Similar narrations

• Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1546 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best jihad is combatting ones self against its desires, and weaning it from the pleasures of this world.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1412 Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the best Jihād is the struggle of a man against his [carnal] soul.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1420 Imam Ali (AS) said, Struggling against the self is the best Jihad.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1434 Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no struggle more worthy than struggling against the self.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1408 Imam Ali (AS) said, The best Jihād is the struggle of a man against his [carnal] soul.