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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A Difficulty in the Hadith "One Does Not Believe Until I Become More Beloved to Him"

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: I have a difficulty with the statement in the hadith
None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind.لا يؤمن احدكم حتى اكون احب اليه من والده وولده والناس اجمعين
Sahih al-Bukhari 15
. If we say that the negation here is for the perfection of faith, does that mean the one who prioritizes the love of his parents and his child over the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a believer, but deficient in faith? Is that not so? And based on this, he argues that if the command of his parents conflicts with the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he prioritizes the command of his parents. Yes.

Answer:
It is not a matter of prioritizing the command and religion over the command of Allah. No, the discussion is about love only. He does not prioritize the command of his parents, even if he loves them and loves his child; he does not prioritize their command over the command of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. The discussion is about love in the heart, not about actions. Distinguish between these two. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [52/186] إشكال في حديث "لا يؤمن حتى أكون أحب إليه" - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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