A discussion on love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah.
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The questioner : Regarding the narration of the mu'adhdhin who used to make mistakes in the adhan, and [the one] to Ibn 'Umar ... upon him, and he would say to him, "I hate you for the sake of Allah ... Is the narration authentic?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Look at how they were ... in the path of ...
The Shaykh : These meanings are today hated and abandoned!
The questioner : They are missing.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : They are missing and ... .
The Shaykh : They are missing and also considered reprehensible, and they are regarded as extremism. In reality, we who belong to the righteous Salaf have only one percent of this style of frank advice, and even then we are considered extremists. If those lagging behind today had been in the era of those Salaf, they would have called them madmen. This is also Ibn 'Umar; a man came to him and said, "I love you for the sake of Allah." He said, "As for me, bear witness that I hate you for the sake of Allah." The man said to him, "You love me for the sake of Allah, and I hate you for the sake of Allah?" He said, "Because you make mistakes in your adhan and you take a wage for it." This frankness in hatred for the sake of Allah—today, there is no hatred for the sake of Allah left among us in Islam. If one of us hates another, he hates him for his person, for his self. Likewise, love for the sake of Allah has left no trace or existence. If one of us loves another, it is for immediate material interests. This is how the Salaf were, meaning ...
The questioner : ... the first issue is correct.
The Shaykh : Which one is the first?
The questioner : ... this exists, and the evidence for this is that this entire gathering loves you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : Oh teacher, this, this is correct.
Another questioner: Not with evidence, then ... .
The Shaykh : No, let me say: if you mean something like this, then both the first and the last are present. But this thing is negligible. As you know, the point is that generally, love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah, as a collective Islamic phenomenon, no longer has any mention. But among individuals, the matter is not devoid of it, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih Muslim 1920 .
The questioner : My master, the Shaykh, to the one who affirms Allah, he must say to him, "I love you for the sake of Allah."
The Shaykh : Yes, but love for the sake of Allah, in reality, teacher, has a price. It has a high price. Few pay it!
Another questioner: Its definition.
The Shaykh : Do you know what the price is? The price of love for the sake of Allah is enough ... this talk opens a new chapter, sin jim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the price of love for the sake of Allah? What do you say? Raise your finger, but this one here has an answer. He gives us this answer to this question. Please.
The questioner : He (peace and blessings be upon him) saidJami` at-Tirmidhi 2391Sahih (Darussalam) .
The Shaykh : Yes, this is an answer. It is correct speech in itself, but it is not an answer to the question.
The questioner : This is a reward ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, this is an approximate definition of love for the sake of Allah, not a complete definition. My question is: what is the price that the two who love each other for the sake of Allah should pay, one to the other? And I do not mean the otherworldly reward. In other words, this question is new and incidental. It may be that my question is deficient. Perhaps ... I have listed, I have listed, so that I can see my situation. I have asked the question well. I want from the question to say: what is the practical evidence of love for the sake of Allah between two people who love each other? It may be that two men love each other, but their love is superficial, not real. So what is the evidence of real love?
The questioner : Satan also ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Let me look for a moment at the people who are preparing to answer. Please.
The questioner : Real love ...
The Shaykh : No, no, let me, my brother. May Allah be pleased with you. Do not rush. Please.
Another questioner: That I love for you what I love for myself.
The Shaykh : This is a characteristic of love, or some of the characteristics of love.
The questioner : The summary.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : Allah the Exalted said[Ali 'Imran 3:31] .
The Shaykh : This is an answer to another question. It is a correct answer to another question. Please.
Another questioner: The answer may be the authentic hadith ...
The Shaykh : Stay away from the quibbling, because it will not be an answer!
The questioner : The authentic hadithSahih al-Bukhari 16 .
The Shaykh : Found.
The questioner : Yes, among them is the one who loves for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : He loves the man, so he does not love him except for the sake of Allah. This is not an answer. This is the effect of love for the sake of Allah. What is it? A sweetness he finds in his heart. The question was not "What is the effect of love for the sake of Allah?" Please.
Another questioner: It seems you want the saying of Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh : What do you have to do with what I want? Answer the question.
The questioner :[Al-'Asr 103:1-3] .
