The Ruling on Love Beyond One's Capacity and Passionate Attachment

The questioner:
He says, may Allah preserve you: What is the ruling on a person loving someone with a love that exceeds his capacity, meaning, for example, passionate attachment?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on a person loving someone with a love that exceeds his capacity, such as passionate attachment?

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible because it is a trial and evil. It is not permissible for a person to love another with the love of passionate attachment; this leads to trial and evil. However, a love based on faith—loving someone because he is a believer, because he is a Muslim, or because he is a student of knowledge—is rewarded. This is love for the sake of Allah. As for loving someone for friendship, kinship, or because he has been kind to you, that is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. But loving someone with the love of passionate attachment and admiration for him is not permissible. Yes.