Is a person to be blamed if he loves someone for his religion, and this love increases because of his appearance and his speech?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person to be blamed if he loves someone for his religion, and this love increases because of his appearance and his speech? What? Is a person to be blamed if he loves someone for his religion and this love increased because of his appearance and his speech? This love increased, what? Because of his appearance, the appearance of the beloved, and his speech.
Answer:
Love for the sake of Allah is a required matter. Love for the sake of Allah, and that he loves a person not for any reason other than for Allah, this is a required matter. This is part of all the loyalty to Allah the Exalted. But one must not exaggerate in this love and increase in it, as the questioner mentioned.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person to be blamed if he loves someone for his religion, and this love increases because of his appearance and his speech? What? Is a person to be blamed if he loves someone for his religion and this love increased because of his appearance and his speech? This love increased, what? Because of his appearance, the appearance of the beloved, and his speech.
Answer:
Love for the sake of Allah is a required matter. Love for the sake of Allah, and that he loves a person not for any reason other than for Allah, this is a required matter. This is part of all the loyalty to Allah the Exalted. But one must not exaggerate in this love and increase in it, as the questioner mentioned.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [326 /641] هل يلام الإنسان إذا أحب شخصا لدينه ويزداد هذا الحب لصورته ومنطقه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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