Ribat ni miongoni mwa mambo yanayofuata jihadi, nayo ni kusimama mipakani kwa ajili ya kuwaimarisha Waislamu. Mpaka ni kila mahali palipo kwenye mipaka na adui, ambapo watu wake wanaogopwa na adui nao huwatisha adui. Kwa maneno mengine, ni mahali ambapo zaidi yake hakuna Uislamu. Maana ya ribat ni kukaa mipakani ili kuheshimu dini na kuwazuia maovu ya makafiri dhidi ya Waislamu. Kukaa mahali popote panapotarajiwa kushambuliwa na adui kwa nia ya kuzuia shambulio hilo kunachukuliwa kuwa ribat, kwa sababu ya ribat ya farasi waliofungwa katika kauli ya Allah.

The Ribat is among what follows jihad, and it is to position at the frontiers to strengthen the Muslims. The frontier is every place at the borders with the enemy whose people are frightened by the enemy and they frighten the enemy. In other words, it is the place beyond which there is no Islam. The meaning of ribat is to stay at the frontiers to honour the deen and repel the evil of the disbelievers from Muslims. Staying at any place where the attack of the enemy is expected with the intention to prevent it is considered ribat because the ribat of tethered horses in Allah’s statement: