A Sign of Loving Allah and His Messenger
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah preserve you, how does a person know that he loves Allah and His Messenger, and how does the effect of that appear on him?
The Shaykh:
This is clear: if he loves what Allah loves and hates what Allah hates, that is evidence that he loves Allah and His Messenger. But if it is the opposite, and he hates what Allah loves, that is evidence of his hypocrisy and that there is evil in him. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: What about…
The Shaykh:
Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), as you heard, said: WhoeverMusannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:545, and so on, by the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you, how does a person know that he loves Allah and His Messenger, and how does the effect of that appear on him?
The Shaykh:
This is clear: if he loves what Allah loves and hates what Allah hates, that is evidence that he loves Allah and His Messenger. But if it is the opposite, and he hates what Allah loves, that is evidence of his hypocrisy and that there is evil in him. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: What about…
The Shaykh:
Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), as you heard, said: Whoever
Love for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, be loyal for the sake of Allah, and be hostile for the sake of Allah, for it is only by this that the friendship of Allah is attained.
أَحِبَّ فِي اللَّهِ وَأَبْغِضْ فِي اللَّهِ وَوَالِ فِي اللَّهِ وَعَادِ فِي اللَّهِ فَإِنَّمَا تُنَالُ وِلَايَةُ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-60-أسباب محبة الله للعبد|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:47)
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