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 #1438 Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no Jihād like struggle against the self.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1434 Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no struggle more worthy than struggling against the self.
• 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 #1437 Imam Ali (AS) said, Struggling against the self is the best Jihād.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1408 Imam Ali (AS) said, The best Jihād is the struggle of a man against his [carnal] soul.
• Mishkāt al-Anwār #1452 God's Prophet (a.s) said: “The best jihad is the one with your own self.”
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1428 Imam Ali (AS) said, The most excellent Jihād is struggling against the self.