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Sat 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 30-12-2023AD at 12:33 pm #90779
Allah ﷻ said, كُتِبَ عَلَيْکُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّـكُمْۚ وَعَسٰۤى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوْا شَيْئًا وَّهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّـکُمْۚ وَعَسٰۤى اَنْ تُحِبُّوْا شَيْئًا وَّهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّـكُمْؕ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْـتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ “Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not.” (TMQ Surah al-Baqarah 2:216).
Jihad is an obligation. This verse is an indication (dalalah) for that in addition to the detailed evidence in the subject of Jihad. Allah ﷻ said, كُتِبَ عَلَيْکُمُ الْقِتَالُ “Fighting has been prescribed upon you.” This is a command of Allah ﷻ for Muslims to fight and it is a request (talab) for the fighting.
He ﷻ mentioned وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّـكُمْ “Whilst it is hateful to you.” This is a qareena (indication) for the decisive request (talab jaazim) and it is an obligation. This is because the word (الكره) “hateful” means (المشقة) “hardship.”
The request despite the hardship is an evidence (daleel) of decisiveness (jazm) of the request. This is only upon the mention of the hardship as an evidencing (dalaalah). This is because the mukallaf (legally responsible) does not have to perform the action, if it is not a decisive request. Consequently, he would simply avoid hardship i.e. if hardship was not mentioned as an evidencing.As the mentioning of hardship is indicated with the request to do the action, this is an indication (qareena) for decisiveness. Thus the decisive request is an obligation (farD), as clarified in the Usool of jurisprudence.
Then Allah ﷻ clarifies that the human soul may hate what is heavy upon it, although it is of great reward, so the soul gets affected by the current reality more, than it is affected by its consequence later. Also the human soul may love what is easy for it, although it carries evil at the end.
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