What is the meaning of love in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): “Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love”?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of love in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Al-Qasas 28:56]
The Shaykh:
Whom you love to guide, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) loved for his uncle to be guided and to die upon Islam.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And the meaning may be, and Allah knows best, natural love, not religious love. Religious love is not permissible for a disbeliever. To love him for the sake of his religion is not permissible. As for loving him because he is a relative, one of his relatives, or his father, or his mother, or his wife, this is natural love that does not fall under matters of religion. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of love in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَThe Shaykh:
Whom you love to guide, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) loved for his uncle to be guided and to die upon Islam.
The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And the meaning may be, and Allah knows best, natural love, not religious love. Religious love is not permissible for a disbeliever. To love him for the sake of his religion is not permissible. As for loving him because he is a relative, one of his relatives, or his father, or his mother, or his wife, this is natural love that does not fall under matters of religion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [25 /1350] ما معنى المحبة في قوله ﷻ: ﴿إنك لا تهدي من أحببت ﴾؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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