God Almighty said, “Indeed, God has purchased from the believers their souls.” He, peace be upon him, said regarding jihad, “It is the jihad of the self, and it is the greatest jihad.”

And God Almighty said, “Fight those of the disbelievers who are next to you, and no one is more disbelieving than souls in the favor of God, and no man will be closer to Him than Himself and jihad against oneself is greater than jihad against the enemy, because a person does not go out to jihad against the enemy except after he has fought against himself, and jihad against the enemy may occur on the part of a servant for the sake of hypocrisy, reputation, and diet, and jihad against oneself is a secret matter that only God knows about, like fasting in deeds, and it is more deserving of selling one’s soul than God if the call to prayer is done on Friday. So he abandons all his purposes and desires and comes to such a market and sells from God himself, and such a sale is not annulled. This is