The Shaykh : This is the answer. Well done. This is the answer. Explain this: if I truly love you for the sake of Allah, I follow you with advice. Likewise, you meet me with the same. And therefore, this burden of advice is very little among those who claim love for Allah the Exalted. This love may have some sincerity, but it is not complete. And that is because each of us considers the other. Yes, we are afraid he will be angry, we are afraid he will leave, yes, let him be with us, live with us ... etc.
This is not it. The price of love for the sake of Allah is that each of us is sincere to the other, and that is by advising him. He commands him to do what is right and forbids him from what is wrong, always and forever. So he is more obedient to him in his advice than his shadow. And the image mentioned by the brother is, in reality, one of the best ... it may be about that question. And therefore, it is correct that it was among the manners of the Companions when they parted that one of them would recite to the other[Al-'Asr 103:1-3] .
The questioner : The hadith that ... is more comprehensive.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The religion is advice.
The Shaykh : What is it like?
The questioner : Does it include the meaning of the verse regarding the answer?
The Shaykh : Of course.
Another questioner: I think advice is also a permissible first answer.
Another questioner: This interpretation, even if it leads to parting with the person.
The Shaykh : Of course. We have two cases here. This is a principle, and we have the style and the method. It is not in the name of love for the sake of Allah that he comes and says, "Because he loves him so much, he bites him." This does not happen. He does not use harshness with him, because when there is truly pure love, the more you advise him, the more he loves you. And the opposite is exactly the opposite. Because the love is based on otherworldly interests. Just as immediate material interests here bring two people together immediately, so all the more so should otherworldly interests bring two people together immediately and in the hereafter.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Here comes the teacher, Shaykh Nafi' ... something.
The questioner : The teacher came early.
The Shaykh : It is five o'clock.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : You have, may Allah bless you, as we told you, a meeting there in Aleppo, and whoever among you wishes to please, let him come.
The questioner : In Aleppo ... .
Another questioner: The sickness of society in terms of impurities ... beliefs.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Look at how they were ... in the path of ...
The Shaykh : These meanings are today hated and abandoned!
The questioner : They are missing.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : They are missing and ... .
The Shaykh : They are missing and also considered reprehensible, and they are regarded as extremism. In reality, we who belong to the righteous Salaf have only one percent of this style of frank advice, and even then we are considered extremists. If those lagging behind today had been in the era of those Salaf, they would have called them madmen. This is also Ibn 'Umar; a man came to him and said, "I love you for the sake of Allah." He said, "As for me, bear witness that I hate you for the sake of Allah." The man said to him, "You love me for the sake of Allah, and I hate you for the sake of Allah?" He said, "Because you make mistakes in your adhan and you take a wage for it." This frankness in hatred for the sake of Allah—today, there is no hatred for the sake of Allah left among us in Islam. If one of us hates another, he hates him for his person, for his self. Likewise, love for the sake of Allah has left no trace or existence. If one of us loves another, it is for immediate material interests. This is how the Salaf were, meaning ...
The questioner : ... the first issue is correct.
The Shaykh : Which one is the first?
The questioner : ... this exists, and the evidence for this is that this entire gathering loves you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : Oh teacher, this, this is correct.
Another questioner: Not with evidence, then ... .
The Shaykh : No, let me say: if you mean something like this, then both the first and the last are present. But this thing is negligible. As you know, the point is that generally, love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah, as a collective Islamic phenomenon, no longer has any mention. But among individuals, the matter is not devoid of it, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said
A group of people from my Umma will always remain triumphant on the right path and continue to be triumphant (against their opponents). He who deserts them shall not be able to do them any harm. They will remain in this position until Allah's Command is executed
لا تزال طائفة من أمتي ظاهرين على الحق لا يضرهم من خالفهم حتى يأتي أمر اللهThe questioner : My master, the Shaykh, to the one who affirms Allah, he must say to him, "I love you for the sake of Allah."
The Shaykh : Yes, but love for the sake of Allah, in reality, teacher, has a price. It has a high price. Few pay it!
Another questioner: Its definition.
The Shaykh : Do you know what the price is? The price of love for the sake of Allah is enough ... this talk opens a new chapter, sin jim.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the price of love for the sake of Allah? What do you say? Raise your finger, but this one here has an answer. He gives us this answer to this question. Please.
