Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu
‘ala rasulullaah
Amma-ba’d
Amma-ba’d
Love For
Allaah’s sake Leads to The Sweetness of Eeman
On the authority of Abu Hurrairah: The Messenger
of Allaah (salallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: Whoever would like to taste the sweetness of Eeman,
then let him love a person – not loving him except for Allaah’s
sake. [Ahmad (2/298), al-Haakim (1/3 and 4/168); Isnaad is
'hasan']
The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam) said: There are three characteristics
that if a person has them, he will taste the sweetness of Eeman: that Allaah and
His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; to love another only
for the sake of Allaah; and that he hates to convert to disbelief after Allaah
has rescued him from it as he hates to be thrown into the fire.
[Bukhaaree, Muslim] In another version, the above-mentioned hadeeth begins with
the words: No one will find the sweetness of
Eeman until and unless…
Loving and
Hating For Allaah’s Sake is The Strongest Handhold of Eeman
On the authority of al-Baraa ibn ‘Aazib
(radiallaahu ‘anhu): The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
said: Awthaq ‘Ural Eeman Al-Hubu fillaah
wal-bughdu fillaah (The strongest handhold of Eeman is loving for Allaah’s sake,
and hating for Allaah’s sake). [Ahmad (4/286), Ibn Abee Shaybah (no.
110); hasan due to supporting narrations]
Shaikh ‘Abdul-’Aziz ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Baaz
(rahimahullaah), in his work The Authentic Creed And The Invalidators of Islaam,
said: “Belief in Allaah also necessitates love
for His sake, hate for His sake, and making friends and enemies for His
sake…”
Loving and
Hating is for Allaah’s Sake Leads to Allaah’s Friendship
Ibn ‘Abbaas (radiallaahu ‘anhumma) said:
“Whoever loves for the sake of Allaah, and
hates for the sake of Allaah, and befriends for the sake of Allaah, and shows
enmity for the sake of Allaah, would get Walayatullaah
(Allaah’s friendship). Without abiding by this, no one can get the real taste
(sweetness) of Eeman though he may have been a frequent offerer of prayer
(salat) and fasts. Today, people keep relationship and love only for some wordly
reason, but this will not provide them any benefit (on the Day of
Judgement).” [Ibn Jarir]
After bringing this hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas in The
Chapter “Love for Allaah” in the classical work Kitab at-Tawheed, the author
Shaikhul-Islaam Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab (rahimahullaah Ta’aala) mentioned
among the issues/benefits of the chapter: “No one
can get the friendship of Allaah and relish of Eeman until and unless he
possesses four ‘actions’ of the heart: (1) Love for the sake of Allaah; (2) Hate
for the sake of Allaah; (3) Friendship for the sake of Allaah; (4) Enmity for
the sake of Allaah.” [He also mentioned - among other
matters/benefits - that Eeman has a sweetness that is sometimes tasted by a
person, and sometimes not.]
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Source: Book Guide to Sound
Creed, by Dr. Saalih al-Fawzaan
Taken from http://maktabah-alfawaaid.blogspot.com/2012/04/proofs-virtues-fruits-for-al-walaa-wal.html
Taken from http://maktabah-alfawaaid.blogspot.com/2012/04/proofs-virtues-fruits-for-al-walaa-wal.html
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