Love, and tell your soul of the union, and offer her her dowry as long as you are able (Explanation of the types of love and passion, and that the rank of intimacy is the highest, and that faith and righteous deeds are the dowry of the houris)
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The Shaykh :"Love" What does that mean?
"Love, and tell your soul of the union *** and offer her her dowry as long as you are able"
Love, meaning: be one who loves these houris with intense love. Passion is one of the highest types of love, and the highest type of love is intimacy (khullah). For this reason, we do not know that Allah took a close friend from among His creation except two men: Ibrahim and Muhammad (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon them both).
Yes, love, because without passion a person does not move. It is far-fetched for a person to move toward a woman he wants to marry when he has not loved her or been passionate about her. Also, tell your soul of the union. If you love but do not tell your soul of the union, know that you have not striven for the union, is that not so? If a person were passionate about a woman, but knew that if he proposed to her family they would not accept, and she would not accept either, would he act on it or not?
The student: He would not act on it.
The Shaykh : Why? Because he knows his effort would be wasted. So if there is no love and no telling of the soul that this beloved will be attained, you will not strive and will not act. For this reason:
"*** and offer her her dowry as long as you are able"
What is her dowry? Faith and righteous deeds. May Allah help us and you with it.
"Love, and tell your soul of the union *** and offer her her dowry as long as you are able"
Love, meaning: be one who loves these houris with intense love. Passion is one of the highest types of love, and the highest type of love is intimacy (khullah). For this reason, we do not know that Allah took a close friend from among His creation except two men: Ibrahim and Muhammad (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon them both).
Yes, love, because without passion a person does not move. It is far-fetched for a person to move toward a woman he wants to marry when he has not loved her or been passionate about her. Also, tell your soul of the union. If you love but do not tell your soul of the union, know that you have not striven for the union, is that not so? If a person were passionate about a woman, but knew that if he proposed to her family they would not accept, and she would not accept either, would he act on it or not?
The student: He would not act on it.
The Shaykh : Why? Because he knows his effort would be wasted. So if there is no love and no telling of the soul that this beloved will be attained, you will not strive and will not act. For this reason:
"*** and offer her her dowry as long as you are able"
What is her dowry? Faith and righteous deeds. May Allah help us and you with it.