Loving a person, missing them, and its relationship to attachment to other than Allah
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The questioner:
If a person loves someone and misses them when they are absent, rejoices in their joy, and grieves in their grief,
The Shaykh:
If a person
The questioner:
loves someone and misses them when they are absent, rejoices in their joy, and grieves in their grief, is this attachment to other than Allah?
The Shaykh:
No, if he hopes for something from that person, then he is only seeking it for himself. But if he does not hope for anything from him and does this out of kindness and mercy toward him, that is a good thing. The issue is about the intention. What is the intention? Look at your intention regarding the one you are being kind to.
If a person loves someone and misses them when they are absent, rejoices in their joy, and grieves in their grief,
The Shaykh:
If a person
The questioner:
loves someone and misses them when they are absent, rejoices in their joy, and grieves in their grief, is this attachment to other than Allah?
The Shaykh:
No, if he hopes for something from that person, then he is only seeking it for himself. But if he does not hope for anything from him and does this out of kindness and mercy toward him, that is a good thing. The issue is about the intention. What is the intention? Look at your intention regarding the one you are being kind to.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (46:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.