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engaged in constant strife and blood shedding and killing of innocent people but it means to strive in several other ways in the cause of the truth - an opinion which Hadhrat Ahmadas had expressed and one on account of which people like Abdul. Hafeez falsely allege that he abrogated Jihad. Maulvi Zafar Ali. Khan maintained that 'Jihad is not simply that one should pick up a sword and dash out to a battlefield but it also includes struggle by speech and writing 141 and so did the late king of. Saudi Arabia, Faisal ibn Saud declare: "You have been called to raise the banner of Jihad in the way of God. Jihad is not taking up the guns or raising the sword. . Jihad is to invite to the Book of God and the example of the. Prophet; to hold fast to them and to stick to them despite all kinds of difficulties, distress and affliction. 142. It is also a recorded fact of the history of Muslims that despite differing views on many aspects of Islamic teachings, scholars and leaders of numerous sects have universally agreed that. Jihad of every age is different and has to be conducted through means which are appropriate to the times. Hence, Maulvi Saeed. Ahmad of the Jami'at al Ulama Hind censured the blood thirst mullahs who insisted that Jihad must be essentially conducted with the sword only and stated that 'the Jihad of every age is different. At Mecca, there was one type of defence and at. Medina another. 143 In our present age, however, the famous. Muhaddith of Delhi, Allama Abul Haq Haqqani explained that 'to debate and argue with the heretics is also Jihad '44 since, as maintained by the one time leader of the Ahle Hadeeth in India,. Maulvi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi: 'The age of the sword is no more. Now instead of the sword, it is necessary to wield the pen. +45 41. Khan, Maulvi Zafar Ali. Zamindar, Lahore, 12 June, 1936 42. Saud, Faisal ibn. Umm al Qura, 24 April, 1965 43. Al Jami'at, 28 January, 1931, p. 2 44. Haqqani, Abdul Haqq. Tafsir Haqqani, vol. iv, p. 112 45. Batalvi, Maulvi Muhammad Hussain. Isha'atus Sunnah, vol. vi, no. 12, Dec. , 1883, p. 364 231