It is also the fighting which is the defense of the Religion of Truth as much as we are able to find a way to do so.

In summary, Jihad is a gatherer of the meanings of all the [divine] obligations for whoever contemplates it with the eye of insight (Ayn al-Basirah).

The name of Jihad is applied among the people of the exoteric to effort and fatigue in a matter.

As for the Monotheists, it is diligence and fatigue in seeking knowledge and action sincerely for God, and restraining the soul from what God has forbidden.

The name of Jihad is applied among the people of the exoteric to fighting the enemy.

As for the People of Monotheism (Ahl al-Tawhid), it is the cursing of the adversaries (al-Aḍḍād), the dissociation (al-Barā'ah) from them, and the refuting of the corrupt sayings and deviating actions they believe in.

The name of Jihad is applied, according to the opinion of the People of Monotheism, to the sixth degree of the ranks of the Chiefs (al-Nuqaba), who are ninety-five saints; the closest of them to God in means of access (Wasilah) is Khuzaimah bin Thabit, the Possessor of the Two Testimonies (Dhu al-Shahādatayn).