"In hadith collections, jihad means armed action; for example, the 199 references to jihad in the most standard collection of hadith, Sahih al-Bukhari, all assume that jihad means warfare."
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What Does Jihad Mean? by Douglas E. Streusand Middle East Quarterly September 1997, pp. 9-17
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