A Precious Gem: Jihad is Ordained for You by Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah

A Precious Gem: Jihad is Ordained for You
Allah, the Almighty says
"Jihad (fighting in the Cause of Allah) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you
dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.
(AIBaqarah,2:216)
And He, the Exalted and ever Majestic says,
"If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good." (An-Nisa', 4:19)
The first verse is talking about Jihad, which is the perfection of the power of anger and righteous indignation, and the second is about marriage, which is the perfection of the power of lust.The servant hates to face his enemy using his power of anger fearing for himself while this hateful matter is good for him in his life and the next and he likes to make peace and forget about
jihad while this matter is bad for him in his life and the next. Also, the servant sometimes dislikes a woman because of one of her qualities while keeping her as his wife might grant him much good that he is not aware of and sometimes he loves a woman for one of her qualities and keeping her will bring him much evil that he is not aware of. The human being as Allah describes him is unjust and foolish. He should not make his criteria of what is harmful or beneficial for himself according to what he loves or hates, but the criteria should be what Allah has chosen for him in the form of orders and prohibitions. The best and most useful thing for him is to obey Allah in secret and in public, and the worst and most harmful thing for him is to disobey Allah either secretly or publicly. If he sincerely obeys and worships Allah, every matter that he hates will be good for him but if he abandons obedience and worship, every matter that he loves will be evil and bad for him. Whoever truly knows Allah, His names, and His attributes, will surely know that any distress or harm that has happened to him bears interest and benefits that his mind cannot comprehend and may even benefit the servant in something that he hates.