Jihad

Have you ever thought seriously about jihad? Its one of the fundamental pillars of islam . The other day i was thinking in Prophet PBUH’s time jihad was all about defending yourself and to be a strong and dominant nation as muslims. Now it has somewhat become a joke or illegal act? The form of jihad thats practiced by people is to go into a masjid/public place and pop yourself. Since when jihad got the wrong meanings? Just because people have started to give it a wrong meaning , is it something to be avoided or not to be preached to your kids?

My question here is if you as a parent wanted your child to do jihad what form would you prefer?Amd i am not just drawing the boundaries to fight physically.

Re: Jihad

What form would you prefer? :S. Dude, if jihad of the sword was necessary, you wouldn't forget jihad of the heart and kill people and then commit sin. At the time when we will be required to do jihad al-asghar, we will still be required to do jihad al-akbar..