Explanation of the shirk of love and the difference between it and passion

Question:
We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to explain the shirk of love, what the difference is between it and passion for beautiful images, and what the way out of that is?

Answer:
The shirk of love is loving alongside Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Loving alongside Allah. Because the love that comes with humility and submission is exclusive to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So whoever loves something and humbles himself to it and submits to it, that is major shirk. Like those who love the idols and submit to them and fear them; this is major shirk. As for the love of desire that does not come with humility or submission, this is forbidden. It is forbidden if it is a forbidden desire, then it is a forbidden love. As for the love of things in which there is no sin, the love of food and drink, the love of children, this love of the homeland, this is a natural love. A natural, permissible love. There is no sin in it and no reward in it; it is a permissible love.
So love is divided into these categories. Yes. The love of passion, if one looks at forbidden images, is forbidden, because it is the love of a desire, a forbidden desire, and a forbidden look. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: Lowering the gaze is not only regarding women, but also regarding images, even regarding seductive images. You lower your gaze from them, you do not look at them, and you do not gaze at them, whether they are on paper, on television, on the broadcast, or on the screen. All of this is from the forbidden look. Yes.