Tag: Imam Hussein

The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, gave us a teaching that cuts through all pretence,  all excuse, all cowardice. He said, “The best jihad is a word of truth before an unjust ruler.” Let us think about that for a second or two. The best jihad is not even a physical struggle in the  conventional sense. The best struggle is a WORD OF TRUTH spoken in the face of illegitimate  power. Why? Because war, or physical violence, does not emerge from a vacuum. It is preceded by a single brave individual, who has the courage, the temerity, the audacity to say to the  powerful what everyone is afraid to say.