The Sign of Allah’s Love for the Servant and the State of the Sinner Regarding Allah’s Love

Question:
The second question, Bandar. Honorable Shaykh, I mean, how does a Muslim perceive Allah’s love for him? I mean, Allah, may He be exalted, mentioned in a hadith that if Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, loves a servant, He loves His servants. I mean, we find that, I mean, how do we distinguish between this love and what we see from some symbols, I mean, even if they openly commit sins, and there are people who love them and revere them, and they have male and female admirers. How is this situation, Shaykh? If you could explain it to us, may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
The believer loves Allah (Mighty and Majestic), , so the believer loves Allah with an intense love. And the fact that he commits some sins or some transgressions, this diminishes the love, it diminishes his love for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but he remains a believer even if he disobeys; he loves Allah and His Messenger. A man who had drunk alcohol was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he flogged him. Some of those present said, “May Allah curse him; how often he is brought to you.” He said (peace and blessings be upon him): So the sinner loves Allah and His Messenger, but there is a deficiency in his love for Allah according to his disobedience. Every believer loves Allah (Mighty and Majestic); among them is one who loves Him with complete love, and among them is one who loves Him with deficient love according to the violations he has. Yes.