Love for the Sake of Allah and the Virtue of Visiting
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The Shaykh:
And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
We ask your permission, our honorable Shaykh, to ask these questions that have reached us. I will begin with this question from one of our dear listeners, who says in his question: We ask the Shaykh for a guiding word on love for the sake of Allah and the virtue of visiting. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. There is no doubt that every person loves and hates; no one is free from loving some things and hating others. This is something upon which Allah has created His creation. Love and hate are among the actions of the hearts, so a person is rewarded for love and hate if they are in the prescribed manner, and he is punished for them if they are not in the prescribed manner.
The greatest love is the love of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for a person's worship is based on his love of Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:165] and Allah is severe in punishment. A person does not love and hate for the sake of Allah unless he knows how to love Allah with true love, and its fruit is that he sees in himself the preference of the love of Allah and obedience to Him over everything. So whoever loves Allah, Mighty and Majestic, loves what Allah loves. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, loves the believers, loves those who repent, and loves those who do good. So whoever loves Allah, Allah loves him. One should not love people out of greed for the desires of this world, or because of their kinship, or because of their friendship, but rather love them for the sake of Allah, even if he does not know them. And that two people love each other for the sake of Allah; this is among the best of deeds and the most beloved to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 16 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2624Sahih (Darussalam) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Muwatta Malik 51:14
And the hadith of the man to whom Allah sent an angel in the form of a man to give him the glad tidings of Allah's love for him, because he visited a brother of his for nothing except that he loved him for the sake of Allah. So the love of a believer for his believing brother is by advising him and reminding him if he slips or forgets, and by helping him to do good. Yes.
And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
We ask your permission, our honorable Shaykh, to ask these questions that have reached us. I will begin with this question from one of our dear listeners, who says in his question: We ask the Shaykh for a guiding word on love for the sake of Allah and the virtue of visiting. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. There is no doubt that every person loves and hates; no one is free from loving some things and hating others. This is something upon which Allah has created His creation. Love and hate are among the actions of the hearts, so a person is rewarded for love and hate if they are in the prescribed manner, and he is punished for them if they are not in the prescribed manner.
The greatest love is the love of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for a person's worship is based on his love of Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Allah the Exalted said:
And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. And if only they who have wronged would consider [that] when they see the punishment, [they will be certain] that all power belongs to Allah
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِ وَلَوْ يَرَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًاWhoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: 1. The one to whom Allah and His
ثلاث من كن فيه وجد حلاوة الإيمان، أن يكون الله ورسولهare more beloved than anything else; whoever loves someone and he does not love him except for the sake of Allah, and whoever hates to return to disbelief after Allah has saved him from it, just as he hates to be thrown into fire.
أحب إليه مما سواهما، وأن يحب المرء لا يحبه إلا لله، وأن يكره أن يعود في الكفر بعد إذ أنقذه الله منه، كما يكره أن يقذف في النار،There are seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the day on which there is no shade except His shade
سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لاَ ظِلَّ إِلاَّ ظِلُّهُand among them are two men who love each other for the sake of Allah, who meet for it and part for it.
وذكر منهم ورجلان تحابا في الله اجتمع عليه وتفرق عليه.And the hadith of the man to whom Allah sent an angel in the form of a man to give him the glad tidings of Allah's love for him, because he visited a brother of his for nothing except that he loved him for the sake of Allah. So the love of a believer for his believing brother is by advising him and reminding him if he slips or forgets, and by helping him to do good. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7538 — youtube.com (0:54)
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