The questioner : He (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Hafs bin 'Asim narrated from Abu Hurairah or Abu Sa'eed that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Seven shall be shaded by Allah under his shade on a day in which there is no shade except His Shade: A just Imam, a young person raised upon worshiping Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid when he leaves from it until he returns from it, two men who love each other for Allah's sake, coming together upon that, and parting upon that, a man who remembers Allah in privacy and his eyes swell with tears, a man invited by a woman of status and beauty, but he says: 'I fear Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He,' and a man who conceals the charity he gives such that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent."
سبعة يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله رجلان تحابا في الله اجتمعا على ذلك و ...The Shaykh : Yes, this is an answer. It is correct speech in itself, but it is not an answer to the question.
The questioner : This is a reward ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, this is an approximate definition of love for the sake of Allah, not a complete definition. My question is: what is the price that the two who love each other for the sake of Allah should pay, one to the other? And I do not mean the otherworldly reward. In other words, this question is new and incidental. It may be that my question is deficient. Perhaps ... I have listed, I have listed, so that I can see my situation. I have asked the question well. I want from the question to say: what is the practical evidence of love for the sake of Allah between two people who love each other? It may be that two men love each other, but their love is superficial, not real. So what is the evidence of real love?
The questioner : Satan also ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Let me look for a moment at the people who are preparing to answer. Please.
The questioner : Real love ...
The Shaykh : No, no, let me, my brother. May Allah be pleased with you. Do not rush. Please.
Another questioner: That I love for you what I love for myself.
The Shaykh : This is a characteristic of love, or some of the characteristics of love.
The questioner : The summary.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : Allah the Exalted said
If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you
إن كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم اللهThe Shaykh : This is an answer to another question. It is a correct answer to another question. Please.
Another questioner: The answer may be the authentic hadith ...
The Shaykh : Stay away from the quibbling, because it will not be an answer!
The questioner : The authentic hadith
Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith
ثلاث من كن فيه وجد حلاوة الإيمانThe Shaykh : Found.
The questioner : Yes, among them is the one who loves for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : He loves the man, so he does not love him except for the sake of Allah. This is not an answer. This is the effect of love for the sake of Allah. What is it? A sweetness he finds in his heart. The question was not "What is the effect of love for the sake of Allah?" Please.
Another questioner: It seems you want the saying of Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh : What do you have to do with what I want? Answer the question.
The questioner :
(1) By time, (2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
والعصر إن الإنسان لفي خسر إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبرThe Shaykh : This is the answer. Well done. This is the answer. Explain this: if I truly love you for the sake of Allah, I follow you with advice. Likewise, you meet me with the same. And therefore, this burden of advice is very little among those who claim love for Allah the Exalted. This love may have some sincerity, but it is not complete. And that is because each of us considers the other. Yes, we are afraid he will be angry, we are afraid he will leave, yes, let him be with us, live with us ... etc.
This is not it. The price of love for the sake of Allah is that each of us is sincere to the other, and that is by advising him. He commands him to do what is right and forbids him from what is wrong, always and forever. So he is more obedient to him in his advice than his shadow. And the image mentioned by the brother is, in reality, one of the best ... it may be about that question. And therefore, it is correct that it was among the manners of the Companions when they parted that one of them would recite to the other
(1) By time, (2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
والعصر إن الإنسان لفي خسر إلا الذين أمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبرThe questioner : The hadith
The religion is sincere advice
الدين النصيحةThe Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The religion is advice.
The Shaykh : What is it like?
The questioner : Does it include the meaning of the verse regarding the answer?
The Shaykh : Of course.
Another questioner: I think advice is also a permissible first answer.
Another questioner: This interpretation, even if it leads to parting with the person.
The Shaykh : Of course. We have two cases here. This is a principle, and we have the style and the method. It is not in the name of love for the sake of Allah that he comes and says, "Because he loves him so much, he bites him." This does not happen. He does not use harshness with him, because when there is truly pure love, the more you advise him, the more he loves you. And the opposite is exactly the opposite. Because the love is based on otherworldly interests. Just as immediate material interests here bring two people together immediately, so all the more so should otherworldly interests bring two people together immediately and in the hereafter.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Here comes the teacher, Shaykh Nafi' ... something.
The questioner : The teacher came early.
The Shaykh : It is five o'clock.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : You have, may Allah bless you, as we told you, a meeting there in Aleppo, and whoever among you wishes to please, let him come.
The questioner : In Aleppo ... .
Another questioner: The sickness of society in terms of impurities ... beliefs.