Allah the Exalted said: “And those who believe are the most intense in their love for Allah.” What is the love intended in the verse? Is it doing what Allah has commanded and leaving what He has forbidden?
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The questioner : Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:165] What is the love intended in the verse? Is it doing what Allah has commanded and leaving what He has forbidden?
The Shaykh : Love is in the heart, and everyone knows love, hatred, and dislike. But among the effects of loving Allah is that a person performs the obedience of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) seeking to reach Him (Blessed and Exalted is He). Those who believe are more intense in their love for Allah than these disbelievers are for their idols, because they worship Allah the Exalted with insight. Or, it is that they are more intense in their love for Allah than these people are for Allah, if there is any love for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in the hearts of these people who worship idols. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner, Sa'd al-Juhani from the Prophet’s City, says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah
وَالَّذِينَ ءامَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِThe Shaykh : Love is in the heart, and everyone knows love, hatred, and dislike. But among the effects of loving Allah is that a person performs the obedience of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) seeking to reach Him (Blessed and Exalted is He). Those who believe are more intense in their love for Allah than these disbelievers are for their idols, because they worship Allah the Exalted with insight. Or, it is that they are more intense in their love for Allah than these people are for Allah, if there is any love for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in the hearts of these people who worship idols. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner, Sa'd al-Juhani from the Prophet’s City, says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh.