Re: Islamically can you join a national army...
Hareem... Throughout the ages Jihad has always been judged in a military manner its just scholars who want to appease their masters who sugarcoat Islam and make Jihad a personal issue and not a military one...can you quote any of the four scholars who referred to Jihad ul Nafs?...
And if you dont judge it in a military manner then for what purpose did we go to war...a lot of times it was to protect our own borders nd many times it wasnt...India as an example was a battle fought which had nothing to do with protecting ones borders...
To save time I'm only giving one example this should be enough for you inshaAllah.
Sahih Bukhari *Volume 4, Book 52, Number 43: *
Narrated 'Aisha:
(That she said), "O Allah's Apostle! We consider Jihad as the best deed. Should we not fight in Allah's Cause?" He said, "The best Jihad (for women) is Hajj-Mabrur (i.e. Hajj which is done according to the Prophet's tradition and is accepted by Allah)."