What is the criterion for loving for the sake of Allah?
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Question:
You say: How do we know that we love this person for the sake of Allah? Because doubts arise regarding the issue of loving for the sake of Allah, and its relationship to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), servitude, and the love of Allah?
Answer:
If you love him for nothing, not for greed for money and not for kinship, then that is a sign of loving for the sake of Allah. But if you love him for the sake of money because he gives it to you, or you love him because he is a relative of yours, then that is not loving for the sake of Allah. Yes.
You say: How do we know that we love this person for the sake of Allah? Because doubts arise regarding the issue of loving for the sake of Allah, and its relationship to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), servitude, and the love of Allah?
Answer:
If you love him for nothing, not for greed for money and not for kinship, then that is a sign of loving for the sake of Allah. But if you love him for the sake of money because he gives it to you, or you love him because he is a relative of yours, then that is not loving for the sake of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما ضابط الحب في الله؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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