Tell us about the love of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
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The Shaykh:
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The presenter:
By a presentation from each of the honorable scholars: Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah al-Jalwiysh, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Salih, and Shaykh Abd al-Salam ibn Abdullah al-Sulayman.
The Shaykh:
So he moved and was harmed, and I said, yes.
The questioner:
Will you tell us about the love of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? And what is the love that expels one from Islam?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for all Muslims to love Allah and His Messenger, and indeed, it is obligatory for all those who are accountable to love Allah with a love that necessitates His worship, obedience to His commands, and abstention from His prohibitions. They must love His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with a love that necessitates obedience to him, fulfilling his right, and prioritizing his commands over the desires of the self, over one’s children, self, parents, and others. This love is necessary; one must have a love that necessitates His worship, obedience, carrying out His commands, and abstaining from His prohibitions. One must also have a love for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that necessitates obedience to him, steadfastness upon his religion, carrying out his commands, and prioritizing that over the desires of the self, over fathers and mothers, and others. This is necessary. Whoever loves other than Allah with a love that necessitates prioritizing His commands, or prioritizing His prohibitions, or worshipping Him alongside Allah, or believing that He benefits and harms without Allah, or the like of that, has committed major shirk (associating partners with Allah) from which one must return to Allah. One must love Allah with sincere love, a love that necessitates His tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sincerity to Him, obedience to His commands, and abstention from His prohibitions. One must also have a sincere love for the Messenger, a love that necessitates obedience to his commands, abstention from his prohibitions, and belief that he is the Messenger of Allah, that he is the servant of Allah and His Messenger, and that it is obligatory to prioritize his love over your self, your parents, and all people. It is also necessary to love His allies, the allies of Allah; one must love them for the sake of Allah, love the allies of Allah and hate the enemies of Allah. This is obligatory for everyone. Any love for other than Allah that undermines the love for Him or the love for His Messenger by contradicting it is a crime. Therefore, your love for your family, your parents, and others must be subordinate to the love for Allah and His Messenger, so that you do not prioritize the command of any of them over obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and so that you do not disobey your Lord or His Messenger for their sake. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 44b. And regarding his self, as Umar said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, you are dearer to me than everything except my self.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6632. He said to him: my self. So the completion of the love for Allah and His Messenger, and this sincere love necessitates obedience to Allah, tawhid (the oneness of Allah), abstention from His prohibitions, and standing by His limits. It necessitates obedience to the Messenger, following his Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law), and standing by the limits of Allah. This is the sincere love. Yes.
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The presenter:
By a presentation from each of the honorable scholars: Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah al-Jalwiysh, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Salih, and Shaykh Abd al-Salam ibn Abdullah al-Sulayman.
The Shaykh:
So he moved and was harmed, and I said, yes.
The questioner:
Will you tell us about the love of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? And what is the love that expels one from Islam?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for all Muslims to love Allah and His Messenger, and indeed, it is obligatory for all those who are accountable to love Allah with a love that necessitates His worship, obedience to His commands, and abstention from His prohibitions. They must love His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with a love that necessitates obedience to him, fulfilling his right, and prioritizing his commands over the desires of the self, over one’s children, self, parents, and others. This love is necessary; one must have a love that necessitates His worship, obedience, carrying out His commands, and abstaining from His prohibitions. One must also have a love for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that necessitates obedience to him, steadfastness upon his religion, carrying out his commands, and prioritizing that over the desires of the self, over fathers and mothers, and others. This is necessary. Whoever loves other than Allah with a love that necessitates prioritizing His commands, or prioritizing His prohibitions, or worshipping Him alongside Allah, or believing that He benefits and harms without Allah, or the like of that, has committed major shirk (associating partners with Allah) from which one must return to Allah. One must love Allah with sincere love, a love that necessitates His tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sincerity to Him, obedience to His commands, and abstention from His prohibitions. One must also have a sincere love for the Messenger, a love that necessitates obedience to his commands, abstention from his prohibitions, and belief that he is the Messenger of Allah, that he is the servant of Allah and His Messenger, and that it is obligatory to prioritize his love over your self, your parents, and all people. It is also necessary to love His allies, the allies of Allah; one must love them for the sake of Allah, love the allies of Allah and hate the enemies of Allah. This is obligatory for everyone. Any love for other than Allah that undermines the love for Him or the love for His Messenger by contradicting it is a crime. Therefore, your love for your family, your parents, and others must be subordinate to the love for Allah and His Messenger, so that you do not prioritize the command of any of them over obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and so that you do not disobey your Lord or His Messenger for their sake. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Three qualities, whoever possesses them will find the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger are dearer to him than what is other than them, that he loves a person for the sake of Allah only, and that he hates to return to disbelief after Allah has saved him from it, just as he hates to be thrown into the Fire.
ثلاث من كن فيه وجد بهن حلاوة الإيمان أن يكون الله ورسوله أحب إليه مما سواهما، وأن يحب المرأة ما يحبه إلا لله، وأن يكره أن يغير في الكفر بعد إذا أنقذه الله منه كما يكره أن يكره في النارNone of you is a believer until I am dearer to him than his child, his father, and the whole of mankind.
لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَوَالِدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَtill I am dearer to you than your own self
لا حتى أكون أحب إليك من نفسي،Umar: You are dearer to me than everything, even my
عمر لأنت أحب إلي من كل شيء حتى من
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 084 حدثونا عن محبة الله ورسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com (0:19)
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