The Explanation of the Servitude of Humility and Its Connection to Love
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
And in his other question, he asks: How is the servitude of humility?
Answer:
Humility before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is humility accompanied by love; it is not humility alone, but rather humility coupled with love for Allah. It is humility before Allah along with loving Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. For this reason, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says, "And the worship of the Most Merciful is the ultimate of His love, along with the humility of His worshipper. These are the two poles, and upon them revolves the orbit of worship, as long as it revolves, until the two poles stand firm." There is no doubt that love for Allah combined with humility before Allah is the foundation of worship. As for humility without worship, such as the one who humbles himself before tyrants and arrogant rulers but does not love them, that is not worship.
And love that is not accompanied by humility is not worship, such as the one who loves his wife or loves his children but does not humble himself before them. Both things are necessary: the ultimate of love along with the ultimate of humility; this is worship. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And in his other question, he asks: How is the servitude of humility?
Answer:
Humility before Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is humility accompanied by love; it is not humility alone, but rather humility coupled with love for Allah. It is humility before Allah along with loving Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. For this reason, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says, "And the worship of the Most Merciful is the ultimate of His love, along with the humility of His worshipper. These are the two poles, and upon them revolves the orbit of worship, as long as it revolves, until the two poles stand firm." There is no doubt that love for Allah combined with humility before Allah is the foundation of worship. As for humility without worship, such as the one who humbles himself before tyrants and arrogant rulers but does not love them, that is not worship.
And love that is not accompanied by humility is not worship, such as the one who loves his wife or loves his children but does not humble himself before them. Both things are necessary: the ultimate of love along with the ultimate of humility; this is worship. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (34:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.