighting in the way of Allah is fighting to rise up Allah's word; to safeguard his religion and to spread his mission. The idea of jihad as bellum justum (righteous war) exists in classical Islam.
