When does love for a creation shift from the natural to the blameworthy?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: When does the love of a created being, such as the love of a wife, shift from natural love to the love of worship, becoming a blameworthy, shirky love?
Answer:
It does not reach that point. The love of a wife and a child does not reach that point. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: When does the love of a created being, such as the love of a wife, shift from natural love to the love of worship, becoming a blameworthy, shirky love?
Answer:
It does not reach that point. The love of a wife and a child does not reach that point. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:06:09)
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