Categories of Love: Love of Worship and Innate Love
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes, love is of two types: the love of the Creator and the love of the promise to his parents, and the love of animals for their offspring. The second is the love of the cause: the love of the family for Allah and His Messenger.
The Shaykh:
Second.
The questioner:
The school of songs and security.
The Shaykh:
It is not exempt from the voice mixing. Yes.
The questioner:
The love of Arabic, the love of the covenant with Allah.
The Shaykh:
Intellectual. Yes.
The questioner:
. Was the love of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) an intellectual love or a monetary love?
The Shaykh:
The love of Allah and the love of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a love of worship; it is not an intellectual love. It is a love of worship accompanied by humility and submission to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The love that is followed by humility and submission is worship, and this is not for anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for the love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not called intellectual love; rather, it is called the love of worship. And the worship of the Merciful is the ultimate of His love along with the humility of the worshipper; they are two poles.
As for the love that is not accompanied by humility and submission, it is innate love, such as the love of a father for his son, and the love of a man for his wife. He loves her or loves his son, but he does not submit to him or humble himself to him. This is innate love and is not part of worship.
A division. No, calling it intellectual is an error in naming it intellectual, whereas it is a love of worship. Otherwise, the division is originally correct: it is divided into the love of worship and innate love. Yes. I heard, thank you.
Call it legal love or love of worship; it is all the same. The love of worship is better named the love of worship.[Al-Baqarah 2:165] The love of worship, and its criterion is that it is accompanied by humility and submission to the one loved. This is the love of worship. As for the love that is not accompanied by love of humility or submission, this is innate love. A person is not held accountable for it. Yes.
This is subordinate to the love of Allah. This is a love of worship subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because whoever loves Allah loves those whom Allah loves. And Allah loves His messengers and prophets, and He loves His awliya (close friends of Allah), and He loves His believing servants. So the believer loves them because Allah loves them; he loves them for the sake of Allah. Thus, this is part of the worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes, love is of two types: the love of the Creator and the love of the promise to his parents, and the love of animals for their offspring. The second is the love of the cause: the love of the family for Allah and His Messenger.
The Shaykh:
Second.
The questioner:
The school of songs and security.
The Shaykh:
It is not exempt from the voice mixing. Yes.
The questioner:
The love of Arabic, the love of the covenant with Allah.
The Shaykh:
Intellectual. Yes.
The questioner:
. Was the love of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) an intellectual love or a monetary love?
The Shaykh:
The love of Allah and the love of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a love of worship; it is not an intellectual love. It is a love of worship accompanied by humility and submission to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The love that is followed by humility and submission is worship, and this is not for anyone but Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for the love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not called intellectual love; rather, it is called the love of worship. And the worship of the Merciful is the ultimate of His love along with the humility of the worshipper; they are two poles.
As for the love that is not accompanied by humility and submission, it is innate love, such as the love of a father for his son, and the love of a man for his wife. He loves her or loves his son, but he does not submit to him or humble himself to him. This is innate love and is not part of worship.
A division. No, calling it intellectual is an error in naming it intellectual, whereas it is a love of worship. Otherwise, the division is originally correct: it is divided into the love of worship and innate love. Yes. I heard, thank you.
Call it legal love or love of worship; it is all the same. The love of worship is better named the love of worship.
And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِThis is subordinate to the love of Allah. This is a love of worship subordinate to the love of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because whoever loves Allah loves those whom Allah loves. And Allah loves His messengers and prophets, and He loves His awliya (close friends of Allah), and He loves His believing servants. So the believer loves them because Allah loves them; he loves them for the sake of Allah. Thus, this is part of the worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب إزالة النجاسة وبيانها — islamhouse.com (47:44)